Goals and Planning

Keys for organizational,

professional and personal success
Your assignment
Determine a set of personal goals using
the system outlined in the textbook
(Hawks and Strong)
Submit the goals by the date shown on
the syllabus
Characteristics to ensure
Academic and Personal Success
Persistence and hard work
Discipline
Practice
Knowledge
What is a goal
The end toward which effort is directed.
 Must know the end (what we usually try to write
down)
 Requires effort
“No wise fish would go anywhere without a
porpoise. . . Why, if a fish came to me, and
told me he was going on a journey, I should
say ‘With what porpoise?’”
 The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland.
 Goal Integrity Spectrum
Low = “I’ll try”

High = “I commit to”

Low Medium High

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Superficial desire for goal Good desire Strong intent/sincere
Failure expected Plan on some failure Failure not planned
First failure=end of goal Failure dwelt on=progress slow Failure corrected quickly
Achieving Goals
We must have personal or individual goals.
 We will be and feel more productive
 Some of our goals should be directed to learning and
personal improvement
Goals should be specific and measurable
 Example ― “Do better on my calculus assignments this
week”
 Better statement ― “This week I will spend two hours a day
studying calculus.”
 Achieving specific goals helps develop discipline.
 Easier to know when you have done them.
Have a specific timetable for accomplishment.
 Better calculus goal is “Study calculus from 4:00 to 6:00
every day.”
Achieving Goals
Goals should be written. (A goal not written is
only a wish)
 Clarifies thinking.
 Reminds you of exactly what you are going to improve or
accomplish.
Share them with others who can encourage
you.
 Increases commitment, and provides support to the goal.
Goals should be attainable but make you
stretch.
 Real value of a goal is what happens in the process as
well as the actual result. No stretching means no growth
 A goal is to promote and cause change of habits,
thoughts and activities.
Achieving Goals
Set times regularly to review and revise
goals if necessary
Sub-goals and tasks and rewards must
support the main goal
Planning
Plan ― A method for achieving an end.

Goal ― The end toward which effort is

directed.

A plan is therefore the process of using

directed effort to achieve an end.
Reasons to Plan
To eliminate uncertainty
To improve the
efficiency of the
operation
To obtain a better
understanding of the
objectives
To provide a basis for
monitoring and
controlling the work of
the operation
The Pyramid Approach

Objectives

Goal Goal

Strategy Strategy Strategy

Task Task Task Task

Obstacles to Planning
Immediate demands Caught in short term
have higher priority thinking
than long range No vision
Constant pressure with Planning is, or is
current activities considered an extra
duty
No direction
Personality conflicts
No authority with other in the
Lack of appreciation of organization
the value of planning in Information not
the organization available
Tools and Methods to assist
planning
 Gantt Charts
 PERT Diagrams
 Critical Path Method
Conclusion
If you fail to plan . . . . .

You plan to fail!

Goals & Personal Growth
Observations of a learner
Guidelines for goal setting
Goals should be your own
Goals should be clear, specific and concrete
Have a specific timetable for accomplishment
Goals should be written
Share goals with others who can encourage you
Goals should be realistic but still high
Set times regularly to review and revise goals
Personal Development
Learning about, and improving yourself

Fostering a positive attitude and

personality

Developing and following an

improvement plan (using goals)
Attitude and Life
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of
attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important
than facts. It is more important than the past, than
education, than money, than failures, than
successes. It is more important than appearance,
giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company . .
. a church . . . a home. The remarkable thing is we
have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will
embrace for that day. We cannot change our past . .
. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a
certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The
only thing we can do is play the one string we have,
and that is attitude. . . I am convinced that life is 10%
what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.”
Charles Swindoll
Personal Development
Ben Franklin method
 Identified 13 personal characteristics
concentrated on 1 characteristic each week
 Repeat after the 13th week
Set and accomplish goals
Build fundamental personal characteristics
 Discipline
 Responsibility
 Integrity
Ben Franklin’s Thirteen
Attributes
1.Temperance - Eat not to dullness. Drink not to
elevation.
2. Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or
yourself.
3. Order - Let all your things have their places.
4. Resolution - Resolve to perform what you ought.
Perform without fail what you resolve.
5. Frugality - Make no expense but to do good to others or
yourself.
6. Industry - Lose no time. Be always employed in
something useful.
7. Sincerity - Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and
justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Ben Franklin’s Thirteen
Attributes
8. Justice - Wrong none by doing injuries or
omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation - Avoid extremes.
10. Cleanliness - Tolerate no uncleanness in
body, clothes or habitation.
11. Tranquility - Be not disturbed at trifles or at
accidents common or unavoidable.
12. Chastity - Rarely use venery but for health or
offspring; never to dullness, weakness, or the injury
of your own or another's peace or reputation.
13. Humility - Imitate Jesus and Socrates
The Process
Major life goals
 Most important things you want to accomplish
 More important than the speed you are going is the
direction you are traveling.
One year goals
 What is important to accomplish in the next year

Six months to live goals

 What is most important to you

Last week's activities

 What are you doing now to accomplish the others
The Assignment
Conduct the Goal Setting process as
described

Modify the goals as described in the

book

Record and submit a report of the

process and list of the modified goals
Thank you
Set real goals for yourself