GOAL SETTING &
SELF MOTIVATION
S R M C O N S U L T A N C I E S

GOAL SETTING
What ever a mind can conceive and believe it can
achieve
Napoleon Hill

WHAT IS GOAL?
• A goal is a desired result that a person or a system visualizes, plans and
commits to achieve.
• According to Meerigam, A goal is a end towards which effort is
directed. Goals are dreams and wants except a goal is more specific.

PURPOSE OF GOAL
• The purpose of Goal is to give you something that you want, to enhance
your life in some way.
• The most important thing you need to know about goals is that you
ought to have them always.

TYPES OF GOALS
Immediate Goals
• Goals which are needed to be achieved in a very short span of time.
• 1-30 days duration.
Example
• Finishing the Task,
• Changing some habits, etc.,

TYPES OF GOALS
Short term Goals
• These relate to the current term. What can be accomplish with in a
specific period of time.
• 3 months, 6 months, etc., duration.
Example
• Participating in Chennai Marathon
• Passing in the exams, etc.,

TYPES OF GOALS
Long term Goals
• These relate to the goals, which are set to achieve in a long term
likewise in next few years.
• 1 year, 5 year, etc., duration.
Example
• Building a own house with in 5 years.
• Become a General Manager to a reputed firm within a 5 years, etc.,

GOALS - CLASSIFICATION

PERSONAL GOAL
• This denotes the goal of personal improvement like Physical, Mental,
and Intellectual.
Example
• Run in a Marathon
• Thought process grooming

SOCIAL GOAL
• This denotes the goal of any desired social reward.
Example
• Getting an education/Job,
• Buy a car, etc.,

FINANCIAL GOAL
• This denotes the goal of an objective which is expressed in (or) based
upon money.
Example
• Sufficient wealth to retire,
• Tax planning, etc.,

CAREER GOAL
• An objective undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and
with the opportunities for progress.
Example
• Choosing the profession/ Position, etc.,

GOAL SETTING
• Goal setting is the process of deciding what you want to accomplish and
developing a plan to achieve the result you desire

SET GOALS – WHY?
• Establish your ultimate destination.
• Identify the roads you can take to get there.
• Know when you have arrived at your goal.

BENEFITS OF GOAL SETTING
Suffer less from stress and anxiety.
• Goal setting provides a systematic plan of action which ultimately make you
not to suffer from stress.
Concentrate better
• Now you can concentrate better on your tasks as there will be complete clarity
on what is to be done, when, where and How.
Show more self Confidence
• To become more confident because of a proper and systematic approach
towards the goal.
Perform better in the field.
• Well aware of the steps to be taken one after the completion of other, So
always performs well in the field

QUALITIES OF EFFECTIVE GOALS
• Before you begin your goal setting process it is important to know what
qualities your should embody.
• Effective goals are always, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic,
and Time bound.
S M A R T

SPECIFIC
• The goal should be SPECIFIC enough so that we know exactly for what
we are striving for
Example
• Specific
I wish to achieve pass in the semester exams.
• Non-Specific
I want Pass.

SPECIFIC
A specific goal will answer the questions
• Who? Who is taking action or is affected?
• What? What is the result I want to achieve?
• Where? Is there a specific location?
• When? When do I want to complete this goal?
• Which? Are there restraints or requirements that have to be met?
• Why? Why is this important? What specifically is the benefit of achieving
this goal?

MEASUREABLE
• A goal must be MEASUREABLE. It should have concentrate facts
• You should be able to answer very specifically, when and how you will
know that you attained your goal
Example
Measurable Goal
• If you have a measure for the entire project, as in our example above of
reaching 750 customers, then you can also determine how much of your
daily work load should be dedicated to achieving the goal
Immeasurable Goal
• Productivity should be good

MEASUREABLE
To find the measures for your goal, ask the questions;
• How much?
• How many?
• How often?
• How will I know when I’ve reached my goal?

ACHIEVABLE
• A goal must be practically achievable under the given situation and
constraints
• If a goal is not attainable given the constraints that you face, you either
need to work towards removing those restraints or lowering the level of
the goal so that it becomes attainable
Example
• Good Example
• A company wishes zero maintenance after
implementing T P M with in 3 years of time.
Bad Example
• A wishes no break down from tomorrow.

ACHIEVABLE

REALISTIC
• A goal must be REALISTIC.
• Challenging yourself is an important part of goal setting. You want to
aim high. However you also need to be realistic.
• Example
• Realistic-Design a spaceship to travel in a space after joining in ISRO
within 5 years of time.
• Unrealistic-Design a spaceship to travel in a space by nextweek

REALISTIC
Some questions you could ask yourself during this analysis include;
• Do I have the resources (financial, personnel, equipment, etc.) to reach
the goal?
• Do I have the support of others?
• What knowledge or expertise am I lacking that I will need to locate or
learn?
• Have I prioritized this new goal with existing goals?

