This webinar discusses the importance of goal setting for people of all ages. It is presented by Dr. N Sekar, an academician and trainer. Some signs that someone may be suffering from "goalless syndrome" are listed, such as oversleeping, drinking too much, and feeling bored. Various types of goals are then outlined, including career, financial, personal development, spiritual, educational, relationship, physical and health, and goals categorized by time (lifetime, long-term, short-term, stepping stone). The SMART framework for setting attainable goals is also explained. The webinar emphasizes that goal setting requires planning actions to achieve desired results and that making choices can change one's life.

1. WEBINAR
July 19, 2020
HAVING GOALS MUST
FOR ALL AGES
DR. N SEKAR
ACADEMICIAN AND TRAINER

8.  You oversleep most days.
 You drink too much.
 Every weekend you go chilling out because life is
stressful.
 Going out without any reason.
 Indulge in food.
 Drink too much coffee.
 Feel bored most days.
 Play video games as if would be your second job.
 Spend money on useless things or activities.
 Not feeling satisfied, therefore trying to make
more money to buy more useless things.
ANY OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO
YOU?

9. Warning signs that you might be
suffering from “goalless
syndrome”:
lacking purpose or direction in life

12. 1. Career Goals
• Get a promotion
• Improve job performance
• Learn a new skill related to your career
• Look for a career change
• Improve communication
• Develop your soft skills /online skills
• Get a specific award/accolade
• Start your own business
• Create a side source for extra money

13. “If I had 8 hours to chop down a
tree,
I’d spend 6 sharpening
my ax”
Abraham Lincoln

14. 2. Financial Goals
• Save for retirement
• Buy a home
• Pay off loans
• Create an emergency fund
• Get completely out of debt
• Save enough money to change jobs and do
work you love (that pays less)
• Increase your charitable donations

15. 3. Personal Development Goals
 Learn a foreign language
 Write a book
 Learn to speed read
 Learn new skills
 Read more books
 Find a mentor
 Create a blog/online course
 Improve body language/ confidence
 Start a morning routine
 Have a better attitude
 Travel to specific destinations

16. #4. Spiritual Goals
 Volunteer regularly
 Go to Temple regularly
 Become a Temple Committee leader
 Be more mindful
 Mentor a junior
 Meditate daily
 Donate more money to those less fortunate
 Start/join a prayer group
 Give hands-on help to build homes/schools
etc.

17. #5. Educational Goals
Educational goals are important while in school or college.
But due to various reasons, individuals have to even study at
a later age to get promotions, to change the job or to find a
new livelihood.
Examples:
I need to do a Digital Marketing/Virtual Teacher Course
I need to do an MBA to get promoted to Executive Cadre
I need to do a Teacher Training Course to take VRS and
pursue Teaching Profession

18. #6. Relationship Goals
 Leave stress at work
 Dedicate alone time with your child/spouse
 Get more free time
 Increase family time
 Find a significant other
 Have children
 Get married
 Save for children's goals

19. #7. Physical and Health Goals
 Start each day with this nutritious green drink
 Keep vital signs in normal ranges
 Stay fit and active
 Have a regular exercise routine
 Achieve a massive physical fitness goal.
 Keep your immune system operating at peak
condition
 Have the energy to get more done
 Live longer and be healthy till your live

21. Based
on
Time

22. 1. Lifetime Goals
Lifetime goals are the goals that will take
anywhere from a year to an entire lifetime
to achieve.
The best way to figure out your life goals is
to picture a future version of yourself, you
would like to become.
Ex: I want to become CEO of a Company
I want to settle down in Canada

23. 2. Long-Term Goals
A long-term goal often takes years to
achieve. You won’t complete this type of goal this
week, or even this year. Instead, a long-term goal
requires you to plan the specific habits and actions
to systematically work your way to this important
milestone.
Example: I want to retire by 40.
I will educate my kids at IIT or IIM
I want to build a 3 BHK,own an Audi car by 2025

24. 3. Short Term Goals
Short term goals may be a month, six months or a
year. These are the stepping stone goals with the
express purpose of reaching long term or lifetime
goals.
These goals can further be broken down into daily
goals and weekly goals.
Examples: Stop using credit cards from Jan 2021
Start jogging daily and loose 5 kgs in a year
Enroll for driving classes to learn car driving

26. 4. Stepping Stone Goals
These are transactional goals. Think of these as
action steps that allow you to reach bigger goals.
They are the bricks that build the short term goals
the build you long-term and lifetime goals.
Examples: Get up at 5.30 am and go for walking
Cut TV time and learn driving in week ends
Enroll for online course and spend an hour daily

33. Goal setting is the
process of deciding what
you want to accomplish
and devising a plan to
achieve the result you
desire.
What is goal setting

34. For many people, it's the
second part of the goal setting
definition that's problematic.
They know what they want to
do but have trouble creating a
plan to get there.
Goals without action plans are
just words.

39. There are three types of people
 Ones that make things happen
 Those that let it happen
 And the ones that don’t know what
happened.
What one are you?

40. Setting
SMART Goals
If goals aren’t reachable, they aren’t
worth making. All you have to do is
to set realistic goals follow the
SMART goals guidelines.

41. SPECIFIC
• What details do you want
to accomplish?
• “I want to do better in
Research Methodology
paper”
• “I want to become a
member of a professional
body within this week”

42. MEASURABLE
 All goals should have a way
to evaluate whether or not
they were accomplished.
 “I want to reduce my time
wastage.”
 “I want to reduce my time
wastage by 1 hour.”

43. ATTAINABLE
• Goals must be something
you are capable of
reaching.
Which one would be a better
goal for yourself?
“I will help my family to
reduce the debt burden”

44. RELEVANT
• Make goals that are important to
you and your lifestyle.
• Which goal is better for a
student?
• “My goal is to see that my father
buys a bigger car”
• “My goal is to find a good job and
help my father in running the
family”

45. TIME - BOUND
• Make sure that you have a
time set as a “dead line” so
your goal is not unending.
• “My goal is to be able to buy a
good two wheeler on my
own.”
• My goal is to buy a two
wheeler on my own by 2018’.

46. DR. N SEKAR
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
dr-sekar-n-a5448389/

47. ONE.
One tree can start a forest,
One smile can begin a friendship,
One hand can lift a soul,
One word can frame the goal,
One candle can wipe out darkness,
One laugh can conquer gloom,
One hope can raise our spirits,
And...one choice can change your life.One
Think about that. One choice, just one, can change your life
forever. Simply put, your life today is what your choices have made
it, but with new choices, you can change directions this very
moment..
Spread Smiles and Win Friends