1. HOW TO SET YOUR PERSONAL GOALS AND MEASURE YOUR LIFE Jonathan Clever jonathan.clever113@myci.csuci.edu April 7, 2014

2. Why Set Goals? The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. Long term vision and motivation Raise self-confidence Don’t overdue it and keep them in check “Goal-setting is like powerful medication, you need to make sure how appropriate it is and keep monitoring it to determine, ‘Is this goal too specific? Is this goal too stressful? Is it pushing many people beyond the normal bounds of what they should be doing?’ If so, then you need to rethink that goal.”

3. Setting Goals Life Time Goals: Career Financial Education Family Artistic Attitude Physical Pleasure Public Service Smaller Goals: Make a 5 year-plan of smaller goals 1 year plan 6 month plan 1 month plan Daily to do list All work towards your lifetime goals

4. SMART

5. SMART: Specific Who: Who is involved? What: What do I want to accomplish? Where: Identify a location. When: Establish a time frame. Which: Identify requirements and constraints. Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the objective.

6. SMART: Measurable To determine whether your objective is measurable, ask questions such as: How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?

7. SMART: Attainable The goals are neither out of reach nor below standard performance, as these may be considered meaningless An attainable goal may cause goal-setters to identify previously overlooked opportunities to bring themselves closer to the achievement of their goals How: How can the goal be accomplished?

8. SMART: Realistic To be realistic, an objective must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work Ways to know whether your objective is realistic is to determine whether you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this objective.

9. SMART: Time-Bound An objective should be grounded within a time frame With no time frame tied to it, there’s no sense of urgency

10. Tips for Goal Setting State each goal in a positive statement Set priorities Write goals down! Keep operational goals small Set performance goals, not outcome goals

11. Measuring Your Life “How Will You Measure Your Life” by Clayton M. Christensen from HBR Create a strategy for your life: But with-out a purpose, life can become hollow. Allocate your resources Avoid the “marginal costs” mistake “Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.”

12. References Carpenter, Manson, “Principles of Management.” Flat World Knowledge. 2013. Christensen M, Clayton, "How Will You Measure Your Life" July 2010 Harvard Business Review Mindtools.com : Personal Goal Setting http://www.mindtools.com/page6.htm Tugend, Alina. "Experts Advice to the Goal-Oriented: Don't Overdue It" October 5th 2012. The New York Times

13. Multiple Choice Questions What does the “S” stand for in SMART? Simple Specific Standard Start Which statement is true in the list below for making goals? Set unrealistic goals Make only long term goals Write down all your goals Goals don’t need to be in a time frame