Go for the GOAL!!

Presented by the ACCESS Center

Goal SettingSix steps:

• 1 Be Realistic

• 2 Details

• 3 Balance

• 4 Support

• 5 Chart your Course

• 6 Celebrate!

Step One: Be Realistic•What is the purpose of your

goal?•Do you believe in the plan?

Step Two: DETAILS• Make sure that your goal is Specific

• Identify what you must do to reach your goal

• List the actions!

Step Three Balance

• Can you measure your goal?

• Seek to balance the actions, don’t try to achieve too much at one time!

Step FourSupport

• Seek out positive people to encourage you!

• Be accountable to one person…

Step FiveChart your course

• Make sure you have clear directions

• Alternative plans should be included

Step Six Celebrate !

• Plan for rewards

• Stay focused on the positive

• Don’t forget.. As John Dewey says: “Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another”!!!

Example of an Educational Goal

• I will complete the requirements of Introduction to Education and pass the class with a B or better on December 16, 2010.

Example of a Career Goal

• I will complete the required training to obtain a license as an Elementary School Teacher by May 2013.

Example of a Personal Goal

• I will improve my stamina by exercising at least 30 minutes each day for one month.

Goal Setting

Six steps: 1 Be Realistic 2 Details 3 Balance 4 Support 5 Chart your Course 6 Celebrate!

Words of wisdomWords of wisdom….…. Favorite Mark Twain Quote:Favorite Mark Twain Quote: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things

that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #1 Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #1 You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can

steer yourself, any direction you choose. steer yourself, any direction you choose. Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #2 Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes #2 Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who

is youer than you. is youer than you.

Favorite Einstein Quote:Favorite Einstein Quote: Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler. Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Favorite Disney Quotation:Favorite Disney Quotation: The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Other Favorite Famous Quotations:Other Favorite Famous Quotations: Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your

eyes off the goal. eyes off the goal. Henry FordHenry Ford

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.    C.S. LewisC.S. Lewis

Questions???• Contact the ACCESS CENTER • 478-6217 Room 118 in the Student Center• Goal Setting articles• http://www.topachievement.com/tutorial/index.html• http://careerplanning.about.com/od/settinggoals/a/goal_setting.htm• http://www.mygoals.com/• http://www.myrewardboard.com/approach_goal_setting.html• http://www.abcteach.com/directory/middle_school/goal_setting/• http://www.time-management-guide.com/goal-setting-

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