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TOPUCU Adult Faith-Based Workbook                                                                                                                                                                                          Goal Setting: Part 3



                                                                                                                                      GOAL SETTING: PART 3
          •  If not, is there a way for me to                  5. Your goals should be TIME-BOUND
             obtain what I need?                                  Without a time-frame your goal has                                  YOUR FAMILY
                                                                  no sense of urgency. As you read in
                                                                  yesterday’s lesson, the goals you are
          Example:                                                going to set over the next few weeks                                PART 1: THE SHORT-TERM
          Reach Goal: I will triple my sales quota                will have predetermined time-frames
          at work next month.                                     that will help push you along.
          Achievable Goal: I will raise my sales                                                                                      Welcome to Goal Setting Part 3 of the                    2. Why do you want to achieve the goal(s)?
          quota by 15 percent in the next month.                                                                                      TOPUCU Finisher Program. Today we are
                                                                   Example:                                                           going to walk through the creation of
                                                                   General Goal: I will teach my daughter                             Short-term Goals as it pertains to your

      4. Your goals should be RESULTS-FOCUSED                      to ride a bicycle without training wheels.                         FAMILY LIFE. These goals take minimum
                                                                                                                                      resources and you can begin working on
         A results-focused goal allows you to                      Time-bound Goal: By the end of the                                 them immediately.
         pinpoint “reason” and “relevance.”                        month, I will teach my daughter how to                                                                                      3. What specific action will you take to
         Consider these questions:                                 ride a bicycle without training wheels.                            NOTE: There will be separate goal setting                   achieve the goal(s)?
                                                                                                                                      worksheets for your SOCIAL LIFE later in
        •  What is the reason, purpose or benefit                                                                                     this Finisher Program to cover friendships,
           of this goal?                                          Today’s lesson will require no writing                              social connections, community involvement,
        •  What is the end result of this goal?                    from you. But become familiar with                                 volunteer work, etc. This section of the
        •  Does this goal line up with the                         the S.M.A.R.T. goal-setting model                                  workshop should focus strictly on
           overall purpose of what I’m                             because you will be using it consistently.                         Family Life.                                             4. What are you willing to give up to
           attempting to accomplish?                               Remember: don’t skip steps and don’t                               Review the S.M.A.R.T. Goal model and                        achieve the goal(s)?
                                                                   take shorts cuts. Don’t cheat yourself.                            complete the following worksheet.




      NOTES:                                                                                                                          SHORT-TERM FAMILY GOAL(S)
                                                                                                                                      Time frame: 30 Days

                                                                                                                                      1. Write your goal(s) here:                              5. Are there resources (people, books, etc.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  that can help you achieve the goal(s)?











                                                                                                                                                                                               6. What will your future be like when you
                                                                                                                                                                                                  achieve the goal(s)?












            "The greater danger for most of us isn't that our aim is too high and we miss it,                                             "Family is not an important thing;
                          but that it is too low and we reach it." — Michaelangelo                                                         it's everything." — Michael J. Fox


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