1. Managing your time and resource
Setting goals and objectives

2. Question - How do you eat an elephant?

3. Answer – One bite at a time!

4. SMART GOALS
What are they?
Why use them?
How do you write them?

5. Why SMART Goals?
The SMART system should be used successfully to help you achieve your goal.
A SMART goal needs to satisfy the following components.
It should be . . .

6. What Are SMART GOALS? Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-bound
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-bound

7. Specific - Setting "exact" goals
Who? Who is involved? What? What do I want to accomplish? Where? Identify a location. When? Establish a time frame. Which? Identify requirements and constraints. Why? Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.

8. Measurable How much? How many?
How will I know when it is accomplished?

9. Achievable Do you have enough time to pursue your goal?
Do you have the necessary skills, strengths, and resources?

10. Realistic
Within the availability of resources, time and knowledge.

11. Time-bound Enough time to achieve the goal
Not too much time, which can affect Goal performance

12. Practice Writing SMART Goals . . .
Activities

13. Improve This Goal . . . To do well in college
SPECIFIC - MEASUREABLE - ACHIEVABLE - REALISTIC - TIME-BOUND

14. Improve This Goal . . . To get a part–time job
SPECIFIC - MEASUREABLE - ACHIEVABLE - REALISTIC - TIME-BOUND