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Officer Training – Jan_Feb 2010
Goal Planning skills and techniques
3 techniques -Professor Richard Wiseman’s
: 59 seconds - Think a little change a lot
1.Creating the perfect plan2.Just a few minutes3.New Years’ Eve 2010
PART 1: CREATING THE PERFECT PLAN
4 techniques that will help you succeed
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Having the right kind of plan
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Rewarding yourself each step of the way
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Focusing on the benefits
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Telling your friends and family
The right kind of plan:What is your overall goal
My overall goal is to....
Create a Step-by-Step Plan (have 3 to 5 sub goals)Sub goals 1 (to 5):
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My 1
st
sub-goal is to....
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I believe I can achieve this goal because...
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To achieve this sub-goal, I will...
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This will be achieved by the following date...
My reward for achieving this will be:.................................................
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(Repeat with sub goals 2-5)
What are the benefits of achieving your overall goal?
-Focus on the benefits associated with your desired future, rather than escapingthe negative aspects of your current situation
Benefit 1
: .......................................
Benefit 2
: .......................................
Benefit 3
: .......................................
Tell Friends &Family............................................................................................................PART 2:
“Just a few minutes....” Zeigarnik effect
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Officer Training – Jan_Feb 2010
Persuade yourselves to work on an activity for ‘just a few minutes’, and you often feel an urge tosee it through to completion.
Those few minutes of initial activity create an anxiousbrain that refuses to rest until the job is finished.PART 3: NEW YEAR’S EVE 2010
Write a letter to yourself to be opened on New Years Eve. What would you say you achieved thisyear, personally, social, business, behaviours etc. This helps you identify your goals for thisyear and your progress against them.2
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