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Goal Setting 101: How to Set and Achieve Goals 2020
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Goal Setting 101: How to Set and Achieve Goals 2020

Learn how to identify your life's purpose and vision, then set and achieve your own big hairy audacious long term goals
4.4 (41 ratings)
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Created by Thomas Carroll, PhD
Last updated 7/2020
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This course includes
  • 2 hours on-demand video
  • 4 articles
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Assignments
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll learn
  • What goals are and why set them
  • The benefits and potential pitfalls of having goals
  • How to develop your life's purpose and vision and be clear on what you want for your life
  • How to set key long term big hairy audacious goals based on your life's purpose and vision
  • How to make sure you achieve your goals!
Requirements
  • You just need to be interested in taking your life to the next level!
  • You need to be prepared to work on the course assignments
Description

The world is changing fast all around us and especially now with Covid 19 in the world we are in a time of rapid change.  Goal setting is such a vital skill to develop in 2020.  We need the confidence and skills to take charge of our lives now more than ever.  Many people set goals and perhaps you also set goals for yourself.  The question is how effective are those goals?  How compelling and inspiring are your goals?  What is your success rate on goal achievement? According to U.S. News & World Report, the failure rate for New Year's resolutions is said to be about 80 percent, and most give up on their new year goals by mid-February.  The good news is that effective goal setting is a learned skill that we can all acquire and improve upon.  None of us can afford to take goal setting for granted.  This course will show you how to set compelling and life transforming goals that will bring out the very best in you and take your life in a new and exciting direction of your own choosing.  You have the power to make your life whatever you want it to be through effective goal setting.  This course is action orientated and by the end of the course you will have set up to three key long term goals to propel your own life forward in new and exciting directions.   Don't wait until new year to set effective goals. You can set goals any time of year - this is especially true in 2020 as everything has changed so rapidly around us we all need to rethink our goals.  Don't assume that you know everything about goal setting already.  Even experienced goal setters can benefit by renewing and constantly refining their goal setting skills.

Who this course is for:
  • The course is for anyone who wants to set goals and be clear about where they are headed in life
  • Anyone who has goals and wants to review them or further clarify and refine their goals
  • Anyone who wants to refresh what they already 'know' about the fundamentals of goal setting
  • Anyone who wants to master the skill of goal setting
Course content
Expand all 24 lectures 01:50:45
+ – Introduction
4 lectures 14:08

This lecture introduces the course.  Please see attached a soft copy of my book - 'Experiments in Personal Change' as additional reading material for the course. 

Introduction to the course
Preview 04:56

This lecture provides a definition of what a goal is and why we all need to set goals.

What are goals and why set them?
Preview 08:13
In this activity I want you to take time to reflect on your own goals/dreams.
Reflection on your own life and current goals
1 question
This exercise will transport you to the future. The future is not fixed - what you are doing now will shape it! We will be doing a number of future focused exercises in section 2 of the course when we look at creating your life's purpose and vision. This exercise will get you started.
Advice from your future self
3 questions

In this lecture you have the opportunity to share who you are, where you are from and why you chose to take this course.

Activity: Introduce yourself
00:18

This lecture reviews what we have covered in section one of the course.

Review of section 1
00:40
+ – Your Life's Purpose and Vision
4 lectures 09:43

This lecture previews what is ahead in section 2 of the course.

Introduction to section 2
01:30

This lecture looks at two related concepts - the hedgehog concept and the Japanese concept of ikigai.  Understanding these two concepts can help us determine our life's purpose.  The two external resources listed will also help you deepen your understanding of these concepts.

Your life's purpose
03:58
What is your life’s purpose? This is a big question and a question most of us ask ourselves from time to time. I think it is a question that we all need to reflect on frequently. The alternative to not asking the question is to go through life on auto-pilot and not live up to our true potential.
Identify your life's purpose
5 questions

This lecture looks at the importance of creating a compelling vision for your life.  A captivating vision combined with clarity on your life's purpose will lead to compelling goals. 

Your vision for your life
03:37
In this assignment we are going to create a vision for our future lives and future selves using a number of exercises. You vision should be aligned with your life's purpose completed in the last assignment.
Create a vision for your life
2 questions

This lecture reviews what we have covered in section two of the course.

Review of section 2
00:38
+ – Setting great goals
7 lectures 45:32

This lecture introduces what is coming up in section three of the course - goal setting and identifying your top goals.

