Goal Setting: Personal and professional

1. Developing
Personal and
Professional goals
Anitha Purushotham

2. Contents:
 What is a goal?
 Difference between goal and dream.
 Setting goals
 Importance of goals
 SMART Goals
 Tips for goal setting
 Professional goal setting
 Principles of goal setting
 How should I achieve them?
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3. “
What would you attempt to
do if you knew that you
wouldn’t fail?
How we spend our days is
how we spend our life
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4. What is a goal?
A goal is what a person tries to accomplish
through behavior and actions

5. Dream
✘ Dream is a fantasy.It
does not have
boundaries
✘ Dream is a goal
without legs
✘ Dream can be
guiding passion of
your life.
Difference between goal
and dream
Goal
✘ Goal is more clear and
vivid target that you
want to attain.
✘ Goal is always
accompanied with a
plan.
✘ It is an aim/objective
that you want to
achieve. 5

6. “
When you focus on the
problem you loose your goal
and when you focus on your
goal you lose your problem
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Focus on the solution

8. Setting goals
✘ What are my values?
✘ What drives me?
✘ What do I ultimately want to achieve?
✘ Why do I want to achieve that?
✘ What would my best friend and/or
partner say my goals are?
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9. Importance of goals:
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Convert ideas into doable milestones
Goals
Being positive
Have control on the direction of your
life
Concentrate and use your time more
effectively

10. “
How many times is this
building made?
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11. “
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Malaysian Twin
tower
Burj Khalifa Taj Mahal
Padmanabhaswamy
temple

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SMART GOALS

13. Specific Goal Setting
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Describes what you want to accomplish with
as much detail as possible
Vague goals lessen the possibility of attaining
them
E.g.s
I want to do well in English
I want an “A” on my next composition.

14. Measurable Goal Setting
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Describes goals in terms that can be clearly
evaluated
No measurement means that task or goal will never
be attained
E.g.s
I want to study my biology text.
I want to study chapter 7 and answer all the
questions.
Short-term: “Tomorrow, I will write chapter X.”
Long-term : “At the end of this year, I have written
two books.”

15. Achievable Goal Setting
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Identifies a goal that focuses on actions rather than
personal qualities
Goal must have an action in order to complete it
E.g.s
I want a better attitude about studying.
I want to complete all assignments before classes.
Approach : “I will finish writing chapter 4.”
Avoidance : “I will try to avoid not finishing chapter 4.”

16. Realistic Goal Setting
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Identifies goals that are actually able to be attained
Goals can be challenging but not unrealistic
E.g.s
Tonight I’ll read half of my book and complete the
assignments.
Tonight I’ll read two chapters of my book and
complete the assignments.
Learning : “I will complete this course so that I can
improve my writing skills.”
Performance : “I will complete this course so that
others will praise me.”

17. Time Bound Goal Setting
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Identifies goals that break a longer term goal into
shorter term goals and clearly specifies a
completion date
e.g.s
I want to graduate with honors.
I want to make the dean’s list this semester.
Process: “I will write three pages every day.”
End-state : “I will finish writing this book.”

18. SMART GOAL EXAMPLE
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Weak Goal Example: I’m going to get fit.
SMART Goal Example:
Specific: I’m going to start running daily and train for a
marathon.
Measurable: I will follow the Nike app training program to run
a full marathon without stopping.
Achievable: I have done some running before, my body is
reasonably healthy, and the marathon is 6 months from now.
Relevant: I want to become a fit, healthy, and strong person
— I want to be full of vitality, energy, and zest for life!
Time-bound: I have signed up for a marathon 6 months from
now.

19. Tips for goal setting
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Choose goals that are worthwhile
Opt for goals that are achieveable
Make your goals specific
Priortize your goals and set deadlines
Evaluate your goals
Reward yourself for accomplishment

20. Professional goal setting:
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Edwin Locke
Specific
goal
Challenging
goal
Better task
performance

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Principles of goal setting

22. Commitment
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Goals are effective when employees understand and
agree upon them.
The goal is credible as long as the employees believe that
the goal is consistent with the goal of the company.
Goal commitment <-> Difficulty

23. Clarity
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Measurable Unambiguous
Time-bound

24. Challenge
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People are often motivated by achievement
Judge a goal based on the significance of the anticipated
accomplishment
! Too easy vs. Too difficult goal!
Challenging but realistic!

25. Task Complexity
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Highly complex goals or assignments don’t
have to become overwhelming
Person should have
sufficient time to meet the
goal or improve performance
Person should have enough
time to practice or learn what
is expected and required for
success.

26. Feedback
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Clarify
expectations
Adjust goal
difficulty
Gain
recognition

27. How should I achieve them?
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 Decide what you want
 Work out the conflict
 Visualize the goal
 Put your difficulties in perspective with your goal
 Be aware of the road to achieving your goals as you are
of the goals themselves
 Always ask yourself. Is this really important?
 Always remember that achieving your goals takes
discipline and courage.

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The only thing that stands between a man and
what he wants from life is often merely the will
to try it and the faith to believe that it is
possible. Whatever you believe, with conviction
,becomes your reality

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Thanks!
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purushothamanita@gmail.com