My Goals
Step1 -Desire
➡The most important factor in goal setting
➡Wanting to improve yourself in some way is essential before you can start setting goals
➡Goals are personal. No one can set goals for you.
➡Other people can help you only after you have decided how you want to change.
➡In what ways would you like to change?
➡Wanting to improve yourself in some way is essential before you can start setting goals
➡Goals are personal. No one can set goals for you.
➡Other people can help you only after you have decided how you want to change.
➡In what ways would you like to change?
Step2 -Belief
➡Wanting to make a change and doing it are two different things
➡You probably know people who want to stop smoking or who want to lose 15 pounds but never do it
➡If you believe you cannot do something, you probably cannot
➡On the other hand, if you really believe you can do something, you have a chance of accomplishing it
➡You probably know people who want to stop smoking or who want to lose 15 pounds but never do it
➡If you believe you cannot do something, you probably cannot
➡On the other hand, if you really believe you can do something, you have a chance of accomplishing it
Step3 -Analyze Where You Are Now
➡Knowing your starting point is essential to establish both short-term and longterm goals
➡For example, if you wish to lose ten pounds, you need to know exactly what you weight now.
➡If you want toimprove your diet, it would be important to know what you currently eat over a two- or three-day period of time. Recording everything you eat and drink provides valuable information needed in identifying the steps to take for improvement to occur
➡Fitness testing helps you to know what your starting points are in regard to your flexiblity, cardiovascular efficiency, muscular strength and endurance, and body composition.
➡For example, if you wish to lose ten pounds, you need to know exactly what you weight now.
➡If you want toimprove your diet, it would be important to know what you currently eat over a two- or three-day period of time. Recording everything you eat and drink provides valuable information needed in identifying the steps to take for improvement to occur
➡Fitness testing helps you to know what your starting points are in regard to your flexiblity, cardiovascular efficiency, muscular strength and endurance, and body composition.
Step4 -Set Realistic Goals
➡A realistic goal is one you can reach.
➡If your goals are too hard to reach, you may become discouraged and give up.
➡If they are too easy, you may lose interest in them.
➡Try to set goals that will stretch you and will move you out of your comfort zone.
➡Accomplishing something that has pushed your mental strength to a new level will make you feel good about yourself and prepare you to want to reach for higher goals.
➡Realistic goals are both reachable and challenging.
➡Realistic goal setting is based on your current level of physical fitness. For example, if youare only able to jog 440 yards without stopping, setting a goal of being able to jog a mile in 8 minutes in a monthʼs time is probably unrealistic. A realistic goal for someone whith this level of fitness may be to jog a mile in 12 minutes at the end of a months time. In a four-month period of time, the individual would be able to jog the mile in 8 minutes.
➡Similarly, if you can only do one pull-up, setting a goal of 10 additional pull-ups in a monthʼs time may be unrealistic. On the other hand, setting a goal of 3 pullups in a monthʼs time is realistic. Over a longer period of time, a goal of 10 pullups could be a realistic goal.
➡If your goals are too hard to reach, you may become discouraged and give up.
➡If they are too easy, you may lose interest in them.
➡Try to set goals that will stretch you and will move you out of your comfort zone.
➡Accomplishing something that has pushed your mental strength to a new level will make you feel good about yourself and prepare you to want to reach for higher goals.
➡Realistic goals are both reachable and challenging.
➡Realistic goal setting is based on your current level of physical fitness. For example, if youare only able to jog 440 yards without stopping, setting a goal of being able to jog a mile in 8 minutes in a monthʼs time is probably unrealistic. A realistic goal for someone whith this level of fitness may be to jog a mile in 12 minutes at the end of a months time. In a four-month period of time, the individual would be able to jog the mile in 8 minutes.
➡Similarly, if you can only do one pull-up, setting a goal of 10 additional pull-ups in a monthʼs time may be unrealistic. On the other hand, setting a goal of 3 pullups in a monthʼs time is realistic. Over a longer period of time, a goal of 10 pullups could be a realistic goal.
