Goals | My Perspective

 Before you start your goal setting exercises you need to think about why you should even bother setting goals.

Before you answer the question of why should you set goals, go to the discussion area, goals section and answer the question “do you set goals?”
If so why?
If not, why not?

I have found that a vast majority of students do set goal. Of those students who set goals, most focus only on short-term goals (six months or less).

The problem I see in these students is that their goals are generally reactive goals. The goals are a reaction to pressures or demands that they are experiencing.

In this class, when you set goals, I want you to do is try and focus on what COULD be rather than what IS.

Robert Kennedy said, “Some people see the world as it is and say ‘why.’
I see the world as it could be and say ‘why not’”
  1. First determine your priorities.
  2. Second, write out your mission in life.
  3. Finally, write out some goals that are consistent with both your mission and your priorities

The purpose of the top priorities exercise is to determine what your true values are in life.
In addition to determining your values (top priorities), the exercise should help you to if you have been devoting adequate time to your top priorities.

Prior to setting goals and writing your mission statement it is imperative that you first have a basis for those goals.

Your top priorities are that basis! They are a reflection of your top values!

In this section of class you are going to set some goals but remember to reflect on the three steps (above) while you do your goal setting assignments.
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