...How Will I Achieve my Goals? Imagine starting college for the first time after being out of high school for more than 11 years; sounds terrifying, right? It wasn’t school itself that was terrifying to me but entering a classroom. After two years, I am still trying to overcome this fear. Just the thought of having to speak in front of numerous other students is simply nerve racking. Not understanding things as well as others is another fear that I have from the result of being out of school for so long. My goal in life is to become a patient advocate by using my strengths in paying attention to detail, having compassion for others, and having strong leadership traits. Accomplishing these qualities will improve my weaknesses in communication and confrontation skills. Paying attention to detail will be very beneficial in my goal of becoming a patient advocate. The reason is that I am able to think outside the box, to see the big picture, and to have the ability to not let the little details go unnoticed. Most people can only see what is right in front of them, an attribute that is called tunnel vision. I, however, gather the less important details to help contribute to the bigger picture. For example, when my father passed away, I undoubtedly remember the actual circumstance; but I also remember the little details such as the weather, where I was and what I was doing when I found out, and the feeling that overcame me. This event in my life heightened my compassion...
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...skills are essential in achieving career goals. Aside from work, writing is used in many other areas as well. Writing being of the importance that it is in today’s professional world, I would like to become more fluent in writing professionally. As a current student enrolled in Business Administration writing will be even more important in my career than it is now. There is always room for improvement. I would like to expand my knowledge of professional and/or formal writing. The more I am aware of the better I will become at writing. The better I am at writing the better I will be at my job. In grade schools you learn about punctuation and such. I would like to take that basic knowledge and expand it. Ideally, I would like to leave this class being able to place sentences and punctuations together in such a way that it is intriguing. Intriguing in such a way that my point is understood and persuasive if necessary. Given the career field I have chosen, it will be paramount that I can take a stand and make a difference. Any one person is able to take a stand. However, not everyone can adequately present their case in such a way that makes a difference. Whether it be about a business or an assignment for class, my goal is to be able to stand out. I would like to take away as much as I possibly can from this class in order to gain the knowledge to achieve my goal. As I am sure I am not alone, I would thoroughly enjoying expanding my vocabulary....
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...Three concepts that will help me in completing my graduate degree In this lecture, I have gained insight into several strategies that will help me with the successful completion of my degree and achieve my career goals. Among the many, the three main concepts that I have learned in this lecture, which have appealed to me the most as a means to successfully complete my graduate degree are: * Time management * Preview of assignments * and Lecture note taking. It is an essential component for the progress and successful completion of any course. We all have a set of goals, but all goals do not weigh the same importance. Managing time properly helps to prioritize goals, after which one’s daily routine can be organized to achieve these goals (“Time management guide”, n.d.). Procrastination of work is commonly seen when an individual fails to manage one’s time. Also, it is seen often times, that students, without proper time distribution, devote a lot more time than required to certain study activities, while many other important activities are neglected (“Time management guide”, n.d.). For a higher education degree, such as a Masters, time management plays a key role in every stage of the coursework. A sense of time is critical for the following: a. Setting aside time for self-study on a weekly basis. A timed self-study can help an individual to preview and review course materials. b. For assignments, it is critical to assess time carefully...
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...are the goals in my life? As I got older I always set goal for myself. My number one Personal goal is to be a great Father to my son. Growing up I did not have the best role Models of what a good father was. A definition of a father to me was just a provider And that was it. I never got the love and nurture that I needed or any child deserved. But I was blessed And still blessed to have my brother in my life and even though he didn’t receive that love we Always tend to give that to each other. He was my role model and he was the definition of what a father Is and seeing how he is with his kids has showed and helped me to this day. My Professional goal is becoming a police officer and someday joining the FBI. I have Always wanted to become a person who’s willing to put his life on the line to help and Save others ever since I was young. When I was little I loved to play cops and robbers With my friends all day with our police toys it was my favorite thing to do after school. One of my biggest Reasons now to become a Police officer is mostly for my family and my community I want to be able to protect everyone as best as I can and give them a voice. There is so Much more I want to learn at Ashford so I can I apply it to my career as well as my goals. But to achieve that will be hard but if I keep my mind focus I know I will achieve it. By Reaching a GPA above 90 and Higher and maintaining it is my academic goal. The reason I make this my goal is because...
