Principle #6Principle #6Unleash the Power of Goal SettingUnleash the Power of Goal Setting

What does this mean?What does this mean?

“If you are bored with life bored with life – if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire

to do things – you don’t have enough you don’t have enough goalsgoals.”

-Lou HoltzAward-winning NCAA Football Coach

Jim Carrey and His GoalJim Carrey and His Goal

One night in 1987, when the 25-year-old Jim Carrey was a struggling Canadian comic trying to make his name in Los Angeles, he drove his old Toyota up to Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood hills. Sitting there and dreaming of the future, Carrey wrote himself a check for $10 million. He dated it Thanksgiving 1995 and added the notation, "for acting services rendered." By the time 1995 actually rolled around, his rambunctious goofball roles in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask" and "Dumb & Dumber" had yielded worldwide grosses of $550 million, and superstar's asking price was up to $20 million per picture. But by that time, Carrey no longer had the check anyway -- in July 1994, he had slipped it into his father's pocket as he lay in his coffin.

Jim Carrey 10,000,000Ten Million Dollars -----------------------------

November 24 95

Jim Carrey

The Power of Written GoalsThe Power of Written Goals

In 1979 students in the Harvard MBA program were asked, "Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?" Only three percent of the graduates had written goals and plans; 13 percent had goals, but they were not in writing; and a whopping 84 percent had no specific goals at all.

Ten years later, the members of the class were interviewed again, and the findings, while somewhat predictable, were nonetheless astonishing. The 13 percent of the class who had goals were earning, on average, twice as much as the 84 percent who had no goals at all. And what about the three percent who had clear, written goals? They were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97 percent put together.

Setting GoalsSetting Goals

•How is setting goals like a GPS system?

Effective GoalsEffective Goals

• Which goal is effectively written?

a.) By April 5, 2010, I will have $3,500 in my savings account.

b.) I would like to save more money in the future.

c.) I would like to have a savings account.

Effective GoalsEffective Goals

• Which goal is effectively written?

a.) I would like to take some college classes to help me in the future.

b.) I will go to college and get my degree.

c.) I will graduate from U.C.R. with my Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies by Spring of 1996.

Aim HighAim High

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss it you’ll land among the stars.”

Effective Goals are Effective Goals are S.M.A.R.T.S.M.A.R.T.

• SSpecific• MMeasureable • AAttainable• RRelevant• TTime-bound

Examples:Examples:

1.By the end of my senior year, I will have a 3.9 G.P.A2.By the time I turn 25, I will own a 2,000 square foot home in Menifee3.By September 30, 2016, I will be enrolled at the UCLA

Sample Long & Short Term Sample Long & Short Term GoalsGoals

13 Year Goal:13 Year Goal: I will buy a four bedroom house in Nuevo, Ca10 Year Goal:10 Year Goal: I will become a 3rd grade teacher at Nuview Elementary9 Year Goal9 Year Goal: I will be an intern teacher in Rialto, Ca while I finish up my teacher credential classes at U.C.R. 4 Year Goal4 Year Goal: I will be accepted and enrolled at UCR by September 19924 Year Goal4 Year Goal: I will graduate from Perris High School on June 22, 19924 Year Goal4 Year Goal: I will buy a used Honda Accord LX with my savings before I go off to college in September of 19922 Year Goal: 2 Year Goal: I will get a part-time job in Nuevo by my sophomore year to save for a car1 Year Goal1 Year Goal: I will have a 4.0 G.P.A. by the end of my freshman year.1 Month Goal1 Month Goal: I will have enrolled in at least 3 A-G classes at Perris High1 Week Goal1 Week Goal: I will complete the final draft for my essay by Friday1 Day Goal1 Day Goal: I will finish the rough draft of my essay by Wednesday.

Silent ReadingSilent Reading

• Read about setting goals on pages 65 – 78 in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy.• Take down one page of Cornell notes.

On Your OwnOn Your Own