Organization #4

RHS

The Ultimate Guide To...
Setting Goals

Goal setting is crucial for effective time
and life management. Avoid vague or
impossible goals to ensure your success.
Construct meaningful goals with
specific parameters. Writing down your
goals enhances their power and
increases your chances of achieving
them. Keep your goals realistic,
measurable, and achievable. Focus on a
few goals initially to avoid feeling
overwhelmed.

M E T H O D S

One

Use action-oriented
language in your goals,
starting with "to" and
including action verbs.
Example: To climb, to
build, to learn, to find, to travel.

Two

Provide specifics in your
action statements. Example:
To complete hair and nail
design courses, to climb Mt.
Everest, to study forensics
and investigation.

Three

Include measures of success
in your goals. Example: To
walk four times around the
walking track three times a
week, to lose 14 pounds by
March 1, to continue cooking
until all children are fed.

F o u r

Ensure your goal is
realistic and
achievable, within your
control. Revise if
necessary.

Five

State the desired end result or
outcome of accomplishing
your goal. Example: So that I
have enough physical stamina
to complete the city marathon,
so that I can spend more time
with my family, so that the I can enjoy life.

Match

Match the following

• 1. Start your goals with action verbs like "to" and include specific actions.

• Adding details and specifics to your goals.

• Setting measurable criteria to track your progress.

• 1. 
     Ensure your goal is realistic and achievable, within your control. Revise if necessary.

• Identifying the ultimate purpose or outcome of your goals.

Setting meaningful parameters for your goals.

1. Provide specifics in your action statements.

1. Include measures of success in your goals.

Making sure your goals are feasible and under your control.

1. State the desired end result or outcome of accomplishing your goal.

• Setting meaningful parameters for your goals.

• 1. Provide specifics in your action statements.

• 1. Include measures of success in your goals.

• Making sure your goals are feasible and under your control.

• 1. State the desired end result or outcome of accomplishing your goal.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• 1. Use action-oriented language in goals.

• 1. Provide specific actions.

• 1. Include measurable success criteria.

• 1. Ensure realistic, achievable goals. Revise if necessary.

• 1. State desired outcome.

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• 5

Open Ended

What Do You Want to Change?

What do you want to change about managing your time (for example, establishing three reachable personal and school goals, learning to set priorities, knowing to say no tactfully, and taking better care of yourself)? List no more than five objectives that you will commit to.

Remember, to start a new line, click and hold "shift" and press "enter."

Open Ended

Life Goals

List your four or five most important lifetime dreams, values, and goals (for example, to have three close friends, to make $80,000 per year, to get all your kids through high school):

Remember, to start a new line, click and hold "shift" and press "enter."

Open Ended

Pretend that you have only six months to live. If you knew you were going to die within six months, what goals would you want to accomplish? List four of them below. Rank your goals in the order of importance

to you. It should look like this:

To get straight A's = 1

To make varsity = 2

To save money for a car = 3

To get a Playstation 5 =

Remember, to start a new line, click and hold "shift" and press "enter."

Open Ended

Break your most important goal into manageable, bite-sized pieces. List the steps you will take in the next six months to help you accomplish this goal. Rank the tasks in order. You will need to state your goal and then come up with four steps you will take to achieve your goal in rank order (that means your most potent step is #1).

Remember, to start a new line, click and hold "shift" and press "enter."