1. Setting Goals and Solving Problems
Chapter 8
Setting Goals and Solving Problems

2. Chapter 8 Vocab Copy vocab into workbook (from word document)
Complete the Crossword for the chapter
Read vocab words once a night for homework
To prepare for vocab test at the end of the chapter.

3. opportunities: a good chance for promotion or growth
flatter: to praise inordinately especially when inspired by self-interest
courage: bravery; nerve; guts
reputation: recognition of other people of some quality or characteristic
motivation: the driving force; incentive
technique: how details are treated in a certain trade or art; methodology
temporary: lasting for only a short or limited time
abstract: theoretical; hypothetical
postpone: put off the execution of some task
struggle: to move forward with trouble or against obstacles
joyous: full of joy
temptation: enticement; something tempting
wishful: having to do with wishes and not reality
privy: being “in on” a secret
discipline: self-control
destructive: intended to destroy; ruinous
goal: the purpose for which effort is exerted; aim
objective: crucial position to be attained; goal; aim
diagram: a drawing that explains something
beliefs: confidence in the truth of something

4. Tools for Solving Problems
Delaying gratification
Accepting responsibility
Dedication to truth or reality
Balancing (flexibility)
Read pp
Discuss the four tools for solving problems
Read pg. 185
Complete corresponding workbook page
Discuss “what would you do?” and explain why

5. Possibilities book “The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus
Read pp
Homer is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature.

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7. Garden of Gethsemane
Citadel of Corinth

8. Possibilities book Answer questions 1-4 with your partner
turn in one paper with both names
Discuss and answer the journal entry on pg 166

9. Setting Goals and Objectives
Goal: the end product you want to achieve within a certain amount of time
The more specific your goals and objectives are, the more helpful they will be
Objective: an action that will help you meet your goal(s) and measure your success
Read pp
Complete corresponding pages to 186, and in workbook

10. New Goals In reaching new goals, we change
Along the way we find new values and set new goals
As our values change, our goals change
…and the cycle continues…
The most satisfied people among us are those who actively set and reach new goals throughout their lives