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Motivation and Goal Setting
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Big apologies for not posting much. I
really have no excuse, but I would rather be putting up good blogs that I'm
proud of once a week rather than bad blog posts daily.
Today I decided to do something a
little bit different and decided to talk about motivation and goal
setting.
Goal setting is an important thing to
do. You may not notice it, but you set goals daily. It might be that you want
to finish your homework when you get home, or that you will have a shower
before school.
Types of goals
Goals can be divided in to 3 categories;
short term, medium term and long term.
Short term goals are goals that
you want to achieve today, tomorrow or in the next week.
Medium term goals are goals that
you want to achieve in the next few weeks or few months, possibly up to a year.
Long term goals are goals for the
future. For example, one long term goal might be that you want to buy your own
house when you are older.
SMARTIES goals
When making your goals, think about the
SMARTIES system.
Specific Make sure that your
goals are specific. There's no point having a goal like "I want to become
smarter" because it's not specific. Instead, write it so that it says what
you want to get smarter in. Eg. I want to get smarter at geometry.
Measurable You need to be
able to know when you have achieved your goal so that you can measure your
success.
Action-Oriented Make steps
towards your goals. For example, if your goal was to get better marks in
school, make steps towards getting that goal.
Relevant and realistic Your goals need
to be relevant to what you want. There's no point having a goal that you're not
interested in. They also need to be realistic. If your goals are realistic, you
won't be able to achieve them.
Time-based Your goals
should have a time frame that you want to complete them in.
Interesting Don't make your
goals about something that you aren't interested in.
Emotional Use powerful
language in your goals and express emotion.
Success oriented Make your goals
positivity and success related.
A few tips for achieving your goals
- Don't
forget about them! Make sure you occasionally review your goals and keep
them in your mind.
- Don't
make too many goals for yourself. Making too many goals for yourself can
stress you out and can stop you from achieving your goals.
- Reward
yourself on the way.
I hope you enjoyed this
post about goal setting. It was a little bit different from my usual
posts.
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