Goal setting is something that everyone must do in their life. If you don't set goals in your life, then it's relatively sure that you will be very disappointed with your results. A quote by Zig Ziglar says that "If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time." The quote is expressing about Aiming at nothing is establishing yourself up to achieve nothing. Setting up goals is very important in your life. Goals determine motivation and direction. For example, if you don’t have a goal in your mind, it will be challenging to stay on task and do all the homework at school, etc. So today we’re going to talk about how to set up a goal correctly and assist you to become better. There are 3 rules you must follow to set up a goal:
When setting up a goal, you will also need to arrange a period and take it to step by steps. Goals can divide into short term and long term goals. Short goals are the goals that you want to achieve in a short period like within 6 months or so. Long term goals are the goals that you want to achieve in a long period like 1 year and above. Once you set up a time limit, you have to take it steps by steps. Some people will stop working toward their goal in the middle because they think it’s too hard to do. However, that's all because they set their standard up too high. For example, I am a professional swimmer, and if I set my goal of winning 8 Olympic gold medals at the Olympic game in less than two years, there's no way I can get it. However, if I set my goal to make the World Junior Championship this year, it will be much easier but also hard at the same time. So take your goal seriously and work on it step by step. Lastly, when setting up a goal, you need to be specific about what you want. You need to understand what you need at first and then set a goal. For example, you can’t just say I am going to study hard and try to go to Harvard University. Okay, I know you want to go to Harvard University, and you say you’re going to study hard, but how are you going to study specifically to get into Harvard University? An example goal that I will have would be: I want to go to Harvard University. I am going to go to swimming college and find out about the head coach’s email and starting to communicate with him this week on the weekend. After the head coach has given me the standards of the University (for example SAT score - 1450, and GPA 3.5), I will study SAT practice questions one hour per day and try to get a score higher than 1450. I am bad at reading, so I will start to read 1 chapter a day. This would be a good example goal that I would have when breaking it down into detail pieces. So don’t just give a general goal, be specific about what you want. To conclude, goal setting is not a hard thing to do, but achieving it might be a hard thing to accomplish. Sometimes you might give up in the middle, but whenever you think you’re about to give up, think about why you want to achieve your goal, think about what you will get as a reward at the end after you accomplish it. Therefore, never give up until the very end, always believe you will always find your way.
Eric T Further reading: Links: https://prezi.com/2d-d5u7u4vtt/goal-setting/
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Georgia
2/25/2019 10:40:14 am
It's very true when you said "goal setting is not a hard thing to do, but achieving it might be a hard thing to accomplish", because someone can say that they want to do something but there are so many steps to actually reaching that goal. It takes time, patience and thinking, your tips seem like a good way to accomplish a goal. Good Job
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Matthew
2/25/2019 10:41:41 am
i think this is a great topic but talked about all the time with no depth. All of your examples were super relatable and your tips are very specific and to the point. All too often people are setting goals but with no real though to them or without having a bigger purpose- or they just have a goal but dont know how to get there and do nothing, over all i believe it is something that need to be practiced properly more often.
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Connor
2/25/2019 10:43:01 am
I have what is called "selective motivation", meaning that if I am working on something that means something to me, and it's something i'm passionate about, then I will do it for hours. When it comes to my schoolwork (the academic subjects) I literally just don't care about any of them. For the school i'm going to, I don't need biology, math etc. This made me very unmotivated in school and almost every year I had at least 2 and a half pages full of missing assignments. If I could've read this blog when I was in grade 8, 9, 10, or 11, I think things for me academically would've been really different.
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Janeva
2/25/2019 10:48:01 am
Super inspiring and motivating! Thank you for breaking down how to actually set goals; often times, people tell you to set goals, though there is a wide range of types that we can get caught up in the whelm of. It's funny because my goal has always been to get into Harvard University, though I haven't ever truly fine tuned how I am going to achieve it, neither have I thought of the reason behind my goal. I am an overachiever, so I am prone to getting caught up in the whelm of making unrealistic goals, pushing myself too far without a reality check. I totally agree that setting specific goals as steps is the way to achieve such a huge goal such as mine! Thank you for sharing!
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Hayley
2/25/2019 10:57:06 am
i like that you included that your goal should have a reason. By making sure that your goal is important to you you avoid wasting your time on something that does not matter and what you spend your time on is important because you are never getting it back.
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Kai
2/25/2019 12:39:08 pm
Interesting Blog Eric! Humans unconsciously go to the easy way for make themselves life easier. I dislike this human instincts very much. I think your blog telling a wonderful action and opinion against such a ridiculous human instinct.
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