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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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