Reaching Your Potential

FACSChapter One

Objectives

How to identify strategies to reach your potential and make the most of your resources

Why goals are importantThe relationships between short- and

long-term goalsGuidelines to help you achieve goals

Terms we will Learn

Community Resources

Goal Human resources Long-term Goals Material Resources Natural resources Potential

Priorities Resource Resourceful Self-Confidence Short-term Goals

Who are you today?

Make a collage showing who you are.Describe yourself to me through your

collageWe will present these to the class

Think About. . .

What are some of your dreams or goals?

What progress have you made in achieving some of them?

What obstacles must you overcome to reach your dreams?

Write an essay answering these questions.

What is Self-Confidence?

Confidence in yourself and in your abilities

What is your Potential?

Potential The possibility of becoming more than they

are right now Reaching your potential means becoming

all you can be

How can you reach your potential?

Keep your efforts focused.Set Priorities

What are Priorities?Determining what is important to you and

ranking those thinks in order of importanceCheck out your interests and activitiesChoose friends who support youBe Health-SmartUse your potential in a positive way

Resources Impact Potential

What is a resource? Anything that you use to help accomplish

something

Types of Resources

Human Resources Resources that have to do with People

Examples Time, energy, and knowledge

Types of Resources

Material ResourcesExamples

Money, property, supplies, time, and tools

Types of Resources

Community resourcesExamples

Libraries, schools, churches, hospitals, clinics, and parks

Types of Resources

Natural ResourcesResources that occur in nature

ExamplesEverything in the natural environment such as

water, trees, oil

Types of Resources Activity

On the wall you will find chart paper that includes the four types of resources

In groups you will write examples of these resources on the paper.

When I ring the bell you will move to the next resource and continue as you did with the first.

After completing all of the resources you will be back at the first resource that you started with.

As a groups and using the rest of the classes answers you will make a graphic organizer describing your resource

These will be presented to the class

The Importance of Goals

GoalSomething you plan to do, be, or have.Something you are willing to work for

Types of Goals

Short-term Goals Goals that can be accomplished in the

near futureLong-term Goals

Goals that are far-reaching and take time to achieve

What are your goals?

On the back of your Who I Am collage, make another collage telling me Who You Want To Be.

Include your short and long term goalsWhat do you plan to do with your lifeWho do you want to become?

Achieving your Goals

Keep your goals in MindStay active with your goalsBe determined

What Would You Do?

Imagine a close friend set a goal to lose a certain amount of weight. Based on what you have learned in your classes, you think the goal is an unhealthy one. Your friend is upset because you and her other friends are not supportive of her goal. She thinks all of you are undermining her intentions to improve her appearance. How would you handle the situation?

Making the Connection

Find examples of songs with references to goals that someone wishes to achieve, has achieved, or failed to achieve.

Play the music or present the lyrics to your class

Discuss the impact music has on how well you and your classmates achieve goals.

Chapter 1 Quiz

Define PotentialDefine PrioritiesGive six examples of community

resourcesHow are resources used to achieve

goals?