How to set a goal and realizing it too..

1. Goal Setting
We don’t Plan to Fail
We Fail to Plan

2. What is a Goal?
 Aim
 An object or end that one strives
to attain

3. Vocabulary
 Vision
 Major Goals
 Operational Goals
 Tasks

4. Why Set Goals?
 Achieve More
 Get Organized
 Improve Self-confidence
 Perform Better

5. Setting Effective Goals
 Positive Statements
 Be Precise
 Set Priorities
 Write Goals down
 Keep Operational Goals small.
 Break down goals into smaller goals and
tasks that can be easily accomplished.

6. General Principles .
 Set performance goals, not outcome
goals
 Create goals that you can control
 Set specific goals
 Set realistic goals

7. Why are goals set too
high?
 Others set goals for you
 Insufficient information
 Base a goal on your best performance
 Lack of respect for self

8. Why goals are set too
low?
 Fear of failure
 Taking it easy

9. Thinking a goal through
 What skills do I need to achieve this?
 What information and knowledge to I need?
 What help, assistance, or collaboration do I
need?
 What resources do I need?
 What difficulties do I need to be prepared to
face?
 Am I making any assumptions?
 Is there a better way of doing things?

10. Why we can fail?
 Goals are set too high
 Goals are not a challenge
 Goals are too vague
 Goal setting is done in an
unsystematic, sporadic, disorganized
manner
 Too many non prioritized goals

11. Feedback and
Reflection
 Key to the success of this endeavor
 Need to be willing to fail, to take
chances
 Need to be willing to talk about the
failures

12. Successful Feedback
 Was the goal too easy?
 What did you learn ?
 What skills could I develop to make
this project easier?

13. Failure Feedback
 Was the goal too difficult?
 Was the Goal unrealistic?
 Faulty logic
 Improper technique, skills, or
knowledge
 Did we put enough effort into the
project?

14. Achieving your goals
 Goal setting is your servant not your
master.
 Take time to celebrate.
 “If I had three hours to cut down a tree,
I would spend two hours sharpening
the axe!” -Abraham Lincoln