goals and objectives

Goals and Objectives

Subtitle: How am I going to get where I want to go if I don’t know

how to get there?

The Power of Vision

Vision without action is merely a dream;

Action without vision passes the time;

Vision with action can change the world.

Joel Arthur Barker

Look out…Here comes the boring stuff!!

Personal Goals and Objectives Model

Core Values

Dreams

Goals and Objectives

Strategy

Time Line

Resources

Feedback Loop

Strategic Outcomes

Personal

Satisfaction

Economic Rewards

Personal Growth

External

Recognition

Core Values

• What we believe in

• Looks to the “core” of who we are and what is important to you.

• Working outside our core will make you “uncomfortable”

• Working inside our core will “feel right”.

• Core values deals with items like Love, Fun, Freedom, Growth and Truth.

Dreams

• Are the subconscious giving us direction.

• Are not to be ignored• May surprise you in the direction

they take you.• Are not “stupid” ideas• Motivation for the soul.• Need to be documented so the

vision can be developed.

Goals and Objectives

• The road map to get to the destination

• Quantifies the Dream

• SMART– Specific– Measurable– Attainable– Realistic– Timed

Strategy

• Details – Details – Details

• What we need to do – the game plan

• Support Systems – who, what, when

• Good strategies need to be documented

Timeline• A goal without timing is a

only a “wish”• What can you do starting

today?• What will you have done by

next week?• What will you have done by

next month?• What will you have done by

next year?

Resources

• You need “stuff” to support your goals – what are they?

• What is the “stuff” timeline?

• The “stuff” is NOT the goal – it a supporting tool

Feedback Loop

• All journeys sometimes need some coarse correction. This is the fine tuning process.

• Are you still on the right track?

• Identify the needed changes

• Continue to focus on the Goal

• Restate your goals & write them down

• Never, Never, Never give up!!

Making It Happen

• Write down your Values

• Document your Dreams

• Develop a Statement of Goals & Objectives (SMART)

• Identify the timeline and resouces

• What can be done today?

• Make it visible – look at it frequently

Dreamline Worksheet

• In ___ months I dream of…– Having:

• Start: ____ Cost: ____

– Being: • Start: ____ Cost: ____

– Doing:• Start: ____ Cost: ____

• Steps Now:More on Dreamlines – Timothy Ferris “The 4-Hour Workweek”

Sample Goal Worksheet• My Goal is _______________• My target date is _____________• To Reach my goal I will do these things

– A.– B. – C.

• I will know I’ve reached my goal because..• A. • B.• C.

• Things that will help me stick to reaching my goals are ____________

References

• Franklin Covey

• Busybeemama.com

• http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/09/my-five-core-personal-values-and-how-i-use-them.html

• “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferris

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