UNREALISTIC

TIME BOUND
• A goal must always have a time within which it needs to be achieved
• Making sure your goal is set with a time limit
Example
Good Example
• I wish to reduce my sugar level gradually
with in six months.
Bad Example
• I wish to reduce my sugar level.

WHY GOALS FAILS?
• The goal is not detailed.
• Rewards of goal is not there.
• The goal was not S M A R T enough.
• The goal is not really believable or little commitment exits.
• Keep changing (or) switching goals with the weather.
• The goal becomes secret. No search for help/support etc.,

STEP TOWARDS SETTING EFFECTIVE
GOALS
• The establishment of a clear and central purpose (or) goal in life is the
starting point of all success.
BRAIN TRACY

STEP TOWARDS SETTING EFFECTIVE
GOALS
• Set goal
Identify what is Important to you. What do you want to achieve?
• Identify possible strategies (or) objectives to reach the goal
Make a list of what you feel are the best and most effective ways of
reaching the goals you have already identified.
• Select the best strategies
Select one strategy which will work for you from the list you made
previously.

STEP TOWARDS SETTING EFFECTIVE
GOALS
• Outline specific plans to accomplish each strategy
Once you have narrowed down your strategy list, you can begin to make
very detailed and specific plans to accomplish each strategy and
ultimately reach your goal.
Once we have a well-formed goal statement we need some direction to
follow to achieve this goal.
An unwritten want is a wish, a dream, A never happen. The day you put your goal in
writing is the day it becomes a commitment that will change your life. Are you ready?
Tom Hopkins

SETTING GOALS
• Setting Goals is a means of identifying and plotting how you are going
to achieve your aims in life. By writing down your goals you are
committing yourself to accomplishing them; therefore, make sure that
your goals are important to you.

ACHIEVING A GOALS
• Responsibility – Don’t blame anything
• Hard work – Ready to work in any time
• Character – Values, beliefs & personality of you
• Persistence – Failing is also a step to success
• Commitment – Winning edge
• Learning – Life long process
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent
people can get what they want through their own effort. Interdependent
people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve
their greatest success
- 7 Habits-

SELF MOTIVATION
W H A T O N E C A N B E , O N E M U S T B E

SELF MOTIVATION

MOTIVATION- ?
• The general desire (or) willingness of someone to do something
• Primary means of realizing our Goals

THE COMPLETE NATURE OF
MOTIVATION
• Learning what motivates you is an essential part of knowing yours
• Knowing what motivates others is basic to establishing and maintaining
effective relationships
• Each person is motivated by different needs, at varying degrees. And at
different times

A FORMULA FOR MOTIVATION
V x E = M
• V describes the Valves (How important something to us?)
• E describes the Expectations (How confident we are about achieving it?)
• M achieves Motivation

TYPES OF MOTIVATION
• Intrinsic
• Extrinsic

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
• It reflects the desire to do something because it is enjoyable.
• If we are intrinsically motivated, we would not be worried about external
rewards such as praise/awards
• The enjoyment we experience would be sufficient for us to perform the
activity in the future.

EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION
• It reflects the desire to do something because of external rewards such
as awards, money and praise
• People who are extrinsically motivated may not enjoy certain activities,
they wish to receive some external reward

MOTIVATE THE BASIC DESIRES
• Power is the desire to influence others.
• Independence is the desire for self-reliance.
• Curiosity is the desire for knowledge.
• Acceptance is the desire for inclusion.
• Order is the desire for organization.
• Saving is the desire to collect things.
• Honor is the desire to be loyal to one’s
parents and heritage.
• Idealism is the desire for social justice.
• Social Contact is the desire for
companionship.
• Family is the desire to raise one’s own
children.
• Status is the desire for social standing.
• Vengeance is the desire to get even.
• Romance is the desire for sex and beauty.
• Eating is the desire to consume food.
• Physical Activity is the desire for exercise of
muscles.
• Tranquility is the desire for emotional calm.
We experience the sixteen basic desires (or) combination of desires. Firstly choose which
five (or) six is most important to you.

