goal! setting your goals for the future week four ring toss, dapps 1
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Goal!
Setting your goals for the futureWeek FOUR
Ring Toss, DAPPS 1
Last Week
• Values– Auction– The Alligator River Story– Card Sort
• Homework– Journal: Values
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Write Your Obituary/Perfect Career• What is an obituary?– It is a death notice of a person
• Remember this is just an exercise• When you are writing, think about:– Values you have– What accomplishments you have done or would like
to do– Roles you play in life and the purpose of the roles– How you made a difference– How you want people to remember you
3Workbook – page 36-37
Ice Breaker
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Ring Toss
Agenda
• Goals & Motivation– What are goals?– Why are they important• Research at Yale University
• How do you reach your goals?• How do you motivate yourself?
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“We…believe that one reason so many high school and college
students have so much trouble focusing on their studies is because they don’t have a goal, don’t know what all this studying is leading to.”
Muriel James & Dorothy Jongeward 6
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Research at Yale University• Researchers asked members of the class of 1953 if they
has specific, written, long-term goals.• Only 3% did.• 20 years later, the researchers contacted the same
graduates to see what happened to them.• The 3% with goals had lives that were measurable better
that the 97% without goals.• The 3% who has set specific goals had accumulated
more personal wealth then the other 97% put together
On Course 4th Ed, Skip Downing
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How to set a goal• To be effective, a goal need five qualities• Remember: “DAPPS” rule• “DAPPS” is an acronym (word form from initial of names)
– Dated– Achievable– Personal– Positive– Specific
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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D - Dated• Effective goals have specific deadlines• Short term goal usually has a deadline within a few
months or less• Long term goal usually has a deadline of a year or more
(sometimes 5-10 year)• As deadline approaches, your motivation typically
increases. This energy help you finish strong.• If you don’t meet you deadline, you have an opportunity
to examine what went wrong and create a new plan• Without deadline, you might stretch the pursuit of a
goal over your whole life time
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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A - Achievable• Effective goals are realistic• Example– Running the marathon…• Practice 1 week before the marathon by running around
the block• Practice 1 year before the marathon with someone that
have done the marathon
• Set your limit: not too high and not too low• Ask your self: “Can this be done?”
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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P - Personal• Effective goals are your goals, not someone else’s• Ask yourself if your current goals contribute to
your personal dreams
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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P - Positive• Effective goals focus your energy on what you do
want that on what you don’t want• Translate negative goals into positive goals• Example– Negative: I will stop being late to class– Positive: I will arrive on time to every class– Negative: I will stop eating junk food– Positive: I will start eating healthy food
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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S - Specific• Effective goals state outcomes in specific,
measurable terms• Example– Good: My goal is to do better this semester– Better: I will achieve a 3.5 GPA or better this semester– Good: My goal is to play better at basketball– Better: I will achieve at least 80% or better on the
basketball court
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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Dated: specific deadlines for goalsAchievable: realistic goals Personal: effective goals are your goals, not
someone else’sPositive: focus your energy on what you do
want rather than what you don’t wantSpecific: effective goals state outcomes in
specific, measurable terms
How to set a Goal: DAPPS Rule
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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Life Roles• A life role is an activity to which we regularly
devote large amounts of time and energy• For example:– College student– Parent– Significant other– Athlete– Etc…
• What roles do you play?On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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Life Dreams
• We have dreams in each life role– Example• College student – to get a bachelor degree• Parent – to raise and support my children• Significant other – to have a happy and health relationship• Athlete – to participate in the Olympic
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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Committing to your Dreams
Do not doubt yourself, doubting discourages creative energies to develop a plan.
A clear plan helps you stay on track and motivates you to reach your goals.
Visualization will help motivate you to see the end results.
Visualize your dreams then make them a reality.
On Course 4th Ed, Skip DowningWorkbook – page 40
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their
dreams.”~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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Creating Your Life Plan
• Your Life Roles– College Student
• Your Dreams in Each Role– Registered Nurse (Associate Degree)
• Your Long-term Goals for Each Dream– To become a RN by Spring 2014
• Your Short-term Goals for Each Long-term Goal– Pass all my classes this semester with a 3.5 GPA or better (Fall 2010)– Register for Credit at Mt. SAC by Winter 2011– Register for all my classes that I need to get into the Nursing program by
Fall 2011– Get a 3.5 or better in ANAT 10A, 10B, MICR 22 and English 1A (Fall 2011)– See a counselor to put together Educational Plan by Fall 2010 and every
semester after that
Workbook – page 40
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Team Presentation• Select groups for Student Services Presentation• All Groups will present on Week EIGHT• Rules & Guidelines
Workbook – page 41
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Presentation Topic• Admissions & Records• Assessment Center• Associated Students• Bridge Program• Career Placement• Counseling/Advising
Department• Disabled Student
Programs & Services
• Extended Opportunity Programs & Services
• Financial Aid Office• Health Services• Learning Assistance
Center• Re-Entry Center• Student Life Center
Do you want to do a campus tour next class?Workbook – page 44
Homework
• Journal: Goal• DAPPS Worksheet
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