Introduction to section 3
01:49

This lecture describes 4 different types of goal - input, output, outcome and learning goals.  The lecture also explains why all four types of goals are important. 

Input, output, outcome and learning goals
08:53

This lecture gives an overview of the findings of key research studies into goal setting.

Goal Setting Research
06:32

This lecture looks at how to make our goals more effective.

How to set effective goals
13:24
In this assignment you will brainstorm all the goals and things you want to do and achieve in your life. Let your mind run free! Write as many as you want there is no limit (only your imagination/desire). Get all your ideas out of your head and onto paper or into a computer or other device.
Brainstorm your goals and dreams
1 question
From the last exercise you have now brainstormed up to about 10 or more dreams/goals in each area of your life. In this exercise I want you to select your top three goals or dreams in each area.
Select your top three goals in each area of your life
2 questions

This lecture discusses the need to select out of all the goals/dreams you have identified not more than three long term goals for your life to work on at any time.

Your top Big Hairy Audacious long term goals!
05:20
In this assignment you will select your key long term Big Hairy Audacious Goals and then prioritise up to three of them. We are talking about goals of at least a year and more usually a number of years in duration.
Select & prioritise your top 3 Big Hairy Audacious longer term Goals (BHAGs)
3 questions
You now have up to three key long term Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) which are really important to you and you absolutely want to achieve. In this exercise you will break these big long term goals down into steps or sub-goals.
Identify the steps needed to accomplish each key goal or BHAG
1 question
Download the attached worksheet and fill in one to three sub-goals for this quarter/upcoming quarter of the year. These quarterly sub-goals are milestones on your journey to achieving your long term big hairy audacious goals (BHAGs).
Set up to 3 challenging sub-goals for this quarter/upcoming quarter of the year
1 question

This lecture looks at the disadvantages of goal setting because surprisingly goal setting does have pitfalls as well as advantages.  It is important to be aware of these pitfalls so that you can avoid them. 

Warning! Disadvantages of goals
07:19

In this lecture we review what we have covered in section three of the course.

Review of section 3
02:15
+ – Achieving your goals
5 lectures 24:08

This lecture introduces what we will cover in section 4 of the course.

Introduction to section 4
01:40

Procrastination is a thief of time.  In this lecture we look at ten strategies to conquer procrastination - part 1.

Part 1 - Ten strategies to overcome procrastination and achieve your goals...
05:47

Procrastination is a thief of time.  In this lecture we look at ten strategies to conquer procrastination - part 2.

Part 2 - Ten strategies to overcome procrastination and achieve your goals...
06:21
Create affirmations of your key big hairy audacious goals in order to imprint your goal on your sub-conscious mind.
Create Affirmations of your Key Goal(s)
2 questions
Build your own vision board. A vision board is a brilliant way to constantly remind yourself of your key long term goals. Repetition is a great way to imprint what you want on your subconscious mind.
Create a vision board
2 questions
In this assignment you will learn how to make your own mind movie which is a movie clip of your key goals complete with sound track such as your favourite inspirational music.
Create a mind movie
2 questions
The 30 day challenge is a tool that you can use right now to initiate changes in your life. You can commit to taking on something new in your life for the next 30 days or not doing something for the next 30 days.
The 30 day challenge
1 question

Action is important but so is reflection.  On a regular basis we need to pause and reflect on our progress and learn from our experiences.  This lecture looks at systematic reflection using an After Action Review. 

After Action Review (AAR)
08:12
We have seen that we need to check in on a regular basis to see how we are progressing towards our big hairy audacious long term goal or goals. In this assignment we will look at how to conduct an After Action Review.
Conduct an After Action Review (AAR)
1 question

In this lecture we look back at what we have covered in section 4 of the course.

Review of section 4
02:08
+ – Course Conclusion
4 lectures 09:15

This lecture introduces section 5, the last section of the course.

Introduction to section 5
01:23

This lecture looks back on what we have covered in the whole course.

Review of what we have covered in this course
04:48
This is the final exercise of the course. It's time to pause and reflect on what you have achieved.
Self Reflection
1 question

Congratulations and well done on completing this course!  Many students sign up for this course but unfortunately many never complete it.  Completing the course puts you ahead of the posse and demonstrates your commitment to achieving your goals.  This lecture congratulates you for completing the whole course and getting clear on your life's purpose, vision and goals.

Congratulations
02:54

This lecture links to other courses which may be of interest to you.

Bonus lecture
00:10