1. Value = Goals = Behavior = Self-esteem

2. “If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree,
I’d spend 6 sharpening
my ax”
Abraham Lincoln

3. What is a goal? Discussion The Musical Chair Analogy
Discuss outcome of the Analogy
What happened when the circle got smaller and harder to find a spot?
How does this relate to our lives?
What are some things that prevent us from reaching our goals?

4. Long vs. Short
A short term goal is achieved quickly (finish term paper, wash dishes, mail Christmas cards by Friday, etc.). They help you achieve your long term goals.
Long term goals will take months, years, all your life.
For example: graduate from college, become a pilot, lose ___ pounds, etc.

5. Short Term, Mid-Term, and Long-Term Goals
Short Term Goals
Aspirations that can be completed within 12 months.
Mid-term Goals
Aspirations that can be completed 1 year to 5 years from now.
Long-Term Goals
Any goal that would like to accomplish 5 years from now and for the rest of your life.

6. Do you believe you can achieve?
We need to learn how to dream.
Keep the dream alive, reach your goals
Some people don’t decide or have a vision of what they want out of life. NO GOALS!!
People with goals can see what they eventually want to achieve and they can see just how to get there.

7. Things to remember:
Goals must be realistic – you can’t lose 40 pounds in one month
Must prioritize – rank in order of importance you, can’t accomplish it all at once.
Do you have the resources you need to reach your goals (money, information, health, energy, skill, etc.).

8. Individual Assignment:
Write a long list of the goals you think would be important and worthwhile for you to accomplish. (a dream list)
Now have them look at their list and ask themselves the following questions:
Does it fit your values?
Is it realistic?
Is it flexible?
Does it fit in with your other goals?
Will the rewards be worth what you put in to
it?
Is it what you want?

9. Belief Activity: The “I can’t funeral”
write down on a piece a paper everything you can’t do.
Next write a list of ‘I CAN’. Keep this in your note book/journal.
Play song: “I Believe I Can Fly”

10. “Success is in the bag”. You need purse-severance
It requires the same amount of energy to be successful as it does to be unsuccessful.
99% of your assets are standing in your shoes.
80% of success is showing up

11. If you are not working to where you want to be, you are AUTOMATICALLY working to where you don’t want to be.
Keep your most important values in mind at all times when you are making LESS important decisions.
Don’t sacrifice what matters most for something that doesn’t matter that much to you. There are always trade-offs

12. Build a bridge and get over it
You will have challenges
You will have roadblocks
You can have excuses or success but not both

13. There are three types of people
Ones that make things happen
Those that let it happen
And the ones that don’t know what happened.
What one are you going to be?

14. There is very little difference between mediocre and greatness.
The boiling point is only 1 degree different than very warm water.
The difference is tremendous. Steam can power many things.
The difference between a race horse that wins first place and a second place is often fractions of a second.

15. Achievement/recognition
Seven goal areas
Family/home
Social
Educational
Religious
Achievement/recognition
Career
Physical/health

16. Writing goals – SPECIFIC! written down MEASURABLE TIME FRAME
read out loud frequently
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