Goals Assignment

Instructions and Guidelines

1. Using the guidelines in Chapter One, create a long-term, mid-term and short-term goal in at least
three categories. Categories might be Health & Fitness, Education, Career, Romance,
Spirituality, Wealth, Travel, Hobbies etc.
2. Each goal should be only one complete sentence.
3. Your short-term and mid-term goal in each category should be benchmarks towards your long
term goal. Your goals in each category should correlate with each other.
4. Your long-term goals should be compatible. The achievement of one of your long-term goals
should not prohibit the achievement of one of your other long-term goals.
5. Your goals must follow the SMART guidelines which are:
Specific (How much? How Many? To what standard? )
Measurable (Can your success towards the goal be effectively determined?)
Achievable (Is the goal something you have control or influence over? Do you have the needed talents,
skills and resources to accomplish the goal or can you get them?)
Relevant (Will it make a difference in your life?)
Time Referenced (by when)
Some internet sites that may help are:
http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/goal-setting-tutorials/smart-goal-setting
http://www.career-intelligence.com/management/SmartGoals.asp
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_87.htm
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/goalsetting/a/goalsettingtips.htm
6. Your goals should be positive.
7. Your goals should be personal.
Some internet sites that will help you with these two criteria are:
http://college.cengage.com/masterstudent/toft/master_student_guide/1e/students/success_strategies/article
_set_goal_pt_03.html
http://prezi.com/x87o6krzuixx/dapps-goal-setting/
8. Motivational authorities recommend that you write goals as though you have already
accomplished them. Use present tense.
9. It is recommended by some that goals be written using action verbs rather than passive verbs (am,
be).
10. Complete the following template and submit it.

My Goals
By
Hersey Taylor

1
st
Category:
Long-Term Goal Statement: Go to the gym every day of the year.

Mid-Term Goal Statement: Go to the gym every day of the next few months.

Short Term Goal Statement: Go to the gym three days out of five days of the week.


Action Steps: (Identify the concrete things you plan to do to reach your short-term goal in this
category.)
1. Get a gym pass.

2. Have a car or a bus pass
3. Have someone to go with.
4. Develop a workout.
5. Eat healthier.
Narrative Statement: (How will your life look when you have achieved this long-term goal? This
will help you determine relevance and establish motivation.)
I will be in better shape for my sport that I play and my body will have changed by then. My skill level
will have been improved, I will understand the game a lot more.




What obstacles will you need to overcome or what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve your long-term
goal? (This step will help you determine achievability.)
I will have to sacrifice of going out with my friends. Trying to fit the gym into my work schedule and
helping my parents with some of the house bills.



I deserve this goal because: (This step will help you bolster your motivation.)
1. Learning how to manage multiple things during one period of time.

2. I love it when the odds are against me because it makes me push even harder to my goal.
I hereby commit to myself to achieve this goal.

My Signature:______Hersey Taylor________________________________ Date:____Feb 8,
2014____________________



2nd Category:
Long-Term Goal Statement: Read five books in seven moths.

Mid-Term Goal Statement: Read two books in one month.

Short Term Goal Statement: Read five chapters in one week.




Action Steps: (Identify the concrete things you plan to do to reach your short-term goal in this
category.)
1. Purchase a book.
2. Read an hour each day.
3. Have a reminder to read.
4. Take notes on what I read.
5. Dont be a lazy person.
Narrative Statement: (How will your life look when you have achieved this long-term goal? This
will help you determine relevance and establish motivation.)
Have a better vocabulary and being to read more books.



What obstacles will you need to overcome or what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve your long-term
goal? (This step will help you determine achievability.)
Playing video games and going to the gym sometimes.


I deserve this goal because: (This step will help you bolster your motivation.)
1. It will help me relate to certain things in my life.

2. To understand the concept of what I am reading.


I hereby commit to myself to achieve this goal.

My Signature: Hersey Taylor______________________________________ Date: Feb 8,
2014________________________
3rd Category:
Long-Term Goal Statement: Dribbling without fumbling the ball in 6 months.

Mid-Term Goal Statement: Dribble the ball without turning the ball over in two months.

Short Term Goal Statement: Dribble better with my left hand in two weeks.


Action Steps: (Identify the concrete things you plan to do to reach your short-term goal in this
category.)
1. Go to the gym.
2. Dribble at home.
3. Dribble outside.
4. Dribbling drills.
5. A lot of repitions.
Narrative Statement: (How will your life look when you have achieved this long-term goal? This
will help you determine relevance and establish motivation.)
A better ball handler and play the game better with tempo and patience.




What obstacles will you need to overcome or what are you willing to sacrifice to achieve your long-term
goal? (This step will help you determine achievability.)
Watching the television, playing video games and going out with friends.



I deserve this goal because: (This step will help you bolster your motivation.)
1. I have been playing basketball for a long time and I have always wanted to play college
basketball.

2. When I am told wrong it determines me to do even better.
I hereby commit to myself to achieve this goal.


My Signature: Hersey Taylor______________________________________ Date: Feb 8,
2014________________________













Goals Assignment Evaluation Rubric


Points
Possible
Points
Awarded
Specific
3

Measureable
3

Achievable
3

Relevant
3

Time Referenced
3

Positive
3

Do the goals in each category correlate
4

Are goals compatible
3

Total
25