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...Timeline The goals that I have set to reach my career goals were first to find a college that fit my schedule. My second goal was that I needed to achieve a high grade point average while I was in school. My third goal was to obtain my Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a concentration in Supply Chain Management. My fourth goal was to find a job within my degree plan. My fifth goal was to become a manager of a major logistics company. Finding a College that fits my Schedule The specifics of my first goal were to locate a school that fit my schedule. I work a job that requires me to be away from home for days to weeks at a time. I needed a school that was flexible and accessible even when I was away. I looked into several colleges but only one appealed to me, and it was the University of Phoenix. This goal was not difficult because I knew what I wanted in a college and it aligned with my values. Some short term goals that helped me achieve this goal was first to narrow down my choices to 5 online colleges. I went online and just searched online colleges that had degrees in the field that I was looking to work. Another short term goal was to see which college was accessible away from home via phone or Ipad because I traveled a lot and the use of internet to my laptop would be little to none. I accomplished this task on June 10th when I choose to attend the University of Phoenix. One step closer to obtain my ultimate career goal. Achieve a High Grade Point...
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...Personal Goals 4 3.1. What are SMART-Goals? 4 3.2. Goals which I set for myself 5 4. Developing Learning, Academic and Business Skills 5 4.1. Active Learning 6 4.2. Learning Styles 6 4.3. My strengths and weaknesses in learning 6 5. Personal Development Plan and completion of e-portfolio 7 5.1. My evidence so far 7 5.2. Employability 7 6. Conclusion 7 7. References 8 Introduction This report is going to highlight how important Personal Development Planning in an academic and professional environment is and the affects it will have on me during my university degree. Throughout this report I will be looking at the background knowledge I have of PDP and how I have developed my business and academic skills in my first trimester. PDP is extremely helpful in aiding you in developing skills you already possess or require when it becomes obligatory to be responsible for your own learning, your personal development and your advancement into the world of work. “The kind of jobs that most graduates want to enter requires a range of qualities and skills that take time, support and good planning to develop” (Cottrell, 2003) which is where PDP takes an important role in your learning process. PDP was introduced into universities in order to help students plan their short term and long term goals so that they can plan how to achieve them. PDP is the process of outlining your short term and long term goals and planning a structured way to achieve them....
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...worksheet to reflect on self-regulation and willpower. Items with an asterisk require completion (*). 1. Summarize the main ideas from the video and article. Each summary should be at least three sentences. A. Video – “The Science of Willpower: An Interview with Kelly McGonigal”* According to Kelly, willpower is the ability to make a choices with your biggest goals even those choices are against your will. Your goal serves as your motivation for you to have the "I will" attitude. There might be hindrances that will stop you achieve your goal but your "I won't" power should be strengthened inorder to overcome your resisting impulses. Your "I will" power will be your motivation as to what do you want to be in the future. It will give you a sense to see your future self. Willpower is something you need if you really want something to change in your life even if you have to go through things that you're not interested. Instead of thinking of the things that you will go through towards your goal, you'll focus yourself on the bigger picture on what you will become when you achieve your ultimate goal. B. Article – “Academic Delay of Gratification, Motivation, and Self-regulated Learning Strategies”* This article is about the benefits of delay of gratification in your educational assignments. Most people wants or expects the results right away. Some students tend to stay on their task than to look for alternatives. Their decisions are mostly based on their emotional...
