Goal Setting

Types of Goals

• Result Goal - a goal that leads to a specific result (i.e. academic goals)
• Volunteer Goal
• Social Goal - a goal that improves your personal/social skills

You have 5 minutes to write down one goal for each type: result, volunteer, and social.
When you finish, leave your paper on the side.

What are goals?
Why do we set goals for ourselves?

The Why

• Improved academic performance due to:
• Enhanced attention and focus.
• Increased motivation and effort.
• Reduced anxiety and increasing confidence.

Are your goals SMARTIES goals?

SMARTIES Goals

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Timely
• Interesting
• Engaging
• Success-Oriented

Specific

• Make sure your goals are as detailed and specific as possible.
• Which one is more specific?
• 1 - "I want to do better in school."
• 2 - "I want to improve my B in Math to an A by the end of the term."

Measurable

• Make sure you are able to measure how and when you have reached your goal.
• Example: keeping track of your math scores; getting at least one more question correct every time.

Achievable

• Make your goals challenging, but attainable and action-oriented.
• Try to push yourself outside your comfort zone.
• Take action, but be smart about it: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results."

Realistic

• Stretch yourself, but don't set goals that are impossible to reach.
• Example: "I want to get 100% on all my math assignments and tests for the whole term" - said by a student who normally recieves Cs in Math.

Timely

• Set a realistic time-frame for when you want to achieve your goals by.
• Example: achieving your academic goals by the end of a term.
• Short vs. Long-term Goals (Francois Hamelin)

Interesting

• Make your goals about something interesting and worthwhile to you.
• You need to keep yourself motivated, so choosing a goal that won't benefit your overall well-being is pointless!

Engaging

• Use powerful and emotional language to describe your goals.
• When you read your goals, you should feel excited and hopeful that they can be achieved!
• Remember some goals will be more engaging than others, so don't worry if it doesn't sound powerful or emotional.

Success-Oriented

• Express your goals in a positive and success-oriented way.
• Examples of negatively expressed goals:
• "My goal is to not fail in math."
• "My goal is to not look like a fool when I dance."

Review the 3 goals you wrote at the beginning of the presentation. Are they SMARTIES goals?

Goals are Concrete Objectives

Monthly Challenge

• Set a result goal, a volunteering goal, or a social goal for the year.
• Use or modify the 3 goals from earlier and make them SMARTIES goals for the monthly challenge.
• Division 2 goals?