2. “To get what we've never had,
we must do what we’ve never
done.”
Anonymous
3. Objectives
Explore key concepts related to setting goals
and managing priorities.
Develop and write individual goals.
Describe the importance of time management.
Define a strategy to set priorities.
Identify steps to overcome barriers to effective
time management.
4. Activity
A quick activity to establish if barriers exist that
keep you from setting effective goals.
On a piece of paper write the numbers 1-10
vertically with the following words at the top of
your page.
Nearly Always Sometimes Rarely
1 ______________ ________ ______
5. Nearly Always Sometimes Rarely
1. I write down my goals.
2. I express my goals in specific, measurable
terms that are achievable.
3. I visualize my goals.
4. My large goals are in manageable parts.
5. I evaluate my progress of my goals on a regular
basis.
6. I have personal rewards when I reach my goals.
6. Count up the number of times you responded and
multiply that by the number provided here
# of Nearly Always x 3 =_____
# of Sometimes x 2 =_____
# of Rarely x 1 =_____
Then add the numbers together for a total score.
The higher the score the more effective you are at
setting goals. Highest score = 18
7. Lesson Learned about Goals
Olympic runners who want to run a race must
have the finish line in mind.
The athlete focuses on the prize as he or she
endures the rigorous training.
As the athlete enters the race they focus on the
finish line and how they will feel when they break
through the crossing tape.
This is where you need to begin…with the
finish line in mind.
8. Guidelines
Think of a goal that will enhance or improve your
school experience.
Then make it SMART (SMART goals established by Peter Drucker).
SMART Goals
– Specific
– Measurable
– Action-oriented
– Realistic & Relevant
– Time bound
9. SMART
Goals
Specific-answers who, what, when, where, and
why.
Measurable-answers How much? or How many?
Action-oriented-goal statements include an action
verb such as increase, complete, conduct, attain,
achieve, and/or maintain.
Realistic and Relevant-breaking down larger goals
into more realistic and manageable components that
are appropriate.
Time-Bound-specific schedule of milestones.
10. SMART Goal
An example of a goal that is NOT a SMART
goal:
I want to lose weight.
SMART goal would read:
“I want to lose 15 lbs by March 29th, 2013. I will
walk briskly with my dog a half hour daily and I
will eat food that is not processed and eat mostly
fruits and vegetables five times a week.
11. Activity-
Write your own goal
Take five minutes to write 1 or 2 of your own
goals.
12. At 211 degrees water is hot.
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water, comes stream, and stream
that can power a locomotive.
Raising the temperature of water by just one degree
means the difference between something that is
simply very hot and something that generates
enough force to power a machine. Sam Parker and Mac Abderson
________________________________________
This metaphor is here to assist you to
push yourself to make that extra effort as you
complete your D.N.P. program.
13. Time Management
Everyone is concerned about time or
the use of time.
14. If you’re like most people
coming back to school-you:
Never have enough time to do everything that
you need to do.
You are literally swamped with work, personal
responsibilities, and now school.
There are a multitude of things in your life you
want to successfully accomplished …but where
are you going to find the time.
15. Only a few years ago there were only a handful
of books that referenced the concept of “Time
Management.”
Today there are hundreds all designed to
improve time management.
This module will look at one concept for time
management from First Things First.
16. Time Management Myths
Time can be managed
A calendar and task list will take care of it
Multitasking
17. “Set priorities for your goals. A major part of
successful living lies in the ability to put first
things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals
are not achieved is that we spend our time doing
second things first.“
– Robert J. Mckain
18. First Things First
builds on the following ideas
To look at your goals and time not from a clock point of reference
but from a compass view point.
The clock view looks at your commitments appointments,
schedules, goals activities …how you manage your time.
The compass outlook focuses on your vision, values, principles,
mission direction – what you feel is important.
When there is a gap between the two that is when you will feel
like all you are doing is dealing with crisis.
In the book First Things First, Covey et al. has defined how to
move toward efficiency and control with your time.
19. Looking at Your Time
Keep track of your time for the next week.
On a piece of paper draw a square and divide the
square into four equal areas.
After a week of tracking your activities fill in where
you spend your time using
the time matrix on the next slide.
21. Examples of What Each Quadrant
Represents
Quadrant IV (Not Urgent and Not Important): Watching
TV, mindless web browsing, looking over your
junk mail-interruptions.
Quadrant III (Urgent and Not Important): Texting
someone about stuff-distractions.
Quadrant II (Not Urgent and Important): My health, my
D.N.P. program, relationships-critical activities.
Quadrant I (Urgent and Important): Crying baby, a
paper that is due tonight-important activities.
22. Move into Quadrant II
You want to spend your time in Quadrant II rather
than Quadrant I where you are always putting out
fires or Quadrant III where the activities you are
spending time with are not important. Quadrant IV is
an area in your life you need
to give up until you finish your
D.N.P. program
Quadrant II is the quadrant Manage Focus
of quality and Minimize Avoid
personal leadership.
23. Summary
“Being busy does not always mean real work.
The object of all work is production or
accomplishment and to either of these ends
there must be forethought, system, planning,
intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as
perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
- Thomas Edison
24. References
Covey, S. R., Merrill, A. R., & Merrill, R.R.
(1994). First Things First. New York, NY:
Simon and Schuster.
http://Office.Microsoft.com
Parker, S. & Anderson, M. (2006). 212 the
extra degree. Naperville, IL: Simple Truths.
