The document discusses setting goals using the DAPPS method. It explains that DAPPS stands for goals being Dated, Achievable, Personal, Positive, and Specific. It provides examples for each letter and emphasizes setting goals for life roles and dreams. Students will work on creating a life plan and select groups for a presentation on student services.

1. Goal!
Setting your goals for the future
Week FOUR
Ring Toss, DAPPS 1

2. Last Week
• Values
– Auction
– The Alligator River Story
– Card Sort
• Homework
– Journal: Values
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3. Write Your Obituary/Perfect Career
• What is an obituary?
– It is a death notice of a person
• Remember this is just an exercise
• When you are writing, think about:
– Values you have
– What accomplishments you have done or would like
to do
– Roles you play in life and the purpose of the roles
– How you made a difference
– How you want people to remember you
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4. Ice Breaker
Ring Toss
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5. Agenda
• Goals & Motivation
– What are goals?
– Why are they important
• Research at Yale University
• How do you reach your goals?
• How do you motivate yourself?
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6. “We…believe that one reason so
many high school and college
students have so much trouble
focusing on their studies is because
they don’t have a goal, don’t know
what all this studying is leading to.”
Muriel James & Dorothy Jongeward 6

7. Research at Yale University
• Researchers asked members of the class of 1953 if they
has specific, written, long-term goals.
• Only 3% did.
• 20 years later, the researchers contacted the same
graduates to see what happened to them.
• The 3% with goals had lives that were measurable
better that the 97% without goals.
• The 3% who has set specific goals had accumulated
more personal wealth then the other 97% put together
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8. How to set a goal
• To be effective, a goal need five qualities
• Remember: “DAPPS” rule
• “DAPPS” is an acronym (word form from initial of names)
– Dated
– Achievable
– Personal
– Positive
– Specific
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9. D - Dated
• Effective goals have specific deadlines
• Short term goal usually has a deadline within a few
months or less
• Long term goal usually has a deadline of a year or more
(sometimes 5-10 year)
• As deadline approaches, your motivation typically
increases. This energy help you finish strong.
• If you don’t meet you deadline, you have an opportunity
to examine what went wrong and create a new plan
• Without deadline, you might stretch the pursuit of a
goal over your whole life time
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10. A - Achievable
• Effective goals are realistic
• Example
– Running the marathon…
• Practice 1 week before the marathon by running around
the block
• Practice 1 year before the marathon with someone that
have done the marathon
• Set your limit: not too high and not too low
• Ask your self: “Can this be done?”
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11. P - Personal
• Effective goals are your goals, not someone
else’s
• Ask yourself if your current goals contribute to
your personal dreams
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12. P - Positive
• Effective goals focus your energy on what you do
want that on what you don’t want
• Translate negative goals into positive goals
• Example
– Negative: I will stop being late to class
– Positive: I will arrive on time to every class
– Negative: I will stop eating junk food
– Positive: I will start eating healthy food
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13. S - Specific
• Effective goals state outcomes in specific,
measurable terms
• Example
– Good: My goal is to do better this semester
– Better: I will achieve a 3.5 GPA or better this
semester
– Good: My goal is to play better at basketball
– Better: I will achieve at least 80% or better on the
basketball court
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14. How to set a Goal: DAPPS Rule
Dated: specific deadlines for goals
Achievable: realistic goals
Personal: effective goals are your goals, not
someone else’s
Positive: focus your energy on what you do
want rather than what you don’t want
Specific: effective goals state outcomes in
specific, measurable terms
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15. Life Roles
• A life role is an activity to which we regularly
devote large amounts of time and energy
• For example:
– College student
– Parent
– Significant other
– Athlete
– Etc…
• What roles do you play?
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16. Life Dreams
• We have dreams in each life role
– Example
• College student – to get a bachelor degree
• Parent – to raise and support my children
• Significant other – to have a happy and health relationship
• Athlete – to participate in the Olympic
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17. Committing to your Dreams
Do not doubt yourself, doubting discourages creative
energies to develop a plan.
A clear plan helps you stay on track and motivates you to
reach your goals.
Visualization will help motivate you to see the end results.
Visualize your dreams then make them a reality.
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19. “The future belongs
to those who believe
in the beauty of their
dreams.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

20. Creating Your Life Plan
• Your Life Roles
– College Student
• Your Dreams in Each Role
– Registered Nurse (Associate Degree)
• Your Long-term Goals for Each Dream
– To become a RN by Spring 2014
• Your Short-term Goals for Each Long-term Goal
– Pass all my classes this semester with a 3.5 GPA or better (Fall 2010)
– Register for Credit at Mt. SAC by Winter 2011
– Register for all my classes that I need to get into the Nursing program by
Fall 2011
– Get a 3.5 or better in ANAT 10A, 10B, MICR 22 and English 1A (Fall 2011)
– See a counselor to put together Educational Plan by Fall 2010 and every
semester after that
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21. Team Presentation
• Select groups for Student Services Presentation
• All Groups will present on Week EIGHT
• Rules & Guidelines
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22. Presentation Topic
• Admissions & Records • Extended Opportunity
• Assessment Center Programs & Services
• Associated Students • Financial Aid Office
• Bridge Program • Health Services
• Career Placement • Learning Assistance
• Center
Counseling/Advising
Department • Re-Entry Center
• Disabled Student • Student Life Center
Programs & Services
Do you want to do a campus tour next class?
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23. Homework
• Journal: Goal
• DAPPS Worksheet
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