1. Jan 2013

2. Students will be able to 1. think about how they want to live their lives 2. set holistic and SMART goals 3. plan the necessary actions to achieve their goals 4. review their goals when necessary

3.  It gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation.  It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.

4.  Consider how you what to live your life so that the goals that you set can help to reach your lifetime goal.  Give a broad, balanced coverage of all important areas in your life by setting goals in different aspects that are important to you.

5.  What kind of academic achievement you want to attain by the end of the year?  What information and skills will you need to have in order to achieve your goals?

6.  What do I want to achieve in my CCA?  What do I want to do to make myself a better person?

7.  Is there any part of my character that is holding me back? What do I want to do about it?  Is there any of my behaviours that needs to be changed?  What steps I can take to achieve these?

8.  Brainstorm on the possible goals and then select one or two goals in each area so that you have a small number of really significant goals that you can focus on.  Be sure that the goals that you set are the ones that you genuinely want to achieve.

9. SMART stands for: S - Specific (or Significant) M - Measurable (or Meaningful) A - Attainable (or Action-Oriented) R - Relevant (or Rewarding) T - Time-bound (or Trackable)

10. 1. State each goal as a positive statement 2. Be precise: Set precise goals, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can measure achievement. 3. Set priorities - This helps you to avoid feeling overwhelmed by having too many goals, and helps to direct your attention to the most important ones.

11. 4. Write goals down - This crystallizes them and gives them more force. 5. Keep operational goals small - Keep the low- level goals that you're working towards small and achievable. 6. Set performance goals, not outcome goals - You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible.

12. 7. Set realistic goals - It's important to set goals that you can achieve.

13.  When you've achieved a goal, take the time to enjoy the satisfaction of having done so.  Your goals will change as time goes on. Adjust them regularly to reflect growth in your knowledge and experience,

14.  Create a daily To-Do list of things that you should do today to work towards your goals.  The daily To-Do list will help you to improve the quality and realism of your goal setting.  Review and update your To-Do list on a regular basis.

15.  Review your goals and the To-Do list to make sure that they fit the way in which you want to live your life.