Leadership And Communications
Unit 3
Mr. Ham
3.1
Define short-term, intermediate,
and long-term Goals
Short-Term Goals: Goals to be
accomplished with in 12 months
-lose weight
-gain 10 pounds
Intermediate Goals: Goals to be
accomplished between 1 to 10
years
-graduate high
school/college
Long-Term Goals: Goals that will
take longer than 10 years to
accomplish
-own a home
-have a family
3.2
Discuss how setting goals help one
succeed
• Provides a target
-only 3% of Americans have goals
-They outperform the remaining 97% of
Americans
-They have nothing to aim for
-Target-Fixation
Provides a Destination
• A person without a goal is like ship without
a rudder or a sail, drifting aimlessly without
direction
Provides Purpose And Meaning
• Gives an individual a Gives an individual
a “Target” or something to focus on in life
and provide meaning.
Helps Focus Energies Toward
Productively
• Brian Tracy, stated Maximum Achievement
“If you goal is to get through the day and
then get home and watch T.V., you will
achieve it. If your goal is to be fit and
healthy and to live a long life, then you will
achieve that too.”
Turns Activities into
Accomplishments
• By having goals we can accomplish more
because it gives us the ability to…
-clarify
-motivate
-plan
-organize
-have something to aim for
-set level of achievement
-formalize our intentions
-focus and evaluate our progress
Mental Laws
1. Law of Control
-People feel positive about control
-Allows one to control direction of
change
-No one fears change that represents
an improvement
2. Law of Cause and Effect
-For every effect in your life there is a
specific cause
-Goals are causes
-The rewards are effects
-happiness, prosperity
3. Law of Belief
-A goal triggers a positive thought and
confidents in oneself
4. Law of Expectation
-Self fulfillment
-Everything one
does propels then
closer to their goal
5. Law of Attraction
-Target Fixation
-Auto racers drive to where they look or
focus
6. Law of Correspondence
-Ones actions become dominated by
his or her thoughts
7. Law of Subconscious
-Thoughts of the conscious program
the subconscious which dictates ones
actions
~One gets nervous and he or she eats
a chocolate candy bar
8. Law of Concentration
- Whatever you dwell upon, grows.
- As a person thinks, he or she becomes.
- The more one dwells upon, reflects upon,
and thinks about the things he/she wants and
how to attain them, the more apt one is to
attain his/her goals.
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. Law of Substitution
- Thinking about one’s goals leaves
him/her positive.
Objective 3.3
Explain why a completion date is
important
• “ A writer whose skill is improved by a deadline:
the more time he has, the worse he writes.” Karl Kraus(1874-1936), Austrian Satirist
• Deadlines
– Creates urgency
– Sharpens thinking
– Crystallizes thinking and ups motivation
Deadlines give a point of reference to evaluate one’s
effectiveness.
Objective 3.4
Define personal budgeting
– Personal budget is a plan for spending and
saving money.
– 90-95% of all Americans fail to operate with a
detailed, accurate written outline of income
and expenses.
– There is always too much month left and the
end of the money
Objective 3.5
Explain the parts of a personal
budget
• Income (after taxes)
– Work
– Allowance
– Returns or
investments
– Trust
• Total income
• Express savings
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Rent/mortgage
Auto insurance
Food
Clothing
Entertainment
Loans/credit payments
Investments
Misc.
• Total expenditures
Objective 3.6
Discuss how following a budget
can help you reach Long-term
goals
– Freedom
– Reduced stress