When you want to achieve something, you set goals. Goals put you in control of the direction of your life and career instead of just being a passenger. Establishing a destination allows you to focus your energy and develop specific steps. It helps you eliminate unnecessary concerns, allocate resources appropriately, and track your progress to keep yourself accountable.

Objectives:

• Create a framework to keep yourself motivated and accountable
• Focus your energy and resources on productive actions.
• Take control of the direction of your life and career.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

Sometimes you don’t know where to start when it comes to setting goals for your career and your life. Rather than making progress, you might be stuck in one spot, afraid to move in the wrong direction. Giving yourself time to explore the options for your career, family, health, etc., can lead to ambitions you had never considered before but that feel undeniably right for you.

Objectives:

• Document a brainstorm and develop concepts that make you excited.
• Generate momentum, excitement, and motivation to achieve.
• Discover what's truly important to you rather than setting goals for the sake of setting goals.

Course Features: Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

Writing things down is how most of us make sure to remember things, like appointments, groceries, and to-dos. The same goes for goal setting. Writing down your goals can help keep you focused and progressing in your chosen direction. A recent study even determined that those who write down their goals are 42% more likely to achieve them.

Objectives:

• Give yourself a visual cue to keep you on track towards your goals.
• Reinforce the idea in your mind using the "generational effect".
• Write your goals in a way that clarifies your path towards success.

Course Feature: Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

A goal without a deadline is just a concept. The deadline gives your goal a frame in which you can build the entire detailed structure for achievement. When appropriately applied, deadlines can provide compelling motivation for progress towards your goals. Implement backward or forwards, or both, planning to break down your goal into the individual tasks that will get you to the finish line.

Objectives:

• Give each "sub-task" its own milestone deadline to keep yourself on track.
• Learn to be ambitious without being unrealistic.
• Restructure your timeline and your ultimate deadline along the way.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

Getting started is often the most challenging part of achieving a goal. It can be intimidating and overwhelming, particularly if your goal involves a new direction or unfamiliar challenges. Breaking the goal down into manageable, less intimidating parts establishes a structured timeline and makes the goal much more mentally digestible. Each time a milestone is achieved, you’ll be more motivated to drive yourself towards the goal.

Objectives:

• Break down larger goals into manageable parts to improve your chances of success.
• Give yourself a chance to celebrate and encourage yourself at each milestone.
• Break down your steps into smaller steps when necessary.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

Research tells us that sharing your goal might have a negative effect on your motivation, but when you keep it to yourself, you’re robbing yourself of potentially crucial support, resources, and perspective. You can remedy this dilemma by choosing the right people with whom to share your goals. The person or people you choose can provide the support you need without giving you a premature sense of completion.

Objectives:

• Determine the best people in your network to share your goals with.

• Maintain your motivation by sharing your goals strategically, not openly.

• Choose confidants based on the resources, support, and perspectives that will be most advantageous.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

The benefits of effective visualization practices are scientifically proven. Simply creating mental images of your goal’s process and the outcome can make it more attainable. The more detailed your visualization, the more powerful your neurological benefit. There’s a reason world-class athletes, billionaire entrepreneurs, and other high-performance human beings regularly employ this technique.

Objectives:

• Learn the science behind the visualization method.
• Develop a powerful visualization for your goal and any challenging milestones.
• Use the visualization technique to improve your confidence, focus, and performance.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

Perseverance is the “persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.” You’re going to hit roadblocks, speed bumps, and points where you run out of energy. The key to success is to push past these points and continue to progress. Your strategic goal planning process can help you break free from stagnation, procrastination, and doubt to get back on track.

Objectives:

• Utilize your goal planning process and identify helpful support and resources.
• Learn tips to shift your mindset back to productivity and achievement.
• Evaluate your feelings to identify obstacles and regain your confidence.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

You’re going to encounter plenty of distractions and difficulties along your path to your goals. Sometimes, these external factors will delay you or shift your current position away from where you had planned to be. Pivoting realigns your current position with your plan so that you can continue to make steady progress towards your goals. Utilizing your strategic goal planning process will make it easier to pivot along the way when necessary.

Objectives:

• Maintain a strategic process so you can realign whenever you get off course.
• Ask yourself the right questions to determine whether it's time to pivot.
• Pivot back towards your goals and adjust your milestones to reflect your new course.

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes

Celebrating after a win isn’t just fun and frivolous. It gives your brain the reward it’s looking for after an achievement, motivating you to continue to achieve. When you reach an important milestone or your goal, make sure you take a moment to congratulate yourself, thank your support system, and reflect on your journey. You can even reflect on your process to develop new knowledge and skills that will help you achieve more in the future.

Objectives:

• Celebrate in a constructive and grateful way.
• Reflect on the process to extract lessons that you can use for further achievement.
• Share what you've learned and transfer your new skills to new goals. 

Course Features:  Audio Narration;Video;Job Aids and Reference Materials

Duration: 5 minutes