This presentation discusses the importance of setting goals and objectives, particularly for empowering youth. It defines goals and goal setting, and explains that goals provide direction, purpose, and motivation. The presentation aims to enhance understanding of goal-setting through exploring areas of goal-setting like family, learning, health, and career; how to set SMART goals; working on a SWOT analysis; overcoming obstacles; and providing examples. Obstacles to setting goals include a pessimistic approach and lack of self-esteem, but these can be overcome by believing in yourself, researching your goals, and using SMART goals to set and achieve your objectives.

1. Transforming & Empowering the Youth

2. Topic: Setting Goals & Objectives
A Presentation by: Syed Yasir Ali

3. Examples
 Dog
 Ants
 Honey Bee
 Donkeys
 Eagle

4. AIMS & OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM
This workshop aims to enhance the understanding of goals
and its importance while developing personal analysis and
knowing yourselves through:
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Importance of goal-setting
Areas of goal-setting
How to set goals
SWOT analysis
Obstacles to goal setting
Overcoming your obstacles
Examples

5. Definition:
 GOAL: the purpose towards which an endeavour is
directed; an end; an objective.
 GOAL SETTING: the process of deciding what to
accomplish and devising a plan to achieve the result
you desire.
 GOAL = DREAM+ ACTION PLAN + TARGET DATE
A vision without an action plan is day dreaming
An action without a vision is like a nightmare
Japanese proverb

6. Importance of Goal-Setting
You cannot hit the target you cannot see
 It helps you to prioritize your task and maintain your
work and assignments
 Give direction and purpose of your work
 It helps you to motivate yourselves
 It helps you in making decision

7. Areas of Goal-Setting
 Family & Home: your daily routine tasks and picnic
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with your family etc.
Learning & Development: Academic tasks;
homework, assignment, books, research, exams etc
Social & culture: social gathering, friends
gathering, picnic, occasions, festivals etc.
Physical & Health: your daily routine games, activities
and fitness tasks.
Financial & career: Setting long term goals for your
career. ( education, jobs or business )

8. How to Set Goals:
 Follow SMART model with extended D version i.e.
Documented

9. Working on your SWOT
Strengths
Identifying your strengths.
 Education
 Interpersonal Skills
 Presentation
 Cognitive thinking
 Empowerment
 Family
 Passionate etc
Weaknesses
Overcoming your Weakness
 Time management
 Fears
 Stress out
 Early give up
 Confusion
 Lack of confidence
 Influence by others etc

10. Working on your SWOT
Opportunities
Grabbing the opportunities
 Take advantages as maximum
as you can from every where
 Certificates and recognition
 Participation in activities
 Appear in every exams/ tests
 Scholarship
 etc
Threats
Ignoring/ avoiding threats
 Comparison
 Studies & Exams
 Teachers
 Your weaknesses
 Family & relatives
 etc

11. Obstacle to setting-Goals
 A pessimistic approach
 Fear of failure
 Fear of rejection
 Lack of ambition
 Lack of knowledge & awareness
 Ignorance
 Low Self-esteem

12. How to Overcome:
 Believe in yourself
 Empowerment
 Research on your goals
 Take risks/ chances
 Work on SWOT
 Set-goals by using SMART-D
 Overcome your fears

13. Thought full quotes
 Confusion of goals & perfection of mean
seems, in my opinion to characterize our age
Albert Einstein
 If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not
people & things.
Albert Einstein
 A goal is a dream with deadline.
Napoleon Hill
 Be sure you put your feet in the right place. Then stand
firm.
Abraham Lincoln

14. Thought full quotes
 A goal is not always meant to be reached it often serves
simply as something to aim it.
Bruce Lee
 What keeps me going is Goal.
Muhammad Ali
 Its kind of fun to do Impossible.
Walt Disney
 We build too many walls & not enough bridge.
Isaac Newton

15. Finishing Point
 Goals are your Destiny and Action plan is the Gateway.
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