Step5 -Write Your Goals in Detail
➡Putting goals down on paper helps you clarify what you want to do.
Step6 - List the Benefits You Will Receive
➡Identifying how you will benefit from accomlishing your goals is a very important step because the benefits you list will help make your desire stronger
and, therefore, make your belief in yourself stronger.
➡The more benefits you can list for accomplishing your goal, the greater will be your desire to make it happen.
➡The benefits obtained from this course, as is the case in all classes, is a direct result of the efforts you put forth.
➡The only difference here is that the benefits could become a matter of life or death.
and, therefore, make your belief in yourself stronger.
➡The more benefits you can list for accomplishing your goal, the greater will be your desire to make it happen.
➡The benefits obtained from this course, as is the case in all classes, is a direct result of the efforts you put forth.
➡The only difference here is that the benefits could become a matter of life or death.
Step7 - Identify Obstacles
➡If you have never set goals before, you may not foresee the blocksor obstacles to attaining your goals.
➡There is very little you cannot achieve in the areas of helath and fitness if you have the will power and belief in yourself.
➡In your own life you are in the driverʼs seat and have the power to shape your Lifestyle.
➡There is very little you cannot achieve in the areas of helath and fitness if you have the will power and belief in yourself.
➡In your own life you are in the driverʼs seat and have the power to shape your Lifestyle.
Step8 - Identify Knowledge You Will Need
➡Wanting something and achieving it are two different things.
➡If you want to reduce the stress in your life, you cannot wish it away. You will need to know how to reduce your stress before it can actually be reduced.
➡This need for knowledge applies to any goal you set.
➡If you want to reduce the stress in your life, you cannot wish it away. You will need to know how to reduce your stress before it can actually be reduced.
➡This need for knowledge applies to any goal you set.
Step9 - Make A Plan of Action
➡After all information has been collected, make a game plan; that is, outline a step-by-step strategy for accomplishing your goals.
➡If your game plan is set up properly, you will experience success quickly and insure your continued progress toward attaining your goals.
➡If your game plan is set up properly, you will experience success quickly and insure your continued progress toward attaining your goals.
Step10 - Develop a Timeline
➡Setting timelines, times when something will be completed, is a simple and effective method to organize and plot your course to a major goal.
➡Writing out your goals and putting them on a timeline makes it easier to accomplish them.
➡A time does the following:
➡gives you a better sense of control, organization, and direction
➡promotes greater commitment to your goals
➡helps to relieve worry and confusion, especially as your individual deadlines approach
➡helps you pace your efforts
➡creates a sense of urgency to reach goals
➡Writing out your goals and putting them on a timeline makes it easier to accomplish them.
➡A time does the following:
➡gives you a better sense of control, organization, and direction
➡promotes greater commitment to your goals
➡helps to relieve worry and confusion, especially as your individual deadlines approach
➡helps you pace your efforts
➡creates a sense of urgency to reach goals
Step11 - Monitor Your Progress
➡Any goal setting should be accompanied by continuous monitoring to determine whether your goals are still reasonable.
➡You might find that you need to readjust your short-term goals or even your long-term goals.
➡A good monioring system will keep you from wasting time or losing interest in your goal.
➡You might find that you need to readjust your short-term goals or even your long-term goals.
➡A good monioring system will keep you from wasting time or losing interest in your goal.
Step12 - Never Give Up
➡Be determined to never give up
➡If you are just beginning to set goals, it could be very easy to give up.
➡Do not be led astray by yourself or others.
➡Avoid sharing your goals with anyone who will not be supportive.
➡Be determined to take control of your lifestyle.
➡If you are just beginning to set goals, it could be very easy to give up.
➡Do not be led astray by yourself or others.
➡Avoid sharing your goals with anyone who will not be supportive.
➡Be determined to take control of your lifestyle.
