In your breaks

• Listen to podcasts on things that interest you
• Make a call to connect with someone or an organisation who could help you
• Look up something that you’re interested in online

At work

• Find new ways to use your strengths and talents
• Craft your work activity, if you can, to align more with your goals
• Find a buddy to talk it over with, help you make a plan and keep you accountable
• Discuss your personal development plans and training opportunities with your supervisor

Outside of work

● Talk to someone about your goal or idea
● Enrol in a weekend or night class
● Volunteer in something that aligns with your goal
● Connect with people who might have achieved a similar goal that you can learn from
● Tap into your creativity (even if you think you have none!) write, paint, draw
● Link up with people who share your interest either in person or online

Set yourself up for success

• Make a commitment to make a small step each week towards your goal
• Broaden your knowledge by reading different newspapers, magazines, websites, listen to a different podcast or watch a new television show you might not usually watch
• Be open to new experiences and opportunities
• Share your goals and wins with others so you can stay motivated and celebrate together

Engage your staff

• Allow staff time to volunteer with value-aligned organisations, whether ongoing or one-off
• Organise a speaker to come in and educate about goal-setting
• Run a creativity session for staff to reflect on their personal goals and how they can achieve them

• Do Something Near You (Website) 
• Meetup (Website)
• The Centre for Volunteering (Website)
• Volunteering Australia (Website)

• Focus Your Goals on Who You Want to be, Not What You Want to be – Inventium 
• Goal-Setting Theory of Motivation – International Journal of Management, Business, and Administration
• HARD Goals, Not SMART Goals are the Key to Career Development – Forbes  
• The Psychology of Willpower: Training the Brain for Better Decisions – PositivePsychology.com
• The Science and Psychology of Goal-Setting – Positive Psychology.com
• Willpower – James Clear
• 3 Ways to Help Your Employees with Goal-Setting – Entrepreneur

• The importance, benefits and value of goal setting – Positive Psychology
• Career Goals: Developing a Vision for Professional Growth – CareerAddict 
• Find the Why – my career habit
• Goal Setting: 5 Science Backed Steps to Setting and Achieving Your Goals – Science of People
• Goal Setting Printable Worksheet – Google Images 
• How to Set Goals for the Life You Actually Want – Fast Company
• How You Can Get Motivated and Reach Your Goals – Forbes
• Personal Development Plan Template – Google Images 
• Personal Development Resources – Personal Coaching Information
• Set Personal Goals for Work – WeWork
• What is Goal Setting and How to Do it Well – PositivePsychology.com
• 5 Ways to Set Goals… and Achieve Them – Benestar
  8 Ways to Stay Motivated to Follow Through on Your Goals – Happify Daily 

• 23 Best TED Talks on Personal Development – Self Improvementa
• Achieve Your Dreams Through Visualisation – Pete Canalichio 
• Forget Big Change, Start with a Tiny Habit – BJ Fogg
• Four Keys for Setting and Achieving Goals – William Barr
• How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals – Stephen Duneier
• How to DREAM Big and Achieve Your Goals and Dreams – Ian Hacon 
• If You Want to Achieve Your Goals, Don’t Focus on Them – Reggie Rivers
• Life and Its Real Goals – Vivek Atray
• Setting Goals That Matter – Samantha Kris
• Why Set Life Goals and Achieve Them – Leena Munot
• Why the Secret to Success is Setting the Right Goals – John Doerr
• Why You Should Define Your Fears Instead of Your Goals – Tim Ferriss
• Your Next Step – Rachel Smets

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