This is a special edition of the power point presentation prepared for the 9 day Programme on Personality Development, [ 6th to 15th July 2010], organized for the benefit of the final year students of the graduation programme of the Andhra Mahila Sabha College for Women, Hyderabad. The programme was conducted mainly in Telugu. The live audio recordings can be freely listened to at: www.archive.org – please search for Prof. V. Viswanadham and further search for the topic.

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

7. Basis of setting a Goal -2 Mental Spiritual Social Physical Family Professional Basis for Goals

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

12. So…………………. Stop Fearing Become empowered Fix a goal Proceed with proper action plan ……… .Success will be yours !!! Good luck

13. ? WHAT WHY HOW SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY

15. The Learning and Retention Pyramid Retention Demonstration…………... 30% Reading………………… 10% Audio visual……….…..… 20% Discussion Group……….… 50% Practice by doing……………. 75% Teach others immediate use of learning ….. 90% Lecture…………………. 5%

17. Focused, experiential learning (minds-on, hands-on) organized around real-world problems What we need . . .

18. a learning environment in which THINKING … THINKING DIFFERENTLY . . . THROUGH IMPROVING ANALYTICAL SKILLS facilitating deeper levels of understanding & initiating the processes of self – development

19. All this will mean . . .

23. SOME RULES FOR CONDUCTING SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY ~ Please refer the Book for details

24. with commitment any ordinary thing can be made into a good success without commitment any great thing can be made into a grand failure

25. TRANSFORM YOURSELF DAY BY DAY IN EVERY WAY Step by Step

26. Every Student must ASK & ANSWER THE QUESTION : WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BECOME ?

27. WHAT ARE YOUR EXISTING STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES, IF ANY ?

28. QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT TO BEGIN WITH QUALITATIVE EVALUATION CONTINUOUSLY MAKE

29. M.A.P. My Action Plan THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IS :

30. CHARACTER DISCIPLINE PERSEVERANCE NEVER, NEVER, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF

31. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF Unleashing Your Creativity

32. Using Every Present Moment purposefully Including this present moment NEVER, NEVER, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF

33. Be prepared for both obstacles and opportunities by remaining imaginatively flexible & optimistically open to fresh & unexpected ways of achieving the essence of your vision.

34. Enthusiastically share your dream with those who are receptive, and seek support from the sources that feel most right to you ~ special friends, sympathetic organizations, and / or, perhaps, your relationship with God or a higher power.

35. Write your action plan now, briefly stating exactly what you will do, how you will go about it, by what date you will accomplish and to what extent. . . . A New Possibility

36. Before beginning to launch Small Group Activity ... and implement the plan sincerely and seriously Assess the plan Design a quality plan ~ My Action Plan Brainstorm a quantity of activities Compile & analyze pre-assessment data Select the tool; pre-assess yourself, both quantitatively and qualitatively Decide on the aspect you want to improve

37. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER WASTE THE PRESENT

38. THANK YOU for your patient listening WISH YOU ALL THE BEST