1. Goals

2. 3 | 2 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. If I had magical powers and could grant you your degree Today If you could skip this “college stuff” --if you had your degree right now, If you could skip this “college stuff” --if you had your degree right now, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?

3. 3 | 3 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. On a separate sheet of paper ( for yourself and no one else) Quickly describe a typical day for you, if you already had the degree your wanted. With that in mind, lets think about goal setting.

4. 3 | 4 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Why Set Goals Ask two of you fellow students to give you a reason to set goals. Put those reasons in your notes. You will probably want to list some on the board.

5. 3 | 5 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. When setting goals Use Common Sense -Make sure that the goal you are working for is something that you really want, not just something that sounds good. -Make sure they are your goals not someone else's. -A Goal should not contradict any of your other goals.

6. 3 | 6 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Some of you clearly know what your goals are. But you may not have examined all areas of your life. Most of us just go from day to day without a great deal of thought about what we ultimately want.

7. 3 | 7 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Areas To help you think about goals that you might want to set, let’s divide your life into different AREAS and think about what you want for that area. (You could just as easily examine your goals by the roles you play: student, son/daughter, father/mother, friend...)

8. 3 | 8 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Warning You can be an EXEPERT in any one area. You may be good at two or three. But we are limited in the amount of time, money and effort we can expend. Ultimately you choose which ones you consider most important. Your choices are a reflection of your values.

9. 3 | 9 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Areas Areas of Your Life Setting Goals

10. 3 | 10 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Family / Home

11. 3 | 11 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Mental / Education

12. 3 | 12 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Financial /Career

13. 3 | 13 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Social /Cultural

14. 3 | 14 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Spiritual/Ethical

15. 3 | 15 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Physical/Health

16. 3 | 16 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Fun/ Recreation

17. 3 | 17 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. In order to help you think further about the areas of your life, We can consider some common themes in each area.

18. 3 | 18 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Doing more or doing less. Family/Home Mental/Education Financial/ Career Social/Cultural Spiritual /Ethical Physical/Health Fun/ Recreation

19. 3 | 19 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Trying to get better at something. Family/Home Mental/Education Financial/ Career Social/Cultural Spiritual /Ethical Physical/Health Fun/ Recreation

20. 3 | 20 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Finding the answer to a problem. Family/Home Mental/Education Financial/ Career Social/Cultural Spiritual /Ethical Physical/Health Fun/ Recreation

21. 3 | 21 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Keeping things the same. Family/Home Mental/Education Financial/ Career Social/Cultural Spiritual /Ethical Physical/Health Fun/ Recreation

22. 3 | 22 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Trying something new or different. Family/Home Mental/Education Financial/ Career Social/Cultural Spiritual /Ethical Physical/Health Fun/ Recreation

23. 3 | 23 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Some Principles of Writing Goals Write your goal in the positive instead of the negative. Set performance goals not outcome goals. In your notes, give an example of a performance goal and an outcome goal.

24. 3 | 24 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Writing Useful Goals 5 elements

25. 3 | 25 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. 5 elements of a Useful Goal Specific Describes what you want to accomplish with as much detail as possible. Measurable Describes your goal in terms that can clearly be evaluated Challenging A goal that takes energy and discipline to accomplish Realistic A goal you know you are actually capable of obtaining Stated Completion Date Goal that breaks longer term goals into shorter pieces and clearly specify target completion dates

26. 3 | 26 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Specific Describes what you want to accomplish with as much detail as possible.

27. 3 | 27 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Measurable Describes your goal in terms that can clearly be evaluated

28. 3 | 28 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Challenging A goal that takes energy and discipline to accomplish

29. 3 | 29 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Realistic A goal you know you are actually capable of obtaining

30. 3 | 30 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Stated Completion Date A goal that breaks longer term goals into shorter pieces and clearly specify target completion dates

31. 3 | 31 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Write them down- makes them more concrete-- gives you different perspective Goals

32. 3 | 32 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Visualize Your Goal Literally draw it where you can SEE what you want.

33. 3 | 33 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Put goals everywhere. Make them visible. Visualize reaching goal. Note steps. Begin Immediately

34. 3 | 34 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Best time to set goal is when there is a major change in your life. Evaluate Periodically

35. 3 | 35 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Think a goal through  What skills do I need to achieve this  What information and knowledge do I need  What help assistance or collaboration do I need  What resources do I need  What can block progress  Am I making any assumptions  Is there a better way of doing things

36. 3 | 36 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Goals for the CLASSROOM

37. 3 | 37 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Set Goals For Semester For Course For Each Class Period What are you goals for this class?

38. 3 | 38 Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Goals Provide Directions If you don’t have directions for where you are going, you may end up somewhere you don’t want to be.