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Don’t Do It Like ME! Setting Realistic Short-Term Goals
Stacey Schultz-CherryStacey Schultz-CherryAssociate MemberAssociate Member
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalChildren’s Research Hospital
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Are you kidding?
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What do other people do?
Undergrads
What’s a What’s a short-
term goal?
What’s a Hmmmm?
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PhD students & Postdocs
What’s a
Daily to do list forexpts then short
term goals for gradschool stuff
What’s a Over-arching long
term goal broken intodaily things to
accomplish
Stacey tells me what to do
Make a listexample – submit
NRSA
What do other people do?
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What do other people do?
Colleagues
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So – how do you set a short-term goal?
1. What is a short-term goal? A goal or objective is a desired result a person or a system envisions,
plans and commits to achieve—a personal or organizational desired end-point in some
sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite
time by setting deadlines.
It is roughly similar to purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides reaction, or an end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract object, that has intrinsic value.
What the heck?What it’s not is a “TO DO” LIST
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So – how do you set a short-term goal?
1. Be Realistic (not overly ambitious; timely)Examples: • Write my preliminary exam• Apply for my NRSA• Prepare my tenure package
• Write the introduction to my preliminary exam by Tuesday
• Discuss the aims of my NRSA with my advisor tomorrow am
• Prepare the teaching portion of my tenure package today
Give yourself a deadline
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So – how do you set a short-term goal?
2. Be SpecificExamples: • Get good grades in Dr. Ahlquist’s Molecular Virology Class• Network at the ASV meeting• Hire a technician
• On Tuesday from 8 – 10 pm complete the homework and study the notes in Mol Virol
• At the dance on Tuesday night, I’m going to meet 3 senior members in my field
• On Monday, submit personnel requisition to HR
Be specific for short-term goals
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So – how do you set a short-term goal?
3. Prioritize
Consider looming deadlines and plan smart!
4. Use a simple method to track your goals
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So – how do you set a short-term goal?
4. Mark off your goals when they are accomplished
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Is it really that important?
What’s a What’s a short-
term goal?
1.9X3.0
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Things to consider1. Will help with time management
2. Related to long-term goals
3. Self-confidence
4. Interview question
5. Goals are going to change• stage of career
S - Specific (or Significant). M - Measurable (or Meaningful). A - Attainable (or Action-Oriented). R - RealisticT - Time-framed (or Trackable)
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Questions?