Goal Setting

Imagining

Imagining by itself can lead one to achieve goals successfully.

True or False?

Goal Setting

Once a goal has been set, action follows almost naturally and automatically.

True or False?

Stepping Stones

Smaller goals are necessary on the way to a major goal.

True or False?

Setting Goals

Choosing a goal is always an agonizing decision.

True or False?

Happiness as a Career Goal?

Good career goals can be health, happiness and security.

Aiming High?

Aiming High can often be a mistake?

True or False?

Goal Modification

The original goal, once set, should never be modified.

True or False?

Procrastination

It’s easy to kick the habit of procrastination.

True or False

Writing = Self-Exploration and Personal Development

Writing down what you want to do with your life is a sound way to establish your major goal.

True or False?

Choose a career goal that matches with your values.

Look back at values clarification sheet. Goals should grow out of the things we

need and want. Choosing a goal means deciding what

you value most in life.

Procrastination

A compulsion, a bad-habit, a self-destructive behavior.

Goals and Plans help to fight it. Examine your excuses for

procrastinating and try taking a more positive approach.

Get out there and do something and you’ll feel better about everything.

Locus of Control

One of the reasons we procrastinate is because we’re not intrinsically motivated.

That means we don’t feel that the goal we’re after is our goal.

(For example: Survey)

Intrinsically Motivated People

Believe they are in charge of what happens to them.

Do not blame others or situations outside of their control when things go wrong.

Take responsibility for what happens to them.

Act easily, because they know they can change things.

Extrinsically Motivated People

Do not believe that they are in charge of their lives.

Make excuses and blame others when things go wrong.

Believe in chance, rather than hard work Find it difficult to act because they don’t feel it

will matter. External motivation can make you do things,

get things done, but you generally don’t enjoy them.