Setting and Achieving Your Goals

The definition of perseverance, from a

dictionary: "Persisting in or remaining constant
to a purpose, idea or task in spite of obstacles."
It simply means never giving up.
 We will learn how to develop Perseverance in terms of
Achieving our Goals.
 Goals can give students control over their own studies
and at the same time, give the faculty a tool to monitor
their performance
If you don't know where you
are going, you're likely to
wind up somewhere else!
Planning for our futures is very important even if those
plans may change. One way in which we plan for
the future is by setting goals.
Goals may be either short or long term.
Long term goals can take about three to five years
to achieve, while short term goals are reachable in
one to three years. Short term goals are often a
stop along the way to our long term goals.
 Goal:
The purpose toward which an endeavor is
directed; an end; an objective.

Goal Setting:
To set or adjust for proper functioning.
 Goal setting is a powerful process for personal
planning.
 The process of setting goals helps you choose where
you want to go in life.
 By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you
know where you have to concentrate your efforts.
 You'll also quickly spot the distractions that would
otherwise lure you from your course.
More than this, properly-set goals can be incredibly
motivating, and as you get into the habit of setting and
achieving goals, you'll find that your self-confidence
builds fast.
 First ,
create your 'big picture' of what you want to do with your life,
and what large-scale goals you want to achieve.
 Second,
you break these down into the smaller and
smaller targets that you must hit so that you reach your lifetime goals.
 Finally,
once you have your plan, you start working to achieve it.
 Your lifetime goals: The first step in setting personal
goals is to consider
what you want to achieve in your
lifetime
(or at least, by a significant and
distant age in the future)
as setting lifetime goals gives
you the overall perspective that
shapes
all other aspects of your
decision-making.

To give a broad, balanced

coverage of all important areas
in your life,
try to set goals in some of these
categories.
(or in categories of your own,
where these are important to
you):
 Artistic:

Do you want to achieve any artistic goals? If so, what?

 Attitude:

Is any part of your mindset holding

you back?
Is there any part of the way that
you behave that upsets you?
What information and skills will you
need to achieve other goals?
 Career:

What level do you want to reach

in your career?
 Education:

Is there any knowledge you want

to acquire in particular?
What information and skills will
you need to achieve other goals?
 Family:

Do you want to be a parent?

If so, how are you going to be a good
parent?
How do you want to be seen by a
partner or by members of your
extended family?
 Financial:
How much do you want to earn by
what stage?
Physical: Are there any athletic
goals you want to achieve,
or
do you want good health deep into
old age?
What steps are you going to take
to achieve this?
 Pleasure:

How do you want to

enjoy yourself?
You should ensure that
some of your life is for
you!
 Public Service: Do you want to make the world a better
place?
If so, how?
Spend some time brainstorming these,
and then select one goal in each category
that best reflects what you want to do.
Then consider trimming again so that you
have a small number of really significant
goals on which you can focus.
As you do this, make sure that the goals
that you have set are ones that you
genuinely want to achieve, not ones that
your parents,
family or employers might want (if you
have a partner, you probably want to
consider what he or she wants, however
make sure you also remain true to
yourself!)
 Goal-setting tips:

The following broad guidelines will

help you set effective goals:

State each goal as a positive

statement:
Express your goals positively.
 'Execute this technique well' is a much better goal than
 'Don't make this stupid mistake'.
Set a precise goal, putting in
Be precise : dates,
times and amounts so that you
can measure achievement.
If you do this,
you will know exactly when you
have achieved the goal,
and can take complete satisfaction
from having achieved it.
 Set priorities:

When you have several goals,

give each a priority.
This helps you avoid feeling
overwhelmed by too many goals,
and helps to direct your
attention to the most important
ones.
This crystallizes them and
gives them more force.
 Keep operational goals small:

Keep the low-level goals you are

working towards small and
achievable.
If a goal is too large,
then it can seem that you are not
making progress towards it.

Keeping goals small and

incremental gives more
opportunities for reward.
Derive today's goals from larger
ones.
 Set performance goals,
 not outcome goals:

You should take care to set goals over which you have as
much control as possible.
There is nothing more dispiriting than failing to
achieve a personal goal for reasons beyond your control.
These could be bad business environments,
poor judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck.
If you base your goals on personal performance,
then you can keep control over the achievement of your
goals and draw satisfaction from them.
 Set realistic goals:

It is important to set goals that you can achieve.

All sorts of people
(employers, parents, media, society)
can set unrealistic goals for you.
They will often do this in ignorance of your own desires and ambitions.
Alternatively you may set goals that are too high,
because you may not appreciate either the obstacles in the way,
or understand quite how much skill you need
to develop to achieve a particular level of performance.

Failure to meet goals does not matter much,

as long as you learn from it.
 Feed lessons learned back into your goal setting
program.
 Remember, too, that your goals will change as you get
older.
 Adjust them regularly to reflect growth in your knowledge
and experience, and if goals do not hold any attraction
any longer, then let them go.
 Perseverance and determination keeps us on the path
that will get us to our goals.
 Keep your eyes on the prize, as they say, and that
means not letting up. Keep believing, keep dreaming,
keep positively affirming that your goals and desires
are manifesting themselves
Achieving goals takes perseverance.
You can do it!