LIFE GOALS TRAINING SEMINAR

Paul Gordon Smith

OUTLINE

The meaning of Life What are Mission Statements? Writing Mission Statements What are Life Goals? Writing Life Goals Major Goals Possible Problems Alternative Pathways and their fruit Summary and the next step

Can you answer Yes to all these questions? (Part 1)• Do you have any long term goals?• Do you realise that it is very unlikely

that you will be able to fulfil all your desires?

• Do you have any desires to help others putting others first?

Can you answer Yes to all these questions? (Part 2)• Are you willing to pay the price in terms of

time, effort and sacrifice?• Are you willing to swop your short term

view for a long-term one?• Are you ready to find a new purpose for

your life? Are you willing to lose your present life to

find out what real life is all about.

WHERE ARE YOU?

How do you get your identity? What is the connection between your

spiritual life and what you do? What is at the core of your being? What do you value? What’s happening now in your world? What about your history? As we go through these slides draw a picture

or write a poem/story that describes you.

How do you get your identity? Who am I? Why am I on earth? Claim to fame? Job? Position? Family? Appearance?

Connection between spiritual life and what you do How is your spiritual life?• How does your spirituality influence

what you do?

What is at the core of your being? Are you driven by expectations from

friends, workplace, community, neighbours Do you have hurry sickness? Have you consciously or unconsciously

embraced someone else’s notion of what constitutes a good life and a better future.

Have you lost your own life in service to others?

Values

What’s important to you? What do you put value in? Look for messages that tell you

what your values are. Write down three

What’s happening in your world now? Summary of the current situation Use brief statements, discuss details

verbally Not emotional cycles

How Did you Get Here?

Any relevant historical information• What is your story?

Your drawing/poem?

Did your drawing or poem talk about or have any suggestion of connection with focus on others?

MISSION STATEMENTS

What is a Mission Statement? Why have a mission statement? The mission statement of Jesus. Feed the dream Heavenly treasure

What is a mission statement? It is a short statement that summarises

your destiny and purpose on earth. It should inspire and energise you and be others focused.

Paint your masterpiece Your foundation Your inner core Wake up in the morning and say….

Why have a mission statement? Answers questions of destiny, identity and

purpose. You need to make the world a better place. I want you to be : “Focused” “In the zone”

“Totally involved” “ In tune” “Switched on” “ Rhythm” “Momentum”

But which flow? If we don’t draft a mission statement that

flows then someone else will do the job for us!

Mission Statement for Jesus The spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he has anointed meTo preach good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the

prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind,To release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of

the Lords favour.Luke 4:18-19 • Jesus did not allow anyone to determine the

direction of his life

WRITING YOUR MISSION STATEMENT Turn on your dream machine Some places to have a look Writing your mission statement Feed the dream

Turn on your dream machine You become a mini creator Expose yourself to the wondors you

saw as a child Dream big to inspire yourself and

others Believe the dream

Some places to look for your Mission Statement (Part 1) Free yourself from distraction You may find asking God how he

wants to use your life for his purposes A message from your past Ask God what he wants you to do and

what type of person he wants you to be!

Some places to look for your Mission Statement (Part 2) Human need Your gifts and talents Broken Places Dreams Imagination – Try to converge into

single vocation

Writing your mission Statement (Part 1) Ask Gods guidance Focus outwardly on service not inwardly

on satisfying your own needs Make it inspirational and filled with

enthusiasm and excitement Make it clear concise and easy to follow Make it a sentence long, easily understood

and able to be recited easily

Writing your mission Statement (Part 2) Make it broad enough to affect all areas of

your life Expose yourself to the wonders you saw

as a child. Dream big to inspire improve yourself and

others. Believe the dream Document the dream as a goal and then

activate the plan

Feed the dream

Affirm continually and relentlessly its existence, its purpose and its destination.

Your thoughts every day must involve regular thinking about your dream

Feed your dream with enthusiasm, action and love.

Make your dream have a triumphant spirit by your close attention.

Without you it will die.

LIFE GOALS

What are goals? Where to look for your life goals? OK your

90. Articulating life goals Guaranteed success Accountability Planning Reality Check Selfishness and Life goal

Goals

Goals are the result of bringing dreams, ideas and ideals into a tangible examinable form

Need to be specific, clear, desirable Measurable Achievable Realistic Time bound

What are life Goals?

A master plan for life A magnificent obsession Long term commitment bears fruit With life goals you realize life’s

worth

Finding your life goals (Part 1) Imagine you are 90 and writing your life story Has it been a challenge, Are you satisfied. What are your habits morals and relationships Have you protected things which are good, created

something new or recovered something that was lost

Reflect on those areas of human need that touch you most deeply AIDS, orphans.

Place this at the centre of your life.

Finding Your life goals (Part 2) Occupation – What has your attainment been in

the areas of business, education and politics? Perspective- Did you fight any moral battles and

win the day? Community – Have you helped the downtrodden in

the community? Evangelism – Have you told people about the

Lord? Personal – Have you been good in your dealings

with people. A time each day of meditation Have you helped anyone?

