4. Goal setting is a powerful process
for thinking about your ideal
future, and for motivating
yourself to turn your vision of this
future into reality.
5. 2 Then the Lord replied:
“Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an
appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it[c] will certainly come
and will not delay.
Habakkuk 2: 2 - 3
6. The Starting Point of
Accomplishment Is to
Decide Exactly What You
Want in Every Part of
Your Personal and
Business Life.
8. Setting goals gives you long-
term vision and short-term
motivation.
It focuses your acquisition of
knowledge, and helps you to
organise your time and your
resources so that you can
make the very most of your
life.
10. "I bargained with Life for a penny,
and Life would pay no more.
However I begged at the evening
when I counted my scanty store. For
life is a just employed, he gives you
what you ask. But once you have set
the wages, why, you must bear the
task. I worked for a menial's hire,
only to learn, dismayed, that any
wage I had asked of Life, Life would
have willingly paid“
- Jessie Belle Rittenhouse.
13. The primary difference between high & low
achievers is Action Orientation.
To be the best:
What additional knowledge & skills do
you need?
What areas would you be recognised as
absolutely excellent in?
What would you be doing each day to
become a top performer in your field?
14.
15. Taking Action
Goals are worthless without
action!
Take action after writing &
prioritising goals
Take it one step at a time
Do something everyday that
takes you closer to where you want
to be.
16. "I bargained with Life for a penny,
and Life would pay no more.
However I begged at the evening
when I counted my scanty store. For
life is a just employed, he gives you
what you ask. But once you have set
the wages, why, you must bear the
task. I worked for a menial's hire,
only to learn, dismayed, that any
wage I had asked of Life, Life would
have willingly paid“
- Jessie Belle Rittenhouse.
GOAL SETTING
= DESIGNING
YOUR
DREAM LIFE
17. You become what you think about most
of the time
What exactly do you want?
Determine to pay the price to achieve it.
The PRICE ALWAYS comes before the
PRIZE!!
DESIGN YOUR DREAM LIFE
18. What would it look like?
What would you be doing?
Where would you be doing it?
Who would you be working with?
What level of responsibility would you have?
What kind of skills & abilities would you have?
What kind of goals would you be accomplishing?
What level of status would you have in your field?
MY PERFECT WORK LIFE
19. How much would you have in the bank?
How much would you be saving & investing each
year?
How much would you be worth when you retire?
MY PERFECT FINANCIAL LIFE
What would you be earning 10 years from today?
What sort of lifestyle would you have?
What kind of home would you live in?
What kind of car would you drive?
What kind of material luxuries would you be
providing?
20. What would it look like?
Who would you be with?
Where & how would you be living?
What kind of living standards would you
have?
What kind of relationships would you have
with the most important people in your life
if everything were perfect?
MY PERFECT FAMILY LIFE
21. How would you look & feel?
What would be your ideal weight?
How much would you exercise each
week?
What would be your overall level of
health?
MY PERFECT HEALTH & FITNESS LIFE
23. The Purpose of Managing Priorities
Priorities are about:
• Making time to attend to important
matters
• Getting tasks done
• Keeping track of tasks to monitor
progress
26. Importance versus Urgency
URGENCY
HIGH LOW
HIGHLOW
IMPORTANCE
Crisis
Deadlines
Problems
Planning
Prevention
Relationship
Building
Interruptions
Some calls
Some e-mail
Trivia
Watch TV
“Escape”
activities
27. Importance versus Urgency
■Habit 3 in Stephen Covey’s list for highly
effective people “first things first” is about
setting priorities.
■The underlying principle is the need for
balance in relationships, roles and
activities.
□Focus on the truly important and say
no to the unimportant.
28. Importance versus Urgency
■To determine priorities one needs to
review:
□Roles
□Goals
□Tasks
■Consider daily planning and weekly
reviews.
29. Importance versus Urgency
■Roles
□Organize all that you do by roles
□Roles represent responsibilities and relationships
□Examples
▫Family – spouse, parent
▫Work – projects, administration, training
▫Volunteer – Church, Community
32. Challenges in Managing Priorities
■Understanding goals and expectations
■Timeline
■Relationships – consider involving others in
completion of efforts.
■Lack of planning tools e.g. planners
33. – James 1: 22-25
“22Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone
who listens to the word but does not do what it
says is like someone who looks at his face in a
mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes
away and immediately forgets what he looks
like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the
perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in
it—not forgetting what they have heard, but
doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
34. Summary of Key Points
Goal setting is key to Achievement
Importance matters more than urgency and
should be the basis for actions
Planning and execution are important to
achievement
