Values and Goal Setting What are values Beliefs

Values and Goal Setting

What are values? �Beliefs, feelings and experiences that you consider important �Values help you determine what is right or wrong. �Where do you learn your values? �Values include: �Adventure, security, trust, family, friends, appearance, comfort, education, love, money, humor, happiness, health, honesty, independence, intelligence, pleasure, popularity, power, recognition, religion, trust

Values Inventory

What are goals �What you are trying to achieve or aims you are trying to reach �Goals are your road map to life �Long term goals �Goals that may take months or years to reach �Short term goals �Goals that take a short period of time to reach (days or weeks)

Working on your priorities �What is considered most important based on your values �Setting priorities may help you reach your goals if you have too many

How to set goals �Set challenging goals that aren’t a “sure thing” �Something you know will happen

Standards �The way you measure what you have done �Become important when you begin to reach your goals �Example: Grades �B may be good for some people or not good enough for others. If your goals is to do better in math, is a B good enough or an A?

Goal Setting Worksheet & Letter

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