There have been many studies done over the years around the benefit’s of Goal Setting and how to
set effective Goals. Workmyplan.com has developed proven techniques and systems to help you accomplish your Goals. We’ve taken these learning and distilled it
into 5 Key Rules:
1. Subdivide a long-term goal into near term sub-goals. Decide what sub-goals must be
accomplished to attain their long-term goals.
2. Commit to your goals and view them as reasonable. Solicit encouragement and support to stay motivated to accomplish your goals.
3. Monitor your progress. Use Tools to gauge progress or performance..
4. Use Success Strategies for coping with difficulties. When progress is minimal seek help, attempt to determine a more effective strategy, or
re-evaluate the goal and timelines.
5. Evaluate your capabilities. The perception of progress will strengthen resolve, which is critical for continued motivation and perseverance.
Adopt a pre made, professionally prepared Goal Plan
Share your Goals with Friends for support
Your progress is automatically tracked for you
Timely email reminders to multiple addresses
Key Components of Our System
Description
Describe your Goal in Detail, make sure you understand what it is you are trying to accomplish. Be as clear and specific as possible.
Importance
Why is this goal important to you personally. You need to commit, to really want this. Goals that
you “should do” or believe others want you to accomplish are much harder to achieve and less fulfilling since they don’t contain the element of personal
commitment.
Current Situation
Describe your current situation. What is the reality of today? If your goal was to lose 10 pounds
describe how things are now. Be realistic because you wantto make sure you understand where you are trying to move from as well as where you are trying to move
to.
Resources/Support
What resources do you have available to you to help you succeed? These can be friends, family, colleagues or your books and industry resources like a gym or library.
Obstacle/Milestone
Break your goal down into the key obstacles you have to overcome as well as they key milestones you want to reach. This makes it easier to get a sense of progress and makes it easier to deal with big goals.
Strategy
What is your strategy for getting over the next obstacle or milestone, what resources will you use. This helps give some focus to the specific tasks you need to accomplish.
Task
These are the specific tasks that support your strategy to reach your milestone or overcome your obstacle. They should be specific with concrete timelines, like Call Mary about a job by Tuesday the 15th or By a book on networking by July 23rd.
Email Reminder
These help you stay on track. You can also use the other email feature to have a reminder sent to someone who is supporting you. By reminding a friend that you committed to get a task done by a certain date you can use that “peer pressure” to keep yourself focused.
REFERENCES
Self-Regulation through Goal Setting. ERIC Digest. by Schunk, Dale H.
Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: Freeman.
Boekaerts, M., Pintrich, P. R., & Zeidner, M. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of self-regulation. San Diego: Academic Press.
Dweck, C. S. (1999). Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality, and development. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.
Locke, E. A., & Latham, G. P. (1990). A theory of goal setting and task performance. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Schunk, D. H. (1995). Self-efficacy and education and instruction. In J. E. Maddux (Ed.), Self-efficacy, adaptation, and adjustment: Theory, research, and application (pp. 281-303). New York: Plenum Press.
Schunk, D. H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (1997). Social origins of self-regulatory competence. Educational Psychologist, 32, 195-208.
Zimmerman, B. J. (1998). Developing self-fulfilling cycles of academic regulation: An analysis of exemplary instructional models. In D. H. Schunk & B. J. Zimmerman (Eds.), Self- regulated learning: From teaching to self-reflective practice (pp. 1-19). New York: Guilford Press.
Zimmerman, B. J. (2000). Attaining self-regulation: A social cognitive perspective. In M. Boekaerts, P. R. Pintrich, & M. Zeidner (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation (pp. 13-39). San Diego: Academic Press.
