Goal Setting Slides

2. What is challenging about
setting and completing goals?

3. What’s your I-D-A-H-O Goal?
Setting Goals

4. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
The Acronym
• Identify a goal (What do you want to do?)
• Decide the duration (How long will it take?)
• Actualize the steps (What are the steps to complete it?)
• Help and accountability (What resources are available to help?)
• Observe your progress (How’s it going?)

5. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
The Acronym
• Identify a goal (What do you want to do?)
• Your goal should be specific and achievable
• Example: Complete my English 101 Assignment Early
• There are no questions about what the goal is!

6. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
Identifying success
• When considering your goal, you should also consider your definition
of success
• What does success look like to you?
• How does that play into the completion of your goal?

7. Defining Success
Why it matters to goal setting
• Our personal definition of success helps motivates us when we
are going through rough times
• We are more likely to a complete our goals when we define what the
finished goal will look like
• Defining success ourselves allows for more flexibility and can help us
bounce back if things don't go as expected

8. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
The Acronym
• Identify a goal (What do you want to do?)
• Decide the duration (How long will it take?)
• Goals need deadlines!
• Set a timeline for yourself

9. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
The Acronym
• Identify a goal (What do you want to do?)
• Decide the duration (How long will it take?)
• Actualize the steps (What are the steps to complete it?)
• Breaking a big task up into smaller steps can make the goal
easier to accomplish

10. I-D-A-H-O goal setting
Actualizing the steps: develop your Action Plan
• Break down larger tasks/projects into smaller chunks
• List steps and deadlines
• Write down barriers and solutions to the barriers
• Reflect on your support
• Find your go-to people

11. I-D-A-H-O goal setting
The Action Plan
• Goal: Complete paper for ENGL 101 by 10/27
• Schedule appointment with writing center (10/19)
• Prepare rough draft (10/21)
• Submit rough draft to writing center (10/22)
• Edit draft with writing tutor’s suggestions (10/24)
• Submit final draft (10/26)

12. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
The Acronym
• Identify a goal (What do you want to do?)
• Decide the duration (How long will it take?)
• Actualize the steps (What are the steps to complete it?)
• Help and accountability (What resources are available to help?)
• Observe your progress (How’s it going?)

13. “It is responsible and professional to
use your resources.”
-Nancy Luebbert, former Director of Academic Success, College of Law, University of Idaho

14. Resources available to you:
• Academic Coaching
• Career Services
• Counseling and Testing Center
• Drop-in Tutoring
• LGBTQA Office
• Office of Multicultural Affairs
• SI-PASS
• Women’s Center

15. I-D-A-H-O Go Go Goals!
The Acronym
• Identify a goal (What do you want to do?)
• Decide the duration (How long will it take?)
• Actualize the steps (What are the steps to complete it?)
• Help and accountability (What resources are available to help?)
• Observe your progress (How’s it going?)
Let's try
it out!

16. Example #1
• I-Pass Bio 114 Exam #3
• D-Due November 2nd
• A-Study Chapters 15-25
• H-I don’t need any help
• O-I’ve gotten some studying done already
This goal could use some more structure! There
is a lot to study, but no steps for how to do that.
There is tutoring available for this course, but it
isn’t included in the plan.

17. I-D-A-H-O goal setting
Things to Remember
• Goals provide structure and focus
• Either in the long term or the short term
• Be specific
• From creation to execution
• Find balance
• Challenge yourself
• Use them as motivation for further success

18. Example #2
• I- I want to apply for a BP internship
• D- Application date Feb. 15th
• A-
• Read Application
• Prepare materials
• Revise by Feb 10th
• Submit Application Feb 14th
• H- Ask one of my friends to look at it
• O- Are my materials done by Feb 10th?
This goal has more structure! There
could be a few more intermediate
deadlines, but overall it looks good!