A victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting and achieving goals - Og Mandino
God is a goal getter. He sets goal and has plans. Successful students must have goals, they must plan their goals. It could be short term or long term. It could just be goals of as little as organizing your time table, managing your time at home. It could be goals of leadership. You need to have plans. If you want to become a doctor or an engineer, you need to know when you want to achieve that, how long do you plan to take to become that? What are your goals?
After setting your goals you need to set priorities. We need to focus on a particular thing we want to achieve. You need to set goals and prioritize them.
A goal is something in your heart that you intend to achieve.
Goals could be short – three months or six months. For example, a student who has JAMB to write need to set a short term goals which begin as at the time he purchase the form. It could be a few months.
I wrote my academic goals before every semester – Obaseki, first class graduate, Uniben.
A student who wants to be a medical doctor has a long term goals because he has to plan. Goals setting come with planning.
It is one thing to set your goals and another thing to plan them. This where prioritization come in play.
If you run a survey on students about their goals, you’ll be amazed that over 90% can’t tell you their goals in life.
Also, out of the 10% that tells you something reasonable they don't have a deadline. Its just mere wishful thinking!
You need to have a goal. You need to have the planning. You need to have a timeframe for the achievement of your dreams.
I expect the Nigerian student to learn and begin to set goals. I expect youngsters to start setting goals. When you begin to set goals from secondary schools you end up becoming better mothers and fathers.
Everything begins from childhood. You need to start now!
Goal setting is an intrinsic part of our lives as humans. If we don't set goals we will not achieve anything.
Some once said “if you don't know where you’re going, everywhere looks like where you are going.”
Students need to learn how set goal, plan and prioritize to hit their target. It is obvious that if you don't set goals, you don't know when you even hit your target. It ultimately determines how we reform our world and become highly successful in life.
Successful students set goals. They are visionaries. They are goal-getters. So, set your goals today, go for them plan, prioritize and get things done.
Goal Setting Methods
1) Think thoroughly about what you desire or want to achieve
2) Get a piece of paper and write it/them down
3) Arrange them in other of importance and urgency
4) Think again on each of the goals you have written down
5) Write out five ways for each goal on how you intend to achieve them.
6) Out of all the goals you have written down pick out the one goal of them all that once achieved will help you achieve the rest (MDP)
7) Focus on this one MDP-Major Definite Purpose.
8) Ensure all your goals are SMART - Specific, Measurable , Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound.
