The document discusses techniques for effective goal-setting. It recommends that goals be specific, simple, significant, strategic, measurable, rational, tangible, written, shared, and consistent with one's values. Examples are provided for each technique. Readers are instructed to set goals for the current month, school year, summer, and following school year using the goal-setting guide. Activities like a "goal-setting ball" game and comparing different goal-setting worksheets are suggested to help apply the techniques.

1. Effective Goal-Setting
You need a target before you take a
shot, but how do you figure out what
it is you’re supposed to be shooting at?

2. ONTARGET
Can you make the pass?
1. Make the pass to your teammate
2. Now make a blind pass, by sound only
3. Now make a blind pass with the guidance of another teammate
Which pass was the easiest?
How does this relate to goal-setting?

3. ONTARGET
Learning Goals:
• Identify and describe multiple techniques for setting and
accomplishing your goals
• Explain how to use multiple techniques for goal-setting in your own
life
• Explain how goal-setting techniques can help you accomplish your
own personal goals
• Using what you have learned, set achievable goals that you can and
will complete during the semester, school year, and over the coming
summer break

4. ONTARGET
Tips for Goal-setting Success

5. ONTARGET
Achievable Goals Are…
1. Specific
2. Simple
3. Significant
4. Strategic
5. Measurable
1. Rational
2. Tangible
3. Written
4. Shared
5. Consistent with
your values

6. ONTARGET
BE SPECIFIC:
• Have a clearly
defined goal
• Use exact words
or measurements
to describe your
goal
• Avoid vague terms
Examples:
“I want to lose 10
pounds,” not “I want
to lose some weight”
or
“I want to save
$150/month,” not “I
want to save some
money”
How does a clearly defined goal help this archer
to hit his mark?

7. ONTARGET
BE SIMPLE:
• Keep things
simplified
• One objective,
not 20
• Increases focus
and clarity
Examples:
“I want to get at least 70%
on assignments,” not “I
want to be a B student,
have perfect attendance
and captain the team”
or
“I want to own a car,” not
“I want a car, a house and
a boat”
How does keeping things simple help Portugal to
score this goal?

8. ONTARGET BE
SIGNIFICANT:
• If you don’t care you
won’t try
• Important to you
• Requires effort = sense
of accomplishment
• Harder work = richer
reward
Examples:
“I have worked so
hard to reach this
point,” not “Meh”
or
Years of work to
accomplish a goal vs.
20 minutes of work
How did the goal of winning Olympic Gold
motivate the Dufour-Lapointe sisters to success?

9. ONTARGET
BE
STRATEGIC:
• Accomplish multiple
positive outcomes
• Work smart, not
hard
• Best bang for your
buck
Example:
Running a 10K race
will:
1. Help you feel good
2. Lose weight
3. Strengthen your heart
4. Increase energy and
stamina
5. Improve your outlook
on life
How does the use of strategy turn this
opportunity into a win for the red team?

10. ONTARGET BE
MEASURABLE:
• Clear and objective
about your progress
• Compare your progress
against your goals
• An easy to understand
level of achievement
• Let’s you know when
you have “made it”
Examples:
You can’t achieve 1kg
of happiness, but you
can increase your
lifting by 1kg
How do measureable goals increase this runner’s
sense of accomplishment?

11. ONTARGET
BE RATIONAL:
• Have a plan
• Have a way to
accomplish your plan
• Must make sense
• Should be something
you can achieve –out
of reach but not out
of sight
Example:
Dreaming the impossible
dream vs. a realistic and
carefully executed plan
or
Wishing to be a footballer
vs. having a training plan
to become a footballer
How does this team execute a reasonable plan to
achieve a touchdown?

12. ONTARGET
BE
TANGIBLE:
• See, hear, smell, touch
• Easy to visualize
• Easy to understand
• Added sense of reality
Examples:
“I want to have a bank
balance of $35,000 or
more,” not “I want
financial security”
or
“I want to own an
investment firm,” not “I
want to be a business
man”
How did having a tangible championship trophy
help LeBron James visualize and become a
champion?

13. ONTARGET
BE
WRITTEN:
• Help you to see and
remember what you
want/what you will do
• List of priorities
• Visual/Kinesthetic
reminder and
memorization
Examples:
Writing a list of “Today
I will…” not saying “I
want to get stuff done”
or
“Todays goals:…,” not
“…… (nothing written)”
How does this coach help his team to learn and
memorize game plan priorities?

14. ONTARGET
BE SHARED:
• Support increases
likelihood of success
• Engages the power of
others (team effort)
• Feedback, coaching
and encouragement
• Avoid sharing goals
with unsupportive
people or for the
reward of saying “I
have a goal”
Examples:
A team motivated to work
together for a win or
championship
or
A trusted friend, coach or
partner who wants you to
succeed as much as, or
more than you do
How does this team’s display of unity and shared
desire for victory help them to reach their goal?

15. ONTARGET BE CONSISTENT
WITH YOUR
VALUES:
• Reduces or eliminates
conflict between
values and goals
• Become who you want
to be by acting like the
person you want to be
• Identify your values
(list them) and then
think about how your
goals match them(or
don’t)
Examples:
Working in an
environment that
matches your values
or
Walking the walk and
talking the talk
How does a clear conscience help you to achieve
your goals?

16. ONTARGET
Try it Out!
Using the goal-setting guide,
write:
• 1 goal you have for this month
• 1 goal you have for this school
year
• 1 goal you have for this summer
• 1 goal you have for the coming
school year
GOAL-SETTING GUIDE:
• Be Specific
• Keep it Simple
• Make it Significant
• Be Strategic
• Be Measurable
• Keep it Rational
• Make it Tangible
• Get it Written
• Make it Shared
• Be Consistent With Your
Values

17. ONTARGET
Goal-Setting Ball
OK, so this is like geography ball.
A lot like geography ball, but the
subject of the game is now goals.
When you get the ball, state
something that could be a good
goal (using the goal-setting guide
we have been discussing).
If you take longer than 3 seconds
to say a goal, you’re out.
If you repeat someone else’s goal,
you’re out.

18. ONTARGET
Goal-Setting Worksheets
You have a package of three
goal-setting worksheets from
various companies and
workshops:
1. Complete each worksheet
2. How did each worksheet get
you to think about your goals?
3. Were they equally effective?
4. Did the worksheets have
different focuses on goals and
goal-setting?
5. What were their focuses?
6. What did you learn from this
experience?

19. ONTARGET
Learning Goals:
• Identify and describe multiple techniques for setting and
accomplishing your goals
• Explain how to use multiple techniques for goal-setting in your own
life
• Explain how goal-setting techniques can help you accomplish your
own personal goals
• Using what you have learned, set achievable goals that you can and
will complete during the semester, school year, and over the coming
summer break