Continuing Academic Success

Academic success is a journey and it takes learning and applying new skills to become successful in that journey. Some of the things you will want to learn along the way are how to set goals and achieve them, your personal learning style, and the writing process. With these skills you are on the right path to continuing your academic success.
Creating educational and career goals and working to achieve them is essential to success. Without setting goals you can’t reach you destination because you don’t really have a clear path to follow to get there. It’s like driving in the dark with no headlights, you’re likely to crash. When you set a goal you have to work to achieve it, and this takes effort. In order to achieve long-term goals you will want to set short-term goals that lead up to it. By taking it one step at a time and putting in effort to achieve your short-term goals your long-term goals become realistic. One of my goals that I would like to accomplish is to save up and buy my own car. In order to achieve this goal I will have to make a few lifestyle changes, like for instance, stop eating takeout for dinner every night and put that money into a savings account. That money will add up quickly and I will be one step closer to buying my own car. This is something to keep in mind when you think and the importance or goals, “Mastering goal setting is a key to lifelong success and happiness. So set personal and organizational goals and track performance” (Tracy, B. 2001). “Your ability to set goals, make plans, and achieve goals is the "master skill" of personal and professional success. Making the development of this ability a lifelong habit will do more to assure high success and achievement in your life than any other skill you can possibly learn” (Tracy, B. 2001). You want to set SMART goals. “Setting goals is the key to success