leadership and communications unit 3 mr. ham. 3.1 define short-term, intermediate, and long-term...
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3.1Define short-term, intermediate, and long-term Goals
Short-Term Goals: Goals to be accomplished with in 12 months
-lose weight
-gain 10 pounds
Intermediate Goals: Goals to be accomplished between 1 to 10 years
-graduate high school/college
Long-Term Goals: Goals that will take longer than 10 years to accomplish
-own a home-have a family
3.2Discuss how setting goals help one succeed
• Provides a target
-only 3% of Americans have goals
-They outperform the remaining 97% of Americans
-They have nothing to aim for
-Target-Fixation
Provides a Destination
• A person without a goal is like ship without a rudder or a sail, drifting aimlessly without direction
Provides Purpose And Meaning
• Gives an individual a Gives an individual a “Target” or something to focus on in life and provide meaning.
Helps Focus Energies Toward Productively
• Brian Tracy, stated Maximum Achievement
“If you goal is to get through the day and then get home and watch T.V., you will achieve it. If your goal is to be fit and
healthy and to live a long life, then you will achieve that too.”
Turns Activities into Accomplishments
• By having goals we can accomplish more because it gives us the ability to…
-clarify -motivate-plan -organize-have something to aim for-set level of achievement-formalize our intentions-focus and evaluate our progress
Mental Laws
1. Law of Control
-People feel positive about control
-Allows one to control direction of change
-No one fears change that represents an improvement
2. Law of Cause and Effect
-For every effect in your life there is a specific cause
-Goals are causes
-The rewards are effects
-happiness, prosperity
7. Law of Subconscious
-Thoughts of the conscious program the subconscious which dictates ones actions
~One gets nervous and he or she eats a chocolate candy bar
8. Law of Concentration- Whatever you dwell upon, grows.- As a person thinks, he or she becomes.- The more one dwells upon, reflects
upon, and thinks about the things he/she wants and how to attain them, the more apt one is to attain his/her goals.
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Objective 3.3Explain why a completion date is important
• “ A writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.” -
Karl Kraus(1874-1936), Austrian Satirist• Deadlines
– Creates urgency– Sharpens thinking– Crystallizes thinking and ups motivation
Deadlines give a point of reference to evaluate one’s effectiveness.
Objective 3.4Define personal budgeting
– Personal budget is a plan for spending and saving money.
– 90-95% of all Americans fail to operate with a detailed, accurate written outline of income and expenses.
– There is always too much month left and the end of the money
Objective 3.5 Explain the parts of a personal budget• Income (after taxes)
– Work– Allowance– Returns or
investments– Trust
• Total income
• Express savings– Rent/mortgage– Auto insurance – Food– Clothing– Entertainment– Loans/credit payments– Investments– Misc.
• Total expenditures