The document outlines a framework for effective goal setting, emphasizing the importance of creating Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) goals. It details the benefits of goal-setting, such as increased achievement, self-confidence, and satisfaction, while providing practical strategies to define and prioritize goals across various life areas. Additionally, the document encourages recording progress and maintaining ethical standards in pursuing goals.

1. SMARTER Goal-Setting
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™ Digging for Goals Defined
™ GET “SMARTER” – A Framework for Goal Setting
™ Inspiration to Get You Digging for Goals
AGENDA
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“For me, goals are my road map to the life I
want. They have helped me accomplish things I
once thought were impossible.”
- Catherine Pulsifer

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Digging for Goals
™ What is a goal?
– Something you would like to achieve.
™ What is the purpose of setting and digging for goals?
– Goals give you direction and keep you focused on
where you want to end up.

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Benefits of
Digging for Goals

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Benefits of
Digging for Goals
™ Higher levels of:
– Achievement
– Self Confidence
– Performance
– Personal Motivation
– Personal Satisfaction with Work
– Happiness throughout Life
™ Creates a Positive Can-Do Attitude
™ Work-Life Balance

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Digging for Goals Steps

8. –“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with
venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps,
we must step up the stairs.
- Vaclav Havel

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Importance of Digging
for Goals
™ Setting goals enable you to:
– Convert ideas into doable milestones.
– Have control on the direction of your life.
– Concentrate and use your time more effectively.
– Be positive.
– Be productive.
– Be proactive.

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™ Choose goals that are worthwhile.
™ Opt for goals that are achievable.
™ Make your goals specific.
™ Be committed to your goals.
™ Prioritize your goals.
™ Set deadlines to accomplish your goals.
™ Evaluate your goals.
™ Reward yourself for accomplishment.

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In Your Workbook…
™ What are some things you hope to achieve in the
next few weeks or months?
™ What do you want to achieve in the next few years?
™ Think Big!
™ Set a Goal for each area of your life.

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Family *
Friends *
Relationships
Physical
Spiritual
Mental *
Intellectual
Health *
Wellbeing
Social *
Cultural
Wealth *
Financial
Career *
Business
Hobby *
Passions *
Interests
Areas of
Your Life

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GET “SMARTER”
™ Use a SMARTER Framework for Setting Goals

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16. –™ Stellar goals are SPECIFIC, crystal clear, well defined.
™ Goals are stated simply and with expected outcomes.
™ State exactly what you will do.
™ Be clear about what it is you are wanting to achieve.
™ Answer the “W” Questions:
– Who is involved?
– What specifically do I want to
accomplish?
– Why do I want to accomplish
this goal?

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™ I will enjoy financial success and earn an additional $60K
in new business within the next 6 months.
™ I will be more healthy and honor my body as a temple by
achieving my goal weight of XX lbs in 3 months.
™ I will strengthen my relationship with my partner with
more quality time together each week.

18. –™ Effective goals have measures and milestones to
indicate you have achieved them.
™ Think “From and To.”
™ A measurement gives feedback and lets you know
when the goal is complete.
™ Goals that contain specific numbers and dates keep
you on track and provide a way to measure success.

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™ I will meet with 5 additional prospects each week and
secure $10K in sales per month.
™ I will go to the gym 5 days per week for 1 hour minimum.
™ I will take my partner on a fun weekly date.

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™ Agreed or Attainable Goals are Achievable Goals.
™ Set goals that are agreed upon and accepted by those
responsible for achieving it.
™ Set high, yet reachable, goals for excitement and
challenge.

21. –™ My 5 team members agreed to meet with one additional
prospect each week. This is attainable!
™ I agree to go to the gym Monday-Friday from 5-6am.
™ My partner, Dwayne, agreed to go on a fun weekly date
with me and to share the responsibility of planning.

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™ The goal must be realistic, meaningful and relevant for you.
™ What is the reason you are striving for this goal?
™ The goal must be challenging and yet attainable.
This is important to stay motivated.
™ Goals should have outcomes that are realistic given your
current situation, resources, and available time.

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™ NOT Realistic: I will make $1M this year.
™ Realistic: I will make $20K more this year.
™ NOT Realistic: I will lose 10 lbs. per week.
™ Realistic: I will lose 2 lbs. per week.

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™ Set a date for when you will achieve each of your goals.
™ Include start points, end points, fixed durations.
™ Timeframe must be aggressive yet realistic.
™ Time periods for achievements and milestones must be
clearly stated.
™ Breakdown bigger goals into smaller goals and assign dates
for each step or milestone.

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™ I will make an additional $20K by September 1st.
™ I will achieving my goal weight by December 31st.
™ I will start my weekly sweetheart dates this Saturday and
continue weekly for 3 complete months.
™ I will be debt-free by January 1, 2017.

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What are goal based ethics?
™ A goal is the sum of many actions to accomplish one overall thing.
™ Do the actions we are taking to achieve this overall goal justify the
end result or our goal?
™ Ethically are we doing what is best for all involved and not just
whatever it takes to reach that goal.
™ Are our actions ethical?
™ Does the end justify the means?

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Let’s say your goal is to make partner in your law firm.
Your Ethical Goals may include:
™ Getting to work early and staying late.
™ Doing research on a high profile case.
™ Taking additional college courses to amp up my résumé.
Unethical Goals:
™ Exposing a co-worker for wrong doing (because they are
fighting for the same position)
™ Letting an attorney for the other side in on
some information that would make your
colleague look bad or lose a case.

29. –™ Record your Goals!
™ Commit to paper the goals you want to achieve.
™ Keep records or a journal to find out where you are.
™ Prioritize your goals. Order goals in terms of importance.
™ Break large goals into sub-goals. Breaking down large goals helps
make them more manageable.
™ Break sub-goals into tasks.
™ Schedule a set of specific tasks to do
that will help you achieve your goal.

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™ Example of Goal: increase my compensation at work by $10K
this year.
™ Sub-Goals:
1. Talk to my boss about taking on extra responsibility
2. Increase my sales by 5%
3. Take advantage of overtime opportunities
™ Sub-Goal 1. Talk to Boss Tasks:
– Monday: Make a list of things I am qualified to do, need to do
and can be added to my responsibilities
– Tuesday: Set meeting with boss
– Wednesday: Plan agenda for meeting with boss. Practice talking
points.

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Apps for Goal Setting and Tracking:
™ GoalsOnTrack
™ LifeTick
™ Habit List
™ Irunurun
™ Stick

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Final Thoughts…
™ A dream becomes a goal when action is taken towards
achieving it.
™ You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a
new dream.
™ Keep dreaming and keep digging for goals!

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Some Inspiration
™ Can you dig it?

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Think, Be & Stay Positive.

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QUIT MAKING EXCUSES, PUTTING IT
OFF, COMPLAINING ABOUT IT,
DREAMING ABOUT IT, WHINING
ABOUT IT, CRYING ABOUT IT,
BELIEVING YOU CAN’T, WORRYING
IF YOU CAN, WAITING UNTIL YOU’RE
OLDER, SKINNIER, RICHER, BRAVER,
OR ALL AROUND BETTER. SUCK IT
UP. HOLD ON TIGHT, SAY A PRAYER,
MAKE A PLAN AND …

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(Digging for Goals Motto)

44. SMARTER Goal-Setting
Presented by Culture Transformation Resources
. www.CTRConsultingServices.com

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Connect with Me!
Ms. Andre Harris
™ President
™ Culture Transformation Resources, LLC
™ Andre@CTRConsultingServices.com
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™ 877-CTR-1236 or 877-287-1236
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