1. Goal Setting

2. Setting Personal Health Goals
Something you aim for that takes planning and hard work
Setting goals are an effective way to:
Build self-confidence
Increase your self-esteem
Improve overall health
Two types of goals
Two types of goals are short term and long term.

3. Setting Personal Health Goals
Short Term Goals
A goal that you can reach in a short period of time
Often steps in a plan to achieve long term goals
Examples?
To get to class on time, to score 10 points in your next basketball game, to get a B+ or better on your next Math test, etc…

4. Setting Personal Health Goals
Long Term Goals
Goal you plan to reach over an extended period of time
May take months or years to accomplish
Examples?
To have a 3.5 GPA or better for high school, to run a marathon, to go to college, etc…

5. Create an Action Plan
To establish and reach your goals, create an action plan following these steps:
Step 1: Set a specific, realistic goal, and write it down – something positive
Step 2: List steps you will take to reach your goal, look for ways to break your larger goals into smaller, short term goals
Step 3: Identify sources of help and support list
Examples?
Parents, teachers, coaches, peers, people within a specific industry, etc…

6. Create an Action Plan
Step 4: Set a reasonable time frame for reaching your goal and put it in writing
Step 5: Evaluate your progress by establishing checkpoints
Step 6: REWARD YOURSELF!!
Rewarding: Short goals typically have smaller rewards than long term goals because of the amount of work that was needed to achieve them.

7. Example: Short Term Goal My goal - Be on time to class this week
Steps to reach this goal - manage my time in the hallways and between classes
Sources of help and support - friends that make it to class on time, not talking to friends between classes
Time frame for this goal - daily
Checkpoints for evaluation of progress- at the end of each day I’ll check to see if I made it to every class on time.
Reward for achieving this goal – a bowl of ice cream

8. Example: Long Term Goal My goal – to run a marathon
Steps to reach this goal – daily training to prepare my body, eating nutritious meals
Sources of help and support – Cross Country coach, family member who has run a marathon before, online running community
Time frame for this goal – 1 year
Checkpoints for evaluation of progress – weekly workouts, monthly checkpoints for progress and adjustment
Reward for achieving this goal - $1000 clothes shopping spree.

9. Quiz List 3 things that happen to you when you use goal setting.
What are the two types of goals?
List the six steps of goal setting.