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“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Work Life Balance

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program The Power of Goals © Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. When you reach a fork in the road, don’t just take it, make a choice towards your True North When you reach a fork in the road, don’t just take it, make a choice towards your True North Imbalance keeps us moving. If you can learn to laugh whenever you trip, or fall, you’ll start to appreciate how much missteps teach you. Imbalance keeps us moving. If you can learn to laugh whenever you trip, or fall, you’ll start to appreciate how much missteps teach you.

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Objectives Provide you a structure for integrating and achieving personal and professional goals for optimal life/work balance Engage you in a unique learning experience for thinking about your future Build an ongoing and supportive environment for good feedback and accountability Help you build a Personal Action Plan that will facilitate implementation of your goal strategies Provide you guidance and insight about personal and professional growth

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Objectives Follow-up on your progress in each of the segments in The Goals for Life ™ Program Series Give you membership in the PGRD “ Goals for Life ” community

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program The Goals for Life ™ Program Series Session I:The Goals for Life ™ Process Session II:Managing Your Goals for Life ™ Journey Session III:Transformation: Goal Setting for Life

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Session I: Agenda Who are We/and Our Expectations? Why The Goals for Life Program ™ Goal Achievement Success Patterns Break Future Perfect Exercise Five Crucial Goals: 3 Years – 1 Year 90 Day Plan of Action Session Closing Exercise

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program What is Your Goal Achievement Success Pattern?

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program WHAT DRIVES GOAL ACHIEVERS? LIFE DIRECTION CONFIDENCEGROWTH “It is not just achieving the results of my goals, it’s the person I became on the journey”

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program The Goal Achievers: Success Factors THEY: Take ownership of their future Use goal setting as a way of living, not a destination Are creative and life-long learners Surround themselves with the best people Know “ their difference that makes the difference ” Leave a legacy of contribution

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program What is A Goal? “ A goal is an end toward which you direct specific effort ” It Has: A Positive Result To Be Achieved A Measurable Outcome A Specific Date and Time to Be Accomplished

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program The Smart Cycle of Goal-Setting PURSUE ACTIONS ACHIEVE/ ADJUST GOALS SET SMART OUTCOME GOALS EVALUATE & LEARN CELEBRATE PROGRESS & GROWTH

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Brainstorm Your Goals “ What would I really want from life if I were absolutely, positively certain I would get it? “ What would I really want to accomplish in life if I were absolutely, positively certain I would do it?

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program UnSMART vs. SMART Goals UnSMART GoalsSMART Goals Get promoted to senior position Became (functional) Global Team Leader by the time I ’ m 45 Buy a vacation homeBy end of 2007 select geographic location of vacation home and by mid-2008 close on a vacation home Lose weightBy September 2007, achieve weight goal of 130 pounds. Maintain size 8 through end of 2008.

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program It ’ s not what you achieve that will bring you joy … It ’ s the person you must become to achieve it.

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Recent research into happiness finds that the happiest people aren ’ t those with the most but those with a source of Purpose. A sense that they are contributing something bigger than themselves. So as you are thinking about what you wish for 10 years from now – choose wishes for what they will make of you to achieve it. The greater the wish – the greater you have to become to make that wish come true!

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Write Your Headline! Your 10 Year Vision [10 Year Future Date] [Family Career, Financial, Social, Health, Community, Contribution, Self-Actualization]

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Goal Achievers: Success Secrets: #1 Your Goals Must: Be worth the commitment to get you the results you will value! Be Written Down Describe Specific Positive Outcomes Contain Evidence/Metrics of Achievement Be Continuously “ Chunked ” (10 year – 3 year – 1 Year – 3 Months) Be then written in the present tense ( “ I am a size 8 ” ), and carried with you everywhere and referred to frequently. Have an action every day or every week or every month.

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Some Cautions for Your Goal Journey Ask: whose goal is it, anyway? Don ’ t lose your peripheral vision Relish today as a step towards tomorrow Beware of “ the false summit ” Enjoy unpredictable gems and detours Play hard and with passion!

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Homework Assignment – Session 2 Fine-tune/Optimize your Success Pattern Identify “ your non-Success ” Pattern Pay attention and write down “ Coincidences ” Use The Goal Recorder – note progress/results Calendar the next sessions: - Dec 4, 2007 – 8:30 -12:00 noon - Feb 5, 2008 – 8:30 -12:00 noon

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Goal Setting Resources Make Success Measurable!: A Mindbook- Workbook for Setting Goals and Taking Actions by Douglas K. Smith, John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1999 Creating the Good Life: Applying Aristotle ’ s Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness by Walter Isaacson, James O'Toole, Holtzbrinck: New York, 2005 The Laws of Lifetime Growth : Always Make Your Future Bigger Than Your Past by Dan Sullivan, Catherine Nomura, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: New York, 2006 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Harper Collins: New York, 1998.

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program Goal Setting Resources The Magic Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals by Keith Ellis, Three Rivers Press: New York, 1998 Write it Down, Make it Happen: Knowing what you want – and Getting it! Henriette Anne Klauser, Touchstone: New York, There Are No Accidents by Robert H. Hopeke, Riverhead Books: New York, 1997 World-Class Teams by Lynda McDermott, John Wiley: New York, Software/Internet Program: goalmaker.com

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program LYNDA C. MCDERMOTT, MSOD, CSP is President of EquiPro International, Ltd., a New York City based international management consulting firm which specializes in the strategic development of organizations and their employees. Her experience involves over 30 years of line management, and internal and external consulting. McDermott began her career as line manager, and then an internal consultant with Ohio Bell Telephone Company, AT&T and Ernst & Whinney. She began her external consulting career with E&W as Manager-in-Charge of Human Resources Consulting, and later served as a Director for a national Human Resources and Organizational Consulting Practice for KMG Main Hurdman. Over the last twenty years her firm has provided consulting services in strategic planning, leadership, team development and executive coaching performance management, 360° assessment, business development, change management and organization effectiveness in a wide variety of industries. Her client list includes such companies as Pfizer, Hearst Magazines, Biogen Idec, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ermenegildo Zegna, Standard & Poor’s, Novartis, Sanofi Aventis, DuPont Women Lawyers’ Network, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher. She has served on the National Board of Directors of the American Society for Training and Development and has been their Torch Award Winner. Her firm has received two ASTD “Excellence in Practice” Citations for their ground-breaking work with global teams in over twenty-five countries and for their innovative “Build Our Business” program. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Girls Incorporated (Formerly Girls Clubs of America). Ms. McDermott is a frequent speaker and is co-author of the best-selling book World Class Teams (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and author of the best-selling book titled Caught In The Middle: How To Survive and Thrive In Today's Management Squeeze (©Prentice-Hall). She is a Certified Speaking Professional with the National Speakers Association and has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, on CNBC, Wall Street Journal Radio, National Public Radio and in numerous business publications. McDermott serves on the adjunct faculty of INSEAD in Fountainbleu, France and for Stony Brook University’s EMBA for Law Firm Management. Ms. McDermott is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Miami University and has a Masters of Science in Organization Development from Bowling Green State University EquiPro International, Ltd. 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1712 New York, New York (212) /

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program NOTES

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program NOTES

“The Goals for Life ™ ” Program NOTES