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...9-19-14 Assignment 2 The goals that I have set for myself do stretch my limits and help me to go. I think they stretch my limits because it is something I have to strive to achieve in life. They help me to grow because they show that I am grown up and ready to move on in the real world. My goals fit in to what I want to do, be and have in life. They fit because I want to do electronics because they are fun to play with and because they will always be around in life. I want to be in electronics because I want to be successful at something in my life time. I want to have all this so that I can show that I can do something in life without any ones help. Yes I have started my goals in a positive way. I have done this by doing and finishing my homework. I will know that I am making progress toward my goals because I will have a C or higher in the class. Also by getting a C or higher will make me be able to get my scholarship. I will know I am getting better at my job because I will be moving more boxes in a minuet than 8. I will make sure I am passing my classes by asking my teachers about my grades. Which if I have good grades my scholarship will pay for my classes. I will make sure I am improving at my job because I will ask on my progress of the boxes that I am lifting. It will take me tell the end of the first quarter to see if I achieve my good grade goal. It will also take tell the end of the school year to show if my scholarships will pay for my classes or not. I expect to...
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...professional, and academic goals relating to my degree plan and how the SMART goals apply to each goal. I will also explain my accountability plan to overcome challenges and predict future success from my past positive experiences and personality after completing online degree. Taking online courses through Ashford University will help me to achieve my goals in life and create future success for myself. My Goals and SMART Goal Process After asking myself what personal goal I wanted to achieve in life, I decided that I wanted to be financially stable. It’s very important for me to be financially comfortable so I can provide for my family. I’ve been very fortunate to be in the military and to have the luxury of purchasing the wants in life. To accomplish my personal goal, I will finish my degree in Business Administration within the next three to four years by taking one course at a time. Each course I complete will get me three credits closer to achieving my degree. This is how I will achieve my personal goal according to the SMART goal process. The next goal I will describe will be my professional goal. My professional goal will be to obtain a career that allows me to be happy and successful after I retire from the military. By using the SMART goal process, I will narrow my job search to careers that will make me happy and still provide the necessary income. After I completing 12 more years in the military, I will find a career that suits my wants and needs. This goal will be attainable...
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...My Goals and My Path to Achieve Them A truly self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learner is a person that possesses certain attributes. Jeff Cobb, a writer for Mission to Learn, attempts to categorize these attributes into 15 aspects of a self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learner. Cobb lists the following as key aspects; “Takes initiative, is comfortable with independence, is persistent, accepts responsibility, views problems as challenges-not obstacles, is capable of self-discipline, has a high degree of curiosity, has a strong desire to learn or change, is self-confident, is able to use basic study skills, organizes his or her time, sets an appropriate pace for learning, develops a plan for completing work, has a...
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...My Life Goals Each year in December I begin to think about ways I make the next year better, but I always end up finding myself in the same place. This year I decided to use a very organized and methodical process by identifying a list of goals I want to achieve in my life, creating a plan to follow, so I can be able to stay on target and meet those goals. From the list I created, I choose the three most important goals that will shape and change my life, a personal goal, an academic goal, and a professional goal. Being healthy is very important for me and for my family. I want to enjoy my life with my kids without any pain, illness and disease of any kind. I am 5ft 1 tall, and 143 pounds. My healthy weight should be 130 pounds, so for my personal goal I decided to lose 13 pounds in two months. As a student at Ashford University, my academic goal that I want to achieve is to complete my bachelor of accounting in 2 years, because getting a degree is the first and foremost way to become successful in life . The skills I anticipate on developing through my education in the university will be the team learning, time management, and the development of better organizational skills. The development of these skills will enable me to communicate more effectively and efficiently in the world of business, and be more productive citizen in this community. As for my professional goal in life, I want to have my accounting office in the 5 years. Accountant”Likes to work with data, numbers...
