Learning Goals

L1. Identify and describe goal-setting strategies that you can use in your life
L2. Explain how and why various goal-setting strategies work, and how they can help you
L3. Explain the importance of planning and preparing to accomplish your goals
L4. Explain why it is important to have alternate plans when setting goals
L5. Identify areas in your life that need planning, and alternate planning, and begin to make plans for success

Description:

In this challenge, you will complete a daily journal recording your daily efforts to set and achieve a goal. Following the 7-day challenge, write a one-page summary of your experiences and hand both your journal and experience summary in.

Along with your own personal goals, you are tasked with LISTENING and NOTETAKING for the podcast titled ‘The Slight Edge’ By Jeff Olsen.

This unit focuses on ways to make effective decisions, researching thoroughly and effectively and achieving success. Therefore, I believe it is key to make use of other people’s knowledge about these topics in order to learn about the kinds of strategies that may be of use to you in achieving success academically and in your own career(s).

Instructions:

1. A) Using what you have learned about goal-setting, choose a goal to accomplish for each of the next 7 days.

B) In order to begin listening to THE SLIGHT EDGE you will need to access the internet. Once you are on the internet, you will need to use SOUNDCLOUD, a free application where you can listen to music and other kinds of auditory materials. Once on SOUNDCLOUD please search for ‘THE SLIGHT EDGE’ by JEFF