2. They’re Not Synonymous
Goals Resolutions
0 Something to achieve 0 Required task
0 An addition 0 A distraction
0 Short-term/Long-
0 Immediate
term
gratification
0 Something
meaningful 0 Solution to a problem

3. You’re Not Broken…
You’re Human
We fall. We get back up. We’re cliché.
Our biggest problem: we’re HYPOCRITES
That’s right. Each and every one of us.
For example:
A student walks into your office…

4. Areas of Opportunity
0 Code for: “We all screw up. We all have the ability to fix
our mistakes. Okay, maybe not fix. But we can definitely
learn from them.”
0 Awesome idea
0 So why are we so SLOW to embrace the many “areas
of opportunity” life sends our way?
0 Why do we react like . . .

5. This?

6. Or This?

7. Or This?

8. Thoughts?

9. It’s Because . . .
0 Opportunity is scary as hell
0 Because it’s next-door neighbors with failure
0 Which lives across the street from fear
0 Which lives in the pit of our stomachs

10. So It’s Time We Do Something
READY . . .
SET . . .
G-

11. WRONG!
0 Do not GO! Do not even pass go. Do not collect your
$200.
0 Instead . . .
P
L
A
N

12. Say What?
Prioritize
Learn
Analyze
Negotiate

13. Prioritize
0 If you know what’s important: GREAT!
0 If you’re unsure? That’s okay, too.
0 If you know what’s important but still feel like you’re
being torn into 17 million different pieces:
Join. The. Club.

14. To Help You Prioritize
0 Is it important to . . .
0 Me?
(aka: my happiness, success, well-being, health)?
0 Another?
(aka: their happiness, success, well-being, health)?

15. Admit It . . .
0 When you read “another,” you probably saw the word “student”
instead
0 Student are our lives; that’s okay
0 Forgetting to live because of our students: NOT okay
0 Quit assuming the priorities of others are more important than
your own
0 Still not convinced?
0 Consider this . . . “You’re a _______ first.”

16. Learn
0 Why you make your priorities the way you do
0 Why your resolutions and/or goals sometimes fail
0 Why you run from opportunity . . . Or prolong it . . . Or
project it onto others (we kind of figured this out
already. Go us )
0 Why you let others decide your happiness, well-being,
self-esteem, etc.

17. Your Goals & Resolutions Do
Not Fail Because . . .
0 You’re a bad person
0 Or lazy
0 Or a terrible goal-setter (okay, maybe you are; but you
can learn to be better)
0 They fail because you’re committed, daring, and eager.

18. Again . . . Say What?
0 You’re COMMITTED to your FEAR
Remedy: some motherly advice
0 You’re DARING to be TOO ambitious
Remedy: take off the cape
0 You’re EAGER to please all the WRONG people
Remedy: a harsh, yet necessary decision

19. Analyze
(aka: Don’t Take Stuff for
Granted)
0 Your priorities
0 What you’ve learned
0 What society tells you is right… or wrong… or
beautiful… or cool…
0 If society’s voice is too loud, consider this. You’re a
part of that voice. Just get louder. Tell THEM to shut
up, and listen to YOURSELF.

20. Analysis is NOT Annihilation
0 I didn’t “destroy” literature as an English major; I
enriched it; it enriched me
0 It’ll help your career
0 Why?
0 Because students aren’t one-dimensional. And
sadly, neither are spreadsheets. Or grant proposals.
You get the idea.

21. The Triangle Effect
0 The more angles you
see, the more
connections you make MIND
0 The more connections
you make, the more
holistic you become
BODY SPIRIT

22. Negotiate
(aka Compromise, Move
on, Hakuna Matata)
0 Because you WILL . . .
Over and under prioritize
Have to learn harsh lessons
Run into conflicting analyses
0 Because life is GREY and constantly CHANGING
0 Because if you don’t negotiate, you’ll go nowhere in life

23. You’re Not Leaving with a
NYG
0 That’s right
0 I can’t create one for you
0 You can’t create one (at least a meaningful one) in a one
hour session
0 But you now have the tools you need to create one
0 Empowerment

24. Sooooo…
GET READY...
GET SET…
GET PLANNING!

25. Still Not Motivated?
0 Take a lesson from my bestie. My confidant. My way-too-obsessed-
with-Les-Mis-but-it’s-cool-because-I-love-her friend, Katie.
0 From her blog “Culture & Cardigans: A Nerd Girl’s Guide to the
Power of a Story”
0 “The only miserable thing about Les Miserables is putting down the
book, leaving the theater, or exiting the cinema, because you’ll find
you just want to hear the story again. However, in this misery lies
greatness. Because greatness is the triumph of the human spirit. And
the human spirit triumphs when it seeks to help others.”
0 So that’s what you can do. You can help yourself. You can help others.
And finally, you can help others help themselves.