20091125 Goal Setting by Lakshmi Sowmya - Presentation Transcript 1. GOAL SETTING Lakshmi Sowmya With technical support from Prof. V. Viswanadham 2. What is a Goal ? “ Point marking end of race; object of effort or ambition; destination;...” It is a specific, measurable occurrence, object, or accomplishment that one would like to achieve, or obtain in the future and develops a concrete action plan to achieve it. 3. The difference between a Goal and a mere dream lies in Direction Dedication Discipline Deadline 4. What differentiates a Goal from a mere Desire / Dream? The difference between a dream and a goal is a c t i o n 5. What hinders from setting a Goal? o Fear of failure o Fear of success o Fear of rejection o Lack of ambition o Postponement mentality o Ignorance of importance of Goal o Ignorance of the steps to reach a goal 6. Basis of setting a Goal -1 o On the basis of time Short term - Less than an year’s time; Middle term - 1to 3 years time; Long term - Up to 5 years 7. Basis of setting a Goal -2 Mental Spiritual Social Physical Family Professional Basis for Goals 8. Characteristics of well-constructed goals “ To construct useful and meaningful goals ~ use the SMART method.” o Specific - Goal should not be vague … it should be clearly defined o Measurable - Goal should be verifiable - in the terms of achievement o Achievable- Goals should be on par with your capabilities - not too high or too low o Reachable- Goals should be realistic not fascinating o Time Bound – Goals should not be open ended, - should have a fixed dead line 9. Elements of good action plan o Step 1 : Choose a Goal o Step 2: Intensify your Desire to Achieve your Goal o Step 3: Develop a Strong Belief That You Can Achieve o Step 4: Write Your Goal very descriptively o Step 5: Break Your Goal Down To Mini-Goals & Define Your Tasks for Every Mini-Goal o Step 6: Set a Deadline for Your Goal o Step 7 : Evaluate 10. How to Reach Any Goal: 4 T.I.P.S. T - Think it through; I - Imitate others who are successful; P - Practice, practice, more practice; S - Surround yourself with support 11. GOAL Statement o Goal statement is a one or two liner statement that briefs your goal. o Each goal statement should have 3W’s o What o When o Will o Example: “ I will finish ( will - determination), gathering information for my research paper ( What to do ), by this December (By when)” 12. So…………………. Stop Fearing Become empowered Fix a goal Proceed with proper action plan ……… .Success will be yours !!! Good luck 13. Lakshmi Sowmya Miss Lakshmi Sowmya made a presentation in Telugu on this topic of Goal Setting on October 4 th , 2009 at the First Sunday Meeting on Personality Development conducted by Yuvabharathi. The live recording of her lecture can be heard, as a part of the proceedings uploaded to: www.archive.org – please search for Prof. V. Viswanadham and further search for locating : 20091004 dated recording. Your feedback will be highly appreciated: Sowmya_devarakonda@yahoo.co.in And viswam.vangapally@gmail.com

1. 20091125 Goal Setting by Lakshmi Sowmya - Presentation Transcript
1. GOAL SETTING Lakshmi Sowmya With technical support from Prof. V. Viswanadham
2. What is a Goal ? “ Point marking end of race; object of effort or ambition; destination;...” It is a specific,
measurable occurrence, object, or accomplishment that one would like to achieve, or obtain in the future and
develops a concrete action plan to achieve it.
3. The difference between a Goal and a mere dream lies in Direction Dedication Discipline Deadline
4. What differentiates a Goal from a mere Desire / Dream? The difference between a dream and a goal is a c t
ion
5. What hinders from setting a Goal?
o Fear of failure
o Fear of success
o Fear of rejection
o Lack of ambition
o Postponement mentality
o Ignorance of importance of Goal
o Ignorance of the steps to reach a goal
6. Basis of setting a Goal -1
o On the basis of time
Short term Less than an years time Middle term 1to 3 years time Long term Up to 5 years
7. Basis of setting a Goal -2 Mental Spiritual Social Physical Family Professional Basis for Goals
8. Characteristics of well-constructed goals “ To construct useful and meaningful goals ~ use the SMART
method.”
o Specific - Goal should not be vague
o … it should be clearly defined
o Measurable - Goal should be verifiable -
o in the terms of achievement
o Achievable- Goals should be on par with your
o capabilities - not too high or too low
o Reachable- Goals should be realistic not
o fascinating
o Time Bound – Goals should not be open ended, - should have a fixed dead line
9. Elements of good action plan
o Step 1 : Choose a Goal
o Step 2: Intensify your Desire to Achieve
o your Goal
o Step 3: Develop a Strong Belief That
o You Can Achieve
o Step 4: Write Your Goal very descriptively
o Step 5: Break Your Goal Down To Mini-Goals &
o Define Your Tasks for Every Mini-Goal
o Step 6: Set a Deadline for Your Goal
o Step 7 : Evaluate
10. How to Reach Any Goal: 4 T.I.P.S. T - Think it through I - Imitate others who are successful P - Practice,
practice, more practice S - Surround yourself with support
11. GOAL Statement
o Goal statement is a one or two liner statement that briefs your goal.
o Each goal statement should have 3W’s
o What
o When
o Will
o Example: “ I will finish ( will - determination), gathering information for my research paper
o ( What to do ), by this December (By when)”
12. So…………………. Stop Fearing Become empowered Fix a goal Proceed with proper action plan ………
.Success will be yours !!! Good luck
13.Lakshmi Sowmya Miss Lakshmi Sowmya made a presentation in Telugu on this topic of Goal Setting on
October 4 th , 2009 at the First Sunday Meeting on Personality Development conducted by Yuvabharathi.
The live recording of her lecture can be heard, as a part of the proceedings uploaded to: www.archive.org –

2. please search for Prof. V. Viswanadham and further search for locating : 20091004 dated recording. Your
feedback will be highly appreciated: Sowmya_devarakonda@yahoo.co.in And
viswam.vangapally@gmail.com