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
• People tend to satisfy their needs in a particular order.
• Maslow called this order, “THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS”

PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
• Survival (or) lower order needs
• Include needs for food, clothes, sleep and shelter
• In a good economy, these are rarely dominate
They include:
• Air
• Food
• Water
• Clothing
• Shelter
• Sexual Activity

SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS
• Reflects people’s desire for predictability in life.
• Safety needs focus on protection from physical harm but can also mean
general health and well-being, safety from financial ruin, injustice, or
having to deal with the stress of the unfamiliar
• Security needs reflect the need to provide for oneself and one’s family.
Other examples related to our professional lives include;
• Job security
• Protection from autonomous authority
• Financial savings
• Insurance policies
• Reasonable accommodations for the disabled

SOCIAL (OR) BELONGINGNESS
• Involve emotional and mental well-being.
• The third level of human needs revolve around social interactions and the need to
belong
• These needs will be pursued once the lower needs are met
• People may fulfill this level of need through different relationships, such as:
Family
Friends
Intimate Relationships
Clubs or Social Organizations
Sports Teams
Office Culture
Religious Groups
Professional Organizations

SELF ESTEEM
• Self-esteem describes how you feel about yourself.
• Esteem needs relate to a person’s self-respect and the respect he (or) she
receives from others
These includes;
• Recognition from others
• Taking opportunities to lead others
• Associations with people who have the
esteem of others
• Personal achievement in areas such as
education, skills, and hobbies
• Pride in the achievements of their family members

SELF- ACTUALIZATION NEEDS
• Represent a person’s need for growth
• Fulfilling potential (or)
realizing fullest capacities as humans.
• Rarely fully attained
The need for self-actualization is the need to become more and more
oneself, and to become more and more of what we are capable of
becoming

THE MOTIVATION CYCLE
• It describes how most people satisfy a needs

SELF MOTIVATION
• Motivation of achieving something due to one’s own interest without
any external characteristics.

REASON WE LOSE MOTIVATION
• There are three main reasons that people tend to lose motivation from
time to time. You can refer to these as ‘motivation killers.’ These are
1. Lack of confidence
2. Lack of focus
3. Lack of direction
What distinguishes the truly successful person from the average person is the ability to
understand why you are feeling de-motivated, respond to that reason, and then keep on
moving forward

LACK OF CONFIDENCE
• Why would you continue to try to do something if you don’t believe
that you can do it? You would only be setting yourself up for failure.
• This makes sense – it’s actually a form of self-protection when you think
about it.
• You will need to boost your confidence level if you are going to
regenerate your motivation and get back on track

LACK OF FOCUS
• You don’t know exactly what it is that you want, so why should you take
action until you do? Or you might find yourself scattered across so many
different goals that you are finding it difficult to complete any of them
• You may need to concentrate your efforts so that you can begin making
achievements – even if they are small – which will encourage you to
move on to the next goal and the next and so on

LACK OF DIRECTION
• If you know what you want and you believe that you can do it, but you
just don’t know how to get started, you can get stopped instead of
motivated
• But sometimes just staying in action can be important – even if you
aren’t exactly sure which actions to take. The good news is that if you
can educate yourself on the necessary steps, you should be able to
restore your motivation

WHY SELF MOTIVATION IS
IMPORTANT?
• Self-motivation is extremely important when it comes to accepting
changes and opportunities in life
• The force of self motivation helps in planning our life and easing the
difficulties

STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
"The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started."
- Dawson Trotman

STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
1. Don’t worry if you make a mistake
• Making mistakes is one way we can learn and improve in our life. There
is no one that has never made any mistake
2. Feel happy about your life
• Happiness generates more positive energy with in you. This energy is
important to keep you more optimistic and enthusiastic about your life.
"The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started."
- Dawson Trotman

STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
3. Get out of your comfort zone.
• You need to learn to get into unfamiliar surroundings to explore better
opportunities. Do not just stick around with the same people, same
known places, skills or work. Explore ……
4. Think the unthinkable
• Nothing will stop you from thinking of goals we want to achieve. You
have to dream high in order to set high goals. Dream high…..
5. Read and listen to inspirational materials
• You have to start spending time reading motivational books and
listening to inspirational tapes, also implement what we learn from
inspirational materials

STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
6. Resolve problems instead of running away
• The journey to our goal will not be smooth all the time. We have to face
difficulties. We should work towards solving the problems, one at a time
and over coming each obstacle to reach our goal. If we run away from
obstacles, you can never achieve your goal
7. Appreciate every moment of life
• Think of what your really is as of now. Appreciate every moment you
have currently. Thinking about the past/day dream of future will not
bring you anywhere. So live and enjoy every moment of life

STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
8. Finish what you start
• Once you have started something, finish it. Never leave what you do
halfway regardless of the end result
9. Face challenges one at a time
Challenges come to us almost all the time. Take up one challenge at a
time. Do not try to accumulate and face them at go
10. Care less about what people say
You may hear a lot of negative things people say about you. Sometimes
those comments may come from somebody close to you. As long as you
fully know what you are doing to achieve your goals, don’t bother about
such comments

SUMMARIES OF MOTIVATION
• Decide, You must decide to be motivated
• “Acting as if” is a powerful effort. Be confident and sure about your
direction
• Plan, Visualize, Action… Combined with faith
• Do it now
• Break up the task into small steps
• Don’t wait for mood or inspiration, Create it
• Start action
• Solutions will follow if you try