THE IMPORTANCE OF

GOALS
1. GOAL SERVES A DIRECTIVE
FUNCTION.
2. GOALS HAVE AN
ENERGIZING FUNCTION.
3.GOALS AFFECT
PERSISTENCE.
4. GOALS AFFECT ACTION
INDIRECTLY.
SETTING GOALS
CONCEPT A N D
THEORIES
 INDIVIDUALS WHO
STATE SPECIFIC AND
DIFFICULT GOALS
PERFORM BETTER
THAN THOSE WHO
SET GENERAL AND
EASY GOALS.
 THE TYPE AND
QUALITY OF GOALS
WE SET AFFECT
HOW WE ACHIEVE
THEM AND
WHETHER WE
ACHIEVE THEM OR
NOT.
 5
Principlesof
Successful
Goal Setting
EXAMPLE:

"I want to
become a
morning
person"