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Choose one of your life goals

Choose one of your life goals and take a step towards it

Setting new goals and thinking about the future helps us to see the bigger picture and re-evaluate life in a positive way. They help to inspire, motivate and direct our choices; they’re a reflection of what matters to us. Breaking bigger goals down into small, actionable steps helps ensure we achieve them.

Actions – Individual

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
Actions – Organisation

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
Activity ideas
  • Do Something Near You (Website) 
  • Meetup (Website)
  • The Centre for Volunteering (Website)
  • Volunteering Australia (Website)
Research
  • 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
Resources
  • 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 
TED talks
  • 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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