Setting Job Goals
How To Set Effective Goals
Learning how to set goals is essential to success and happiness in life. Without personal goal setting, we may feel lost and unmotivated. It's part of human nature to want to grow, learn, achieve and advance our position in life. Yet so often we find ourselves stagnating and feeling as though we're unhappy for some intangible reason. More often than not, it's because you have failed to seek purpose, set goals and strive for something. Here are some practical tips to help you get more out of life and feel satisfied.
It is not enough to learn how to set goals: you must learn to set SMART goals, and to do so you just need to follow some guidelines. First, you must select a goal that is Specific. Instead of saying, "I want a new job," you can say, "I want to work as a field reporter at WBTV." Secondly, you need a goal that is Measurable, so you will know when success has been reached. You can choose your measurement by quantity, quality, cost, etc. Thirdly, your goals need to be Achievable. Setting realistic goals is the only way to find happiness. The fourth criterion is about Relevance; the goal must mean something to you and have an emotional tie for you, otherwise you will find motivation difficult. You also want to make sure you have the right resources. For example, you can't say you want to be a WBTV reporter if you have no college experience. (Your first goal must be to get that experience.) Lastly, your goal must be Timed. With a start date and an end date, you will find added motivation.
Once you learn how to set goals, you'll need to break down your goals into smaller, achievable steps. You must set short term and long term goals in order to be successful. If you are in your first year of college and your goal is to be a WBTV reporter, you must write a list: 1) finish college, 2) work at the college TV station, 3) write up a resume, 4) intern at a local TV station, 5) buy professional clothes for job interview, 6) read up on job interviewing skills, 7) apply to WBTV. Your short term goals may be to make your resume and work at the college TV station: these are things you can immediately work on now to feel a small sense of accomplishment and progress. Your long term goals, then, will be finishing school and working at WBTV.
Once you learn how to set goals, you may need to find an effective strategy that works for you, personally. For instance, if you are in $10,000 worth of credit card debt, you're likely feeling pretty bummed out about the mountain of money owed to various credit card companies. For some people, the most practical strategy is to begin with the credit card balances that have the largest interest rates and pay those off first. This is a smart way to save more money in the long run, even though it takes longer to accomplish. Some people find it inspiring to see the biggest monkeys on their back fall off. For other people, the most inspiring way to tackle debt is to begin with cards that have the smallest balances because they can be paid off faster, their motivation remains high and the sense of personal achievement is greater.
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How can I set attainable goals?
I'm unhappy with myself.
Over my weight, health, job, school and pretty much everything else.
How can I set a goal to change my life without feeling overwhelmed or under challenged? Any examples or advice in general is welcome.
I no exactly how your feeling. At the start of the year i written a list of what i wanted to achieve within a reasonable amount of time which included loosing weight, i lost 16lbs and i wanted to loose 20lbs, its made me happier about myself as i can now go into shops and get size 8-10 UK clothes its pushed me to apply for jobs which i got an interview and have now been offered the job and as for college well my friends are there so that gets me through it.
Best of luck.
Setting Job Goals
JACK CANFIELD - Setting Career Goals
Goal Setting – Understanding Goal Setting Like Henry Ford Did
Everyone knows what a great success Henry Ford was. The odds are that you have probably been in a car with his name on it more than once in your lifetime. You can’t become as successful as Henry Ford without understanding the proper way to set goals.
Henry Ford was on the cutting edge of technology in his day. He was a visionary with big plans. You probably have much less weight on your shoulders than Henry Ford did, but you may still be having problems with achieving the goals that you have set. So how do you achieve those great things?
Henry Ford gave a sneak peak into how he sets his goals when he said, ‘Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.’ You see, he had huge goals in front of him but he divided things up into smaller, easier jobs. This seems so simple but, how many times have you put more pressure on yourself than needed because you set a huge goal without breaking it down to smaller, more manageable goals?
If you have a goal to earn $5,000 more per month than you are earning right now, break it down into smaller goals. For instance, set your first mini-goal at earning an extra $500 per month. Once you have achieved that, you will have acquired the skills to set another mini-goal of earning an extra $1,000 per month. Keep this up until you reach your larger goal of earning an extra $5,000 per month.
In following Henry Ford’s advice, you will prevent yourself from getting discouraged if you aren’t able to hit your big goal right away. Learn from people who are more successful than you are at setting and achieving goals. If you do, you will find that things in your life will move much faster than you thought they could.
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