Setting Goals for Success

Setting Goals for
Success
- all things you want to
achieve in life
- a road map and leads your

where you want to go
I. Goal and It’s Importance
TYPES OF GOALS
LONG- TERM - consists of all your target for the future

which usually take a year or more to attain
SHORT -TERM - the one you can quickly achieve in less

than a year
IMPORTANCE OF GOAL - SETTING
IMPORTANCE OF GOAL - SETTING
 helps trigger new behaviors
 helps guides your focus
 helps you sustain that momentum in life
 helps align your focus and promote a sense of
self-mastery
 Setting goals not only motivate us, but can
also improve our mental health and our level
of personal and professional success
II. Albert Bandura: SELF-EFFICACY
He is a psychologist who defined
self-efficacy as people’s beliefs in
their capabilities to exercise
control over their own functioning
and over events that affect their
lives. One’s sense of self-efficacy
can provide the foundation for
motivation, well-being, and personal
accomplishment.
People beliefs in their efficacy are developed
by FOUR MAIN SOURCES OF INFLUENCE:
1. Mastery Experiences
Mastery experiences are the most influential source of efficacy
information because they provide the most authentic evidence of
whether one can muster whatever it takes to succeed. Success builds
a robust belief in one’s personal efficacy. Failures undermine it,
especially if failures occur before a sense of efficacy is firmly
established
2. Vicarious Experiences
Seeing people similar to oneself succeed by sustained effort raises
observes beliefs that they too possess the capabilities to master
comparable activities to succeed.
3. Social Persuasion
Receiving positive verbal feedback while undertaking a complex task
persuades a person to believe that they have the skills and capabilities
to succeed.
4. Emotional States
It is not the sheer intensity of emotional and physical reactions that is

important but rather how they are perceived and interpreted. People
who have a high sense of efficacy are likely to view their state of
affective arousal as an energizing facilitator of performance, whereas
those who are beset by self-doubts regard their arousal as a debilitator.”
Building Self-Efficacy
“People’s belief about their abilities have a

profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not
a fixed property; there is a huge variability in
how you perform, people who have a sense of
self-efficacy bounce back from failure, they
approach things in terms of how to handle
them rather than worrying about what can go
wrong”
(Bandura, 1977).
II. Carol Dweck: GROWTH MINDSET VS FIXED
MINDSET
- an American psychologist
- the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of
Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck is
known for her work on the mindset
psychological trait.
Growth Mindset
A person with a growth mindset finds freedom in their thoughts and

beliefs. They understand that certain people have special talents
and that intelligence varies from person to person, but it’s increased
with effort and hard work.
They take joy in the learning process that comes from seeking new
information, forming new strategies and taking inspiration from
others. They embrace difficulties and challenges as a means to
develop new skills and grow.
Fixed Mindset
A person with a fixed mindset is constrained by their beliefs and

thoughts. They believe people are born with special talents and every
person has different abilities and intelligence that cannot get better
with time, persistence and effort.
They think of failures as a validation of their lack of intelligence and

their limited abilities that prevents them from achieving their goals.
They give up easily with the fear of failure and a belief that they cannot
improve.
Five effective strategies to shift fixed mindset to a
growth mindset
1. Tell yourself a different story.
There’s a lot of power in the story we tell ourselves. When we come
across hard problems or difficult situations, how we interpret and react
to them is based on our story. Our actions are nothing but a
manifestation of our beliefs.
Make a choice and shift the

language you use.
Choose to say,
*I can do better
Instead of telling yourself,
*I can do it
*I am not good at it
*I want to try and not give up
*I can’t do it
*I do not have the ability to learn
2. Set learning goals as opposed to performance goals.
Focusing on the process as opposed to the outcome helps we look for
small continuous improvements that add up over a period of time. By
shifting to learning, we can consciously choose a path in which hard work,
effort, deliberate practice and persistence will be the key to success.
3. Capitalize on your failures.
Failures teach us what success can’t. Instead of running away from

failures and giving up when faced with a setback, you can take
advantage of your failures by reviewing them identifying what did not
work and then devising a plan to correct your mistakes.
4. Choose Goldilocks tasks for continuous improvement.
Goldilocks tasks are activities that are neither too easy nor too difficult,
just a little over your current abilities. They provide a perfect opportunity
to step outside your comfort zone without leading to anxiety. By investing
in Goldilocks tasks, you can set up a path for continuous improvement
by slowly building upon your current abilities.
5. Be consistent and flexible.
Be consistent in reflecting on your past behavior by asking yourself some
of these questions:
 How did you act last time?

 Did you choose a fixed or a growth mindset?
 What made you choose one mindset over the other?
III. Edwin Locke: GOAL SETTING THEORY
An American psychologist who put forward

the Goal-Setting theory of motivation. This
theory states that goal setting is essentially
linked to task performance. It states that
specific and challenging goals along with
appropriate feedback contribute to higher
and better task performance.
5 PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL GOAL SETTING
1. Clarity Your goal should be clear and well-defined.
Your goal should be achievable but it should
2. Challenge also stretched you.
It is the commitment that will keep you going when
3. Commitment you encounter obstacles along the way.
Regular reflection of your progress will help you to
4. Feedback stay on track, stay motivated and ensure that your
goals are still relevant.
You don’t need to do everything all at once, while a
challenging task can be motivating and help you
5. Task Complexity focus, it’s important to give yourself the time and
space you need to work through complex task.
What Are SMART Goals?
SMART is an acronym that you can use to guide your goal setting. To
make sure your goals are clear and reachable, each one should be:

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Setting Goals for

- a road map and leads your

LONG- TERM - consists of all your target for the future

SHORT -TERM - the one you can quickly achieve in less

It is not the sheer intensity of emotional and physical reactions that is

“People’s belief about their abilities have a

A person with a growth mindset finds freedom in their thoughts and

A person with a fixed mindset is constrained by their beliefs and

They think of failures as a validation of their lack of intelligence and

Make a choice and shift the

3. Capitalize on your failures.

Failures teach us what success can’t. Instead of running away from

 How did you act last time?

An American psychologist who put forward

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