1. Setting effective goals
SMART Goals
Setting effective goals

2. What is a Goal?
A goal is a target.

3. Where do goals come from?
What you want determines your goals
What you want to have
How you want to feel
What you want to do
What you want others to think of you
The kind of person you want to be
Your values
Your mission statement

4. Examples of Goals By next June, I will own a car of my own.
At the end of the semester, I will have earned a B in algebra.
On Friday, I will get a C or better on my history test.
By next month, I will run five miles once a week.

5. More Examples By November 8, I will have lost 10 pounds.
By Friday, I will have complimented my brother for something.
I will wash my clothes on Saturday.
In June 2016, I will graduate from high school.

6. More Examples
In 2016, I will enter a technical training program at CSN to become an auto mechanic.
On Thursday, I will turn in the essay due in English.
Before I am 45 years old, I will own a Ferrari.
I will buy a new iPod by December 1.
By December 15, I will buy my dad the tool set he wants for Christmas.

7. What is an effective goal?
Specific: You understand what it is.
Measurable: You can tell when you have achieved it.
Action Plan: You have a plan to achieve it.
Realistic: It is realistic for you to achieve it.
Time-bound: You have a deadline.

8. SMART Goals Specific (described clearly and exactly)
Measurable (you can judge when it is done)
Action Plan (you have a step by step plan)
Realistic (it is reasonable that you could do this)
Time-bound (has a deadline)

9. Time Frames for Goals Short-Term Goals (Less than 6 months)
Intermediate Term Goals (6 months to a year)
Long-Term Goals (A year or more)

10. Examples of Short-term Goals
At the end of the semester, I will have earned a B in algebra.
On Friday, I will get a C or better on my history test.
By next month, I will run five miles once a week.
In three months, I will have lost 10 pounds.
By Friday, I will have complimented my brother for something.
I will wash my clothes on Saturday.
On Thursday, I will turn in the essay due in English.

11. Examples of Intermediate Term Goals
By next June, I will own a car of my own.
Next summer, I will get a job.
I will buy a new iPod by December 1.
By December 15, I will buy my dad the tool set he wants for Christmas.

12. Examples of Long-Term Goals
In June 2016, I will graduate from high school.
In 2016, I will enter a technical training program at CSN to become an auto mechanic.
Before I am 45 years old, I will own a Ferrari.

13. Analyze a Short-Term Goal
I will turn in my 500 word English essay about The Scarlet Letter on Thursday.
Is this a SMART goal?
Specific
Measurable
Action Plan
Realistic
Time-bound

14. I will turn in my 500 word English essay about The Scarlet Letter on Thursday.
Specific-500 word English Essay about The Scarlet Letter
Measurable-it is in the teacher’s inbox on Thursday
Action Plan
Step 1: Read the chapter on Monday
Step 2: Write a rough draft on Tuesday
Step 3: Write final draft on Wednesday
Realistic-Yes, I can do this. I have all the information I need.
Time-bound-Thursday

15. Analyze a Long-Term Goal
I will buy a car of my own by June 2014.
Is this a SMART goal?
Specific
Measurable
Action Plan
Realistic
Time-bound

16. I will buy a car of my own by June 2014.
Specific-What kind of car? How much will it cost?

17. I will buy a car of my own by June 2014.
Measurable-I have a car in June 2014.

18. I will buy a car of my own by June 2014.
Action Plan
Step 1: Find out what kind of car I want--research
Step 2: Find out about how much it will cost, and how much gas and insurance will cost.
Step 3: Figure out how much money I would have to save each month to have enough by June 2014.
Step 4: Does my job pay enough? Do I have to get a job?
Step 5: Reevaluate goal.

19. I will buy a car of my own by June 2014.
Realistic-I need more information to decide. I will have to make several short-term goals first before I can decide if this one is realistic.

20. I will buy a car of my own by June 2014.
Time-bound-June 2014

21. Analyze a Goal Goal: Write your own goals and analyze them.
Are they SMART Goals?
Specific
Measurable
Action Plan
Realistic
Time-bound

22. How do you stick to your goals?
Motivation
How do you stick to your goals?

23. What gets in the way of meeting goals?
Busy
Not realistic
No plan
Goal is no longer relevant
Discouraged

24. What helps you stick to your goals?
Have a good plan.
Write down the goal and the plan.
Know your priorities and stick to them when other activities get in the way.
Be realistic.
Reevaluate and change goals that are no longer important.

25. To Achieve Goals, You need to be WISE
Willpower
Initiative
Stamina
Enthusiasm

26. How do you motivate yourself when you get discouraged?
Internal Rewards
I feel good about myself.
I am proud that I can run 1 mile. I will be very proud when I can run 5 miles.
External Rewards
My parents will be proud of me when I turn in my essay on time.
My parents are going to take me to a movie when I get three A’s on my report card.

27. Make some goals for yourself
Now Try It Yourself
Make some goals for yourself