1. Goal Setting The Key To Managing Your Life

2. “Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.”
J.C. Penney

3. Agenda Defining goals Difference between a dream & a goal
Why don’t most people set goals?
Understanding importance of goal setting
Types of goals
SMART goals
Why goals fail?
Guidelines for goal setting
Myths about goal setting
Advice for effective goal setting

4. Defining Goals
Definition : “Point marking end of race”; “Object of effort or ambition”; “Destination”, etc. Goal setting is the process of deciding what you want to accomplish and devising a plan to achieve the result you desire.

5. What is the Difference Between A Dream & A Goal?

6. What Is The Difference Between:
Dreams (wishful thinking), and
Goals?
Dreams are visions of what we want.
Goals are our road map to making it happen – they take us from one point to the next.

7. Dreams vs. Goals
Goal Setting is like shooting an arrow. You may want to hit the target, but if you don’t take action – shooting the arrow – you only have a dream. The difference between a dream and a goal is ACTION.

8. Why Most People Don’t Set Goals?
Pessimist
Attitude
Fear of Failure
Lack of Ambition
Low Self Esteem
Ignorance of Importance of Goals
Lack of Knowledge of Goal Setting

9. Importance of Goal Setting
You take control of your life
You focus on the important things
You will make good decisions in life
You can finish your task efficiently
You will be self confident
You are closer to progress and success

10. Types of Goals

11. S.M.A.R.T. Goals are… Specific Realistic Timely Measurable
Achievable (Actionable)
Realistic
Timely

12. Specific goals answer the following questions:
Who:       Who is involved?
What:      What do I want to accomplish?
Where:    Identify a location.
When:     Establish a time frame.
Which:    Identify requirements/constraints.
Why:       Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.

13. Measurable
To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as
How much?
How many?
How will I know when it is accomplished?

14. Actionable
The goal is “do-able”
It is action-oriented

15. Realistic
The goal must be an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work.
Again, it must be “do-able”
People must believe it can be accomplished

16. Timely
You should establish a timeframe
The timeframe must be realistic
Everyone needs to know the timeframe…make it public
T may also represent Tangible in that you can experience it with one of your senses!

17. Are you surrounded by right people in your life
Are you surrounded by right people in your life? Are you influenced by the right people in your life?

18. Why Goals Fail? Not Written Down No Rewards Not Realistic
Keeps Changing
No Accountability
No Timeliness

19. Guidelines for Goal Setting
Goal setting is a two part process:
Deciding what you want to do?
Work at accomplishing whatever goal you have set for yourself.

20. Goal Statement What do you want to achieve?
Why do you want to achieve it?
How will you achieve it?

21. Time to think…and write
Craft a personal goal
Craft a professional goal

22. 4 Myths About Goal Setting
I already have goals
I don’t need goals. I am already doing fine.
Goal doesn’t work as planned. Life is so unpredictable.
I don’t need written goals. I have everything in my mind.

26. “When you focus on the problem you loose the goal when you focus on the goal you loose the problem”