2. JOURNAL
CAREER/EDUCATIONAL
PERSONAL

3.  Career/Educational dreams
› I have a dream to write a book
› I have a dream to be a speaker at youth
conferences across the nation
› I have a dream to run and be a part of a
humanitarian organization
› I have a dream to be a personal coach
› I have a dream to be and educator

4.  Personal dreams
› I have a dream to raise successful children
› I have a dream to own a beach home on
the coast of Southern California
› I have a dream to visit Greece
› I have a dream to have yearly vacations
with my adult children and family
› I have a dream to own serve in an
underprivileged community
› I have a dream to own a convertible

5.  DREAM BIG…..

8. Fear
Fear of failure
Fear of inadequacy
Lazy
Believe it is not possible

10.  Experts on the science of success know
the brain is a goal-seeking organism.
Whatever goal you give your sub-
conscious mind, it will work night and
day to achieve it
› All it needs is……….WHAT (DREAM) and
WHEN (TIMELINE) !

11.  Goals: those things you aim for that take
planning and work.
 Short-Term Goal: a goal that you can reach
in a short period of time.
 Long-Term Goal: a goal that you plan to
reach over an extended period of time.
 Action plan: a multi-step strategy to identify
and achieve your goals.

12.  Take control of your life
 Focus on the important things
 Make good decisions
 Finish tasks efficiently
 Builds self-confidence
 Sense of accomplishment
 Make progress toward bigger goals
 Setting the goal is half of the work
toward achieving the goal

13. S (Specific)
M (Measurable)
A (Attainable)
R (Realistic)
T (Timely)

14.  Good Idea  Goal:
› I would like to go to › I will attend USC fall
college semester 2015.

15.  I want to improve my  I will have an A in
math grade geometry by end of
2th quarter by turning
in all assignments in
on time.

16.  Good Idea  Goal:
› I need to drink more › I will drink a
water minimum of 5
glasses of water by
5 pm each day

17.  I want to lose weight  I will weigh 120
pounds by 5 pm,
January 1, 2013

18.  It is good to have goals that require you
to grow and to achieve and may make
you a little uncomfortable
 Ultimate goal is to become a master of life. To
do this you will need to learn new skills, expand
your vision of what is possible, build new
relationships and learn to overcome your fears,
considerations and road blocks.

19.  A study of Harvard graduates found that
after 20 years, the three percent of them
who had written goals achieved more
financially than the other 97% combined!
 "An average person with average talent,
ambition and education, can outstrip
the most brilliant genius in our society, if
that person has clear, focused goals."

20.  3 things to understand about goals:
› Considerations: all the reasons why goal is
impossible. Work twice as hard, you could
get hurt, may take too much time
› Fears: rejection, failure, making a fool of
yourself.
› Roadblocks: don’t have the money, class my
not be open, cant find a partner, time?

21.  DO NOT SEE CONSIDERATIONS, FEARS
AND ROAD BLOCKS AS STOP SIGNS!!!
 LEARN TO DEAL WITH THEM.
› In fact, they are supposed to appear if they
don’t it means you have not set a goal big
enough to stretch you and grow.

24. 1. Set a specific realistic goal and write it
down.
2. List the steps you will take to reach your
goal. (visualization: 5 senses)
3. Identify sources of help and support.
4. Set a reasonable time frame for achieving
your goal.
5. Evaluate your progress by establishing
checkpoints.
6. Reward yourself for achieving your goal.

25.  Think of 3 things you want to accomplish
in the next several months. These must
be things that are truly important to you
and within your power to accomplish.
 For each one describe in detail what you
will need to do in order to succeed and
lay out an action plan for doing it

26.  Goal: lose 10 pounds by Jan 1 at 5pm
› Steps: exercise 3x week
 Monday Wed Friday
› Run with jenny once a week
 monday
› Weigh in weekly
 sunday
› Eat desired calorie alotment
 Carry a food journal

27.  Sources of help:
› Mom (meal planning)
› Jenny (exercise partner)

28.  Sept 1, 2012 to Jan 1, 2013

29.  Sundays at 5 pm
 Daily food/calorie log

30.  New Jeans that I have been wanting

31.  10 minutes

32.  Story of 2 friends

33.  Movie + Discussion (30 min)

34.  15 min

35.  Think to a day in the future, the day of your
funeral. Should you have died and people
come to your funeral, what would you want
them to say? What would you want to be
remembered for? What is it that you feel your
family and friends ought to miss most about
you and specifically mention in their eulogy?
Think about it and then write these things
down. Think about what would you want to be
remembered for, what are the qualities which
you would want to possess, which would
characterize you even at your funeral. Scratch
out the ones which you already feel you
possess and work on acquiring the others

36. “A goal properly set is halfway
reached.”
-Abraham Lincoln
 What does this statement mean?