Goals

Value = Goals = Behavior = Self-esteem

“If I had 8 hours to chop
down a tree,
I’d spend 6 sharpening
my ax”
Abraham Lincoln
 What is a goal?
• Discussion
• Activity: Shrinking Circle
– Discuss outcome of the Shrinking Circle
• What happened when the circle got smaller and
harder to fit?
• How does this relate to our lives?
• What are some things that prevent us from reaching
our goals?
Long vs. Short

 A short term goal is  Long term goals will

achieved quickly (finish take months, years, all
term paper, wash your life.
dishes, mail Christmas
cards by Friday, etc.). For example: graduate
They help you achieve from college, become a
your long term goals. pilot, lose ___ pounds,
etc.
Do you believe you can achieve?

• We need to learn how to dream.

• Keep the dream alive, reach your goals
• Some people don’t decide or have a vision
of what they want out of life. NO GOALS!!
• People with goals can see what they
eventually want to achieve and they can
see just how to get there.
 Things to remember:
• Goals must be realistic – you
can’t lose 40 pounds in one
month

• Must prioritize – rank in order of

importance you, can’t
accomplish it all at once.

• Do you have the resources you

need to reach your goals
(money, information, health,
energy, skill, etc.).
 Individual Assignment:
• Write a list of the goals you think would be
important and worthwhile for you to
accomplish. (a dream list)
• Now have them look at their list and ask
themselves the following questions:
– Does it fit your values?
– Is it realistic?
– Is it flexible?
– Does it fit in with your other goals?
– Will the rewards be worth what you put in to
it?
– Is it what you want?
Belief
Activity: The “I can’t funeral”

write down on a piece a paper everything

you can’t do.

Next write a list of ‘I CAN’. Keep this in

your note book/journal.

Play song: “I Believe I Can Fly”

“Success is in the
bag”.
• You need purse-severance
• It requires the same amount of energy to
be successful as it does to be
unsuccessful.
• 99% of your assets are standing in your
shoes.
• 80% of success is showing up
• If you are not working to where you want
to be, you are AUTOMATICALLY
working to where you don’t want to be.

• Keep your most important values in mind

at all times when you are making LESS
important decisions.

• Don’t sacrifice what matters most for

something that doesn’t matter that much
to you. There are always trade-offs
Build a bridge and get over it

 You will have challenges

 You will have roadblocks
 You can have excuses or success but not
both

Story: “Circus Elephants and Limitations”

There are three types of people

 Ones that make things happen

 Those that let it happen
 And the ones that don’t know what
happened.

What one are you going to be?

There is very little difference between
mediocre and greatness.

 The boiling point is only 1 degree different

than very warm water.
– The difference is tremendous. Steam can power
many things.
 The difference between a race horse that
wins first place and a second place is often
fractions of a second.
 Seven goal areas

Family/home
Social
Educational
Religious
Achievement/recognition
Career
Physical/health
Writing goals –

 SPECIFIC!
 written down
 MEASURABLE
 TIME FRAME
 read out loud frequently
 posted visibly
Student Assignment:

Set a goal and fill out the goal

contract.
Show video:
“The Blue Vase”