a slideshow about development of the self in society, how to set goals and all that. the learners will be able to define the important words and be able to also apply what is needed of them to achieve what is being taught in the slides. This is a slideshow for grade eight learners who want to broaden their knowledge on how to set goals and the behaviors they need to avoid in order to do so.

1. DEVELOPMENT OF SELF IN
THE SOCIETY
LIFE ORIENTATION: GRADE 8
KM MAROPOLA

2. SETTING
GOALS AND
REACHING
YOUR
POTENTIAL • SELF CONCEPT: how you see yourself and what you feel about yourself .
• SELF MOTIVATION: believing in your abilities and being inspired to do things
that interest you.
These two inter-exist if you believe in yourself you are motivated to do more things that
benefit you.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SELF CONCEPT AND SELF MOTIVATION.
• Family: how our families relate to us has an effect on how we portray ourselves. How we
are treated at home shapes our adulthood.
• Friends and peers : our interactions and relationships with other people affect how we feel
about ourselves. Eg. If people don't like to hang out with you, you will have a low
confidence in yourself.

3. Environment: The place you live in is your environment, includes the
atmosphere and feelings related to the place. If you feel secured and
safe then that will positively affect your self-concept.
Community: we often compare ourselves with the people in our
communities and if these people are more successful and happier
than us, this is more likely to negatively impact our self- concept.
Religion/culture : your beliefs give you guidelines about how to live
daily, they also have an effect on how you feel about yourself
Media: it shows us what happens around the world,
other people's lifestyles, how they wear, their weight etc.
These factors often affect how we see ourselves, majority of the
time negatively because it has a different definition of beauty.

4. SETTING GOALS AND
REACHING YOUR
POTENTIAL.
• Having a positive self-concept helps a person to succeed and
reach their potential.
• There are ways one can use to reach their potential, these can be
skills and strategies.
• Skills: believing in yourself, focusing on what you can do eg,
sports or academics and also thinking about your successes.
• Strategies: start exercising to feel good about
yourself, read inspiring books and SET GOALS.
• EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE BEST OF
THEMSELVES AND GOAL SETTING HELPS US DO THAT.
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5. GOALS
WHAT ARE GOALS?
• A goal is a specific thing that one wants to achieve.
• There are short term and long term goals, long term goals can be broken into short
term.
LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT OF A SMART GOAL.
• It is a goal that specifies exactly what a person is trying to achieve, allowing them to
know exactly when the goal has been achieved . Smart is an acronym.
WHAT DOES SMART STAND FOR?
S: SPECIFIC--It should state exactly what you want to do.
M: MEASURABLE—You should be able to measure the success towards meeting your
goal.
A: ACTION ORIENTATED—the goal should have an action word to help you do
something to achieve it.

6. R:RELEVANT/REALISTIC-- The goal should not be
impossible to reach
T:TIME BOUND—The goal should have a time frame, it
should have a due date.
LETS TAKE A LOOK AT FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS
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7. HOW
BEHAVIOUR
AFFECTS
GOAL
ACHIEVEMEN
T.
WHAT IS BEHAVIOUR?
Behaviour is the way in which
one acts or conducts one's self,
especially towards others.
How does behaviour affect
goal achievement?
Actions that one decided to
take need to lead them one
step closer to the goal, eg time
management, abstaining from
sexual activities and making
objectives to reach their short
term goals.
If one engages in negative
activities such as drug abuse,
criminal activities and sexual
inter cause, that may lead
to health issues, unwanted
pregnancy and jail time. All
these causing one not to reach
their long term goals.
SEXUALITY : Is a natural part
of being human, affects one's
way of thinking and how they
see themselves and
relationships with others. It
includes sexual thoughts,
experiences, feelings, ideas
and values.

8. HOW DOES SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IMPACT A PERSON'S
ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.?
• Having unprotected sexual inter cause may lead to unwanted pregnancy
and STI's causing one to focus more on their current situation and hold off
or even stop considering both their short term and long term goals.
• Engaging in sexual activity makes one feel mature and independent and
that will lead to them neglecting their goals and focusing on their sexual
life.
• Abstaining from sex however saves one from the known sexual
consequences allowing them to be able to focus on their goals and
creating a future they desire.
• Having safe sex can also help reduce the chances of health complications
and allows one to go about their lives and also allows them to reach their
health goals such as gym and sports.
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