TOPIC 2: GOAL SETTING

MOTIVATION CODE

💞 Work Hard, Dream Big and Never Give Up

💞 Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone 

CHARACTERISTICS OF GOALS 

💞 Goals must be clear and easy to understand 

💞 Can be measured easily

💞 Realistic 

💞 Have a certain amount of time to achieve

ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GOALS
Academic: Create time management tables and plan learning tables
Personal:  Get the best results every semester throughout the course at UiTM.

SETTING GOALS FOR NEW SEMESTER 
💞 Each of our semester should always improve the goals so as not to miss them.

EFFECTIVE GOALS STATEMENT 
👉 The goal begins with writing it on paper
💞 Write your goals somewhere that you can always see.
💞 Read your goals every day 
💞 Write your in positive form
💞 Write down your goals as goals have been archieved
💞 Write goals that can boost your spirits
💞 Strive to achieve your goals
💞 Save the heart

SELF GOALS
👉 For a Muslim student, setting goals and targets is very important. However, the goals and targets to be set are based on the guidelines by Islam. As quoted in the hadith of the Prophet(SAW)

💞 Rasulullah (SAW) said: " Make yourself a pious person or a person who has knowledge or a person has always heard the teaching or the one who loves (the three groups) and do not be the fifth of the people, for which you will perish.

👉 The aim of studying is to fulfil the instruction and the demands of the religion so that every one of his people becomes a knowledgeable human.

CHALLENGE 
👉 Time Management 
💞 If the student fails to manage the wisely,  they will be unproductive, often stressed, become anxious and worried

So, we must make a study schedule so that our time management is manageable.

5 STEP APPROACH TO SETTING GOALS.
1. SET GOALS THAT MOTIVATE YOU.
When you set goals for yourself, it is important that they motivate you: this means making sure that they are important to you, and that there is value in achieving them. If you have little interest in the outcome, or they are irrelevant given the larger picture, then the chances of you putting in the work to make them happen are slim. Motivation is key to achieving goals.

2. SET SMART GOALS 

Use SMART goals

• Specific.
• Measurable.
• Attainable.
• Relevant.
• Time Bound.

Set Specific Goals

Your goal must be clear and well defined. Vague or generalized goals are unhelpful because they don't provide sufficient direction. Remember, you need goals to show you the way. Make it as easy as you can to get where you want to go by defining precisely where you want to end up.

Set Measurable Goals

Include precise amounts, dates, and so on in your goals so you can measure your degree of success. If your goal is simply defined as "To reduce expenses" how will you know when you have been successful? In one month's time if you have a 1 percent reduction or in two years' time when you have a 10 percent reduction? Without a way to measure your success you miss out on the celebration that comes with knowing you have actually achieved something.

Set Attainable Goals

Make sure that it's possible to achieve the goals you set. If you set a goal that you have no hope of achieving, you will only demoralize yourself and erode your confidence.

Set Relevant Goals

Goals should be relevant to the direction you want your life and career to take. By keeping goals aligned with this, you'll develop the focus you need to get ahead and do what you want. Set widely scattered and inconsistent goals, and you'll fritter your time – and your life – away.

Set Time-Bound Goals

Your goals must have a deadline. Again, this means that you know when you can celebrate success. When you are working on a deadline, your sense of urgency increases and achievement will come that much quicker.

3. SET GOALS IN WRITING

Post your goals in visible places to remind yourself every day of what it is you intend to do. Put them on your walls, desk, computer monitor, bathroom mirror or refrigerator as a constant reminder.

4. MAKE AN ACTION PLAN

This step is often missed in the process of goal setting. You get so focused on the outcome that you forget to plan all of the steps that are needed along the way. By writing out the individual steps, and then crossing each one off as you complete it, you'll realize that you are making progress towards your ultimate goal. This is especially important if your goal is big and demanding, or long-term.

5. STICK WITH IT

Remember, goal setting is an ongoing activity, not just a means to an end. Build in reminders to keep yourself on track, and make regular time-slots available to review your goals. Your end destination may remain quite similar over the long term, but the action plan you set for yourself along the way can change significantly. Make sure the relevance, value, and necessity remain high.