Goals

Value = Goals = Behavior = Self-esteem

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

⚫ A short term goal is ⚫ Long term goals will

achieved quickly (finish take months, years, all
term paper, wash your life.
dishes, mail Christmas
cards by Friday, etc.). For example: graduate
They help you achieve from college, become a
your long term goals. pilot, lose ___ pounds,
etc.
Do you believe you can achieve?

• We need to learn how to dream.

• Keep the dream alive, reach your goals
• Some people don’t decide or have a vision
of what they want out of life. NO GOALS!!
• People with goals can see what they
eventually want to achieve and they can
see just how to get there.
 Things to remember:
• Goals must be realistic – you can’t
lose 40 pounds in one month

• Must prioritize – rank in order of

importance you, can’t accomplish it
all at once.

• Do you have the resources you

need to reach your goals (money,
information, health, energy, skill,
etc.).
Writing goals –

⚫ SPECIFIC!
⚫ MEASURABLE
⚫ ACCOUNTABLE-written down & post visibly
⚫ REALISTIC & READ out loud frequently
⚫ TIME Frame-rank in order of preference
 Seven goal areas

Family/home
Social
Educational
Religious
Achievement/recognition
Career
Physical/health
Belief
Activity: The “I can’t funeral”

write down on a piece a paper everything

you can’t do.

Play song: “I Believe I Can Fly”

“Success is in the
bag”.
• You need purse-severance
• It requires the same amount of energy to
be successful as it does to be
unsuccessful.
• 99% of your assets are standing in your
shoes.
• 80% of success is showing up
• If you are not working to where you want
to be, you are AUTOMATICALLY
working to where you don’t want to be.

• Keep your most important values in mind

at all times when you are making LESS
important decisions.

• Don’t sacrifice what matters most for

something that doesn’t matter that much
to you. There are always trade-offs
Build a bridge and get over it

◼ You will have challenges

◼ You will have roadblocks
◼ You can have excuses or success but not
both
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 going to be?

There is very little difference between
mediocre and greatness.

⚫ The boiling point is only 1 degree different

than very warm water.
– The difference is tremendous. Steam can power
many things.
⚫ The difference between a race horse that
wins first place and a second place is often
fractions of a second.
 Individual Assignment:
• Write a 5 short term goals and 3 short
term goals you think would be important
and worthwhile for you to accomplish.
• Ask yourself if the goals:
– fit your values?
– is it realistic?
– is it flexible?
– does it fit in with your other goals?
– will the rewards be worth what you put in to
it?
– -is it what you want?