Goals

1. Goals

2. Three Types of People When it Comes to Setting Goals. . . . • People that MAKE IT HAPPEN • People that LET IT HAPPEN • People that DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

3. Before Setting a Goal, Ask yourself . . . • Does it fit my values? • Is it realistic? • Is it flexible? • Does it fit with my other goals? • Will the rewards be worth what I put in it?

4. Successful Goals A. A goal must be very SPECIFIC. B. A goal must be WRITTENDOWN. C. A goal must be MEASURABLE. D. A goal must be finished within a TIME FRAME. E. A goal must be READALOUD frequently. F. A goal must be POSTEDVISIBLY.

5. 4. It requires the same amount of energy to be SUCCESSFUL as it does to be UNSUCCESSFUL. 5. If you’re not WORKING to where you want to be, you are AUTOMATICALLY working to where you don’t want to be.

6. 6. If you CHOOSE to do one thing, you automatically CHOOSE not to do something else. 7. Keep your most important VALUES in mind at all times when you are making important DECISIONS.

7. Levels of Goals A. Short-term Goal: A goal that can be accomplished within one year or less. B. Long-term Goal: A goal that can be accomplished in one year or more. Usually requires many short-term goals to fulfill a long-term goal.

8. What Happens to someone who never sets goals? . . . . Don’t know where they are going. May not accomplish anything.

9. What interferes with goals? . . . 13. A. Family members who don’t agree B. Goal is not realistic C. Boredom D. No results E. Forget F. Friends

10. Why do goals change?. . . • PEOPLE CHANGE!!!!

11. If you fail to plan - then you plan to fail!!!

12. DECISION MAKING

13. Conflict between decisions and values • Internal conflict arises: one will have a harder time making decisions

14. Four types of decisions A. Creative Thought about but not well planned B. Alternative Choice between 2 alternatives C. Evaluated Pros and cons of the choice thought about D. Impulsive No thought, done by wants, first reaction

15. Decision-Making Methods A. Evaluation of options: Choice of options B. Decision by non-decision: Because of a set of circumstances beyond control one must choose that decision C. Habit: Out of habit you make a choice by not really thinking about it D. Letting others decide for you: One will have a hard time later in life

16. Steps to Making a Decision • Step 5: Evaluate results of the decision and accept responsibility for results of the decision. • Step 4: Make a decision, plan and act on the decision. • Step 3: Explore and evaluate possible solutions. • Step 2: Brainstorm possible solutions. • Step 1: Identify the problem. EVALUATE ACT EXPLORE BRAINSTORM IDENTIFY

17. “The Game of Skunk” • The object of “skunk” is to have the most points after 5 rounds. • A player gets the total of the dice and records it in his/her column, unless a “one” comes up. • If a “one” comes up, play is over for that round and all the player’s points in that column are wiped out. • If “double ones” come up, all points accumulated in prior columns are wiped out as well. • If a “one” doesn’t occur, the player may choose either to try for more points on the next roll or to stop and keep what he/she has accumulated.