Articulating life goals (Part 1) Life goals should be just a few lines of

writing Define your life goals in terms of ultimate

achievement Your life goal may be supported by up to

50 major goals. Minor goals support your major goals Strategy is how you are going to do it

Articulating life goals (Part 2) Make sure you can measure progress Plan out problem areas Keep reserves People, financial,

mental, physical and spiritual Have a time frame Put it all together in a masterplan Decide when you are going to do it!

Guaranteed success

What would you do if you couldn’t fail?

Accountability

You need to be held accountable for the implementation of your goal

You need to tell someone about it We would like to know so we can

expect fruit and direct others to help you.

Planning

Work on yourself to get yourself ready to bring about your goal

Make sure you are productive and that your energy bears fruit

Write down as many details as you can with a time frame

Life goals reality check

Do you have the time? Do you or can you get the ability What % determination do you have Will you get the opportunity to fulfill

this goal? What opposition are you likely to

face?

Selfishness and life goals

Don’t focus so much on your goals that you have no time for others.

Give your cash, expertise, information and yourselves

Give consistently Program selfless acts which involve you

personally Give without trading

MAJOR GOALS

Types – 50 Write down the person you would

like to be Opportunities Exposure

Types of major goals

Family : Set a high ethical and attitudinal standard

Social : Choose a level that you are comfortable with your desires and personality. Accept any level and be able to relate to all levels

Educational : Evaluate what you need to know to get to a destination.

Physical Fitness

Increase your physical fitness where possible

Personality

Develop a style that you need and follow it to achieve your goals.

A people person Going the extra mile. Expand and develop your

personality

Your skills

Sharpen and document the skills that are obvious

Develop new skills Put pressure on yourself to awaken

hidden skills

Write down the person you would like to be Physical Clothes Mental Personality Spiritual Convince yourself that you can do it.

Finding opportunities

Are you ready and trained to find opportunities?

There are numerous opportunities.

Exposure

Expose yourself to danger, failure, embarrassment and ridicule to achieve security, success, confidence and esteem

Expose yourself to situations where you can gain experience

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS

Success and Failure The mob Subconscience mind Alternative paths

Principles for success

Focus on personal bests enhances performance Hard work is as much a hallmark of success as performance

and is the primary key to success and improvement Insufficient attention to own processes and approach impairs

performance Focus on doing the job right more than being the best is the

best way to tackle the task. Excessive comparison with others impairs performance. Persistence in the face of challenge and adversity is gained

through commitment. Success in a small area will lead to success in larger more

challenging areas.

Self Belief/Self Esteem/Success

The platform for self esteem is success. Success is improvement and setting

personal bests. PB’s People will get their self esteem from

somewhere. Need to get it for doing something positive

Hardwork is the primary key to improvement and success.

Failure/disappointment

Mistakes show there are areas for improvement and a launch pad for success

Every champion has suffered setback. Keep your focus on the lesson learnt not on the

destructiveness of failure. Having the same failure doesn’t teach you much

just emphasizes the lesson Overcoming failure builds character Failure is painful. Endure the pain, accept it as a

friend, run the race and finish the course.

The mob

They identify with you, encourage you stroking their own desires.

When you begin to be successful their mood changes as they see the reflection of their failure in your success. Be careful there is criticism at hand.

When you succeed the crowd wants you as a friend for the spin off and attitudes become patronising.

Crowds absorb energy and waste time as we wonder how they will react to our actions.

Jesus was welcomed into the city by the crowd that crucified him.

Subconscience mind

We have had negative experiences in the past which we lock away either consciously or subconsciously.

Replay these events and see something positive in it. See that the Lord was there with you and had a certain attitude to it.

Subconscious can pick up your imagination and program it as a real event. Program your spirit.

Addictive behaviour – see positive when the problem first developed

Alternative paths (Part 1)

Hedonism- newer and deeper experiences of self-gratification and self indulgence.

Individualism – self-centred, self-interested and egoism. Me-centred rather than others-centred.

Consumerism- Putting treasures on earth before treasures in heaven. Replacing time spent with God. Our lives are measured by the abundance of things. We are what we own. Our identity and self worth come from the car we drive, where we live and the brands we wear.

Alternative Paths ( Part 2)

Mammon- The spirit behind money Deception- Looks OK but scratch the

surface. Look at the fruit Relativism-No absolutes. If they did

it its OK for me to do it.

Alternative paths (Part 3)

Getting ahead economically Preoccupied with here and now We want more Be content with what we have don’t be discontent

until you get more. People are getting their identity from their jobs

and with their long hours leads to pressure on the family.

Advertising is a type of curriculum which says solutions to life problems are not found in good values hard work or education but in buying things

When you die what you did for yourself counts for nothing! Only what you did for others matters

when you die. All the self indulgence means nothing. What will people say at your funeral? What do you want them to put on your

tombstone?

Quantum jump

Doubling your life goals Using all your potential Securing what you have and

explode into a new area within your abilities and timeframes

SUMMARY AND NEXT STEP

Where are you at?What are Mission Statements?Writing Mission StatementsWhat are Life Goals?Writing Life GoalsMajor GoalsPossible ProblemsAlternative PathwaysThe next step is to devise Action Proposals