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Goal Setting For Teens Resource
Four strategies can help you to develop an effective action plan.
State your goal in very specific terms that you can accept
Plan backwards from your goal for the best results
Confront your fears and expectations immediately and progressively
Put your plan on paper and into action as soon as possible
Your goal
Planning a career move is much like mapping your route for a road trip.
If you don't know where you are going, you can't decide how to get there, but if you do know where you are going, youll get there faster.
Goals like Go back to school are too general and not specific enough. You have to translate these goals into specific statements such as "Enter a college accounting program by next fall" or "For the next two months, search for work in the computer securities field. You have to know exactly what you want to do and when to go about it.
Plan Backwards
One of the best ways to move forward is to plan backwards. Start by asking yourself if you can accomplish your goal today. If you cant why do you think that is? What do you have to do first? Is there something you have to do before that?
Keep thinking backwards like this until you arrive at tasks you could do today. This will help you to attain the goals starting point.
For example, if your goal is to take a two-year business administration program, could you start today? No, you have to be accepted to the program first. Could you be accepted today? No, you have to apply first. Could you apply today? No, you have to decide which post-secondary institutions to apply to. Could you decide today? No, you have to do some research first and so on. I could do this all day but you get the point.
Don't worry if your list of things to do becomes several lists.
Deal with your fears and expectations of yourself
Look over your list of things you will have to do to achieve your goal. Do you believe that you can do it? If you have doubts, take some time to think them through first.
Are your expectations realistic? Have you succeeded or failed at tasks that were similar to this before? What can you do to improve your chances of success this time around? For example, if there is a good chance you will not follow through with your plans, you have to ask yourself why.
Are you a professional procrastinator? If so, what can you do to make sure that you will keep going until you reach your goal? Are you afraid of failing?
If so, work at improving the skills you will need. Or test the waters by taking an evening or distance education course before you sign up for a whole program. If you are having trouble identifying your fears or figuring out how to deal with them, talk to people you trust. Ask for their suggestions, but always make your own decisions.
Put your plan into action from to do list
By this stage, you probably have more than one list of things to do and, if it is necessary, some plans for avoiding or dealing with potential problems. Now you need to put them all together into one comprehensive plan. You must list tasks in the order in which you must complete them and set deadlines for the completion of any major plans. Successful career planners keep themselves on track using a variety of methods, such as:
marking tasks on a monthly calendar (noting important dates such as application deadlines or action plans)
making weekly or daily lists of things to do and cross off tasks as they are completed
using a computer program to create timeline charts which give you your time limits for task completion
Using a commercial appointment book or a notebook; even a palm pilot with a new page for each day or week.
Use whatever methods work best for you. If it is absolutely necessary, ask a friend to check on your progress occasionally or question you on your successes because you are more likely to get things done if you know you'll be asked about it.
Now you have learned all that you could want to set successful career goals. If you follow the things in this section and have remembered the previous sections, you will do just fine because there is nothing to hold you back now.
All it really is- is code talk for new goals that need to be set. Use whatever methods work best for you. They will remind you of your goal and the date that the goal will be achieved by, and each time you see this information you will be programming your mind to take action toward your goal. Is it time for me to go in for a complete physical and when the last one was that I had 10. At what point will we seek help for ourselves if our fighting gets out of hand or will we even bother, for example will we seek counseling together? |
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| Mentally walk the path towards this success and base your feelings at different milestones on the way 3. Career Goal You must Define and write them down in order of priority Benefits and Advantages of achieving this goal Listing these may help to motivate you Key Steps That you Need to Take When Will I do This? Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress. Notice your stress and its beginnings. Unclear communication Inadequate knowledge Unclear objectives and priorities Lack of planning Stress, anxiety and fatigue Inability to say "No" to anybody with a request Personal disorganization There are quite a few isnt there? |
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| Lets look at an example. The trouble is, often the first step is the hardest, and the next step is just as hard. The major benefits of goal setting have been lost. It affects all we do both professionally and personally. These days we are on the road more often. Write down the goal. |
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| Too many goals that arent given priority may be set, leading to a feeling of overload. You might want to check the ones which are causing to be the major obstacles to your own time management. The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life. |
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