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...Different people have different goals in life. Some people have goal to become a teacher, engineer or doctor, others have goal to become president or prime minister. An obvious goal as a working adult returning to school is, of course, to earn a degree. Goal should also be clear and measurable so it is known when they are reached ( Westwood, 2010). It is important to decipher, which goals should be short term and which ones should be long term. My long term goal is to achieve the highest level in nursing field and short term goal is to obtain Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Our family migrated to US from India in the year 2000. My family consisting of my father, mother and elder brother had limited income. I could not expect them to support me financially because they were all working on minimum wage. They could only provide me with free shelter and free food. I saw the sufferings of my family, due to their little income. I wanted a luxurious life not like my family, so I decided that I should go for higher studies. I went to College in the year 2003 to make myself familiar to the education system of this country. It took me four years to get familiar. My inclination since my childhood was towards helping disable and elderly persons. It gives me a lot of internal happiness and satisfaction helping them. Ultimately I decided to choose Nursing as my career. I knew that I have to struggle a lot to achieve my goal, which will not be easy. I did my LVN in the year 2008, taking...
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...Looking Towards the Future When I was younger my parents always taught my siblings and I to set individual goals for ourselves and family goals for everyone to achieve. We would each write down one or two goals on New Year’s Day and we would sit around the dinner table and read our goals to the rest of the family. After all 7 of us read our personal goad and goal for the family we then would go and put them on the fridge where they stayed for the majority of the year. When our goal(s) got accomplished we would cross it off or put a check by it. Of course when we were all younger our goals were definitely not as specific as they were when we got older. At the time I thought my parents making us do this was dumb and ridiculous but as I got older I realized what a blessing it was, and how much it truly did help in our family life, and personal life. Since I’ve had to set goals my entire life I have learned that by doing this it makes projects, assignments, daily life, etc. a lot less stressful because I know what I want to achieve, how I’m going to do it, and by when I will accomplish these goals. Goal setting is also psychologically healthy. It helps you feel more purposeful, and that can stave off a sense of stagnation and mental health issues like depression (http://vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com/pub/content/9ab3605a-5a33-4b14-8048-143db6e60251/Setting_SMART_goals.pdf). Setting personal, professional, and academic goals has always been an easy task for myself, however I...
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...Concentration: Degree: Graduation: Who I Am This is where your personal statement will be featured. This will be a short biographical statement describing your personal and professional history and defining personal characteristics. This is a statement of “Who I am and where I have been.” It can include how others would describe you, things you have always wanted to do, and your talents, abilities, and challenges. My goals 1. List Goal #1 here 2. List Goal #2 here 3. List Goal #3 here My plan for overcoming obstacles LIST FIRST OBSTACLE HERE My fears Explain one of your biggest fears about going to college or something you are worried about here. My plan Create a plan for addressing this fear here. Create action steps you can take for each obstacle you identify. LIST SECOND OBSTACLE HERE My fears Explain one of your biggest fears about going to college or something you are worried about here. My plan Create a plan for addressing this fear here. Create action steps you can take for each obstacle you identify. My study schedule These are the times I am setting aside to do school work every week. Place X’s or other marks within the table to show the times you have selected. | A.M. | P.M. | | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Mon. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tue. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |...
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...Based Business Report – Goal Setting, Goal Achievement Plan & Success Criteria EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is discussing how to set goals and how to achieve these goals by planning and also by using a timetable for it, the method that been used is SMART goals setting method which is the goal has to be Specific, measureable, achievable, relevant and time bounded, it is also discuss the ‘three step to success’ method which explain the steps that any student can do to achieve a successful performance in a certain task. This report also contains three MBA related goals which applicable to those two methods that we mentioned, and in addition to these goals we provided a timetable and a three success criteria to achieve these goals. TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………..2 I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 4 II. Goal setting theory ...…………………………………………………………....... 4 III. Developing SMART goals ………..…………...………………………………... 5 IV. Three steps to success …………………………………………………………….. 6 V. Conclusion…………………………………..…………………………………… 7 Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Reference List ……………………………………………………………………...…. 9 I. Introduction So many people may wonder, what is a goal? , Lee (2010, p.744) said that a goal is a desired target or an aim, such a definition may make the people wonder the differences between having a dream and having a certain goal, that is why she also defined a goal as a dream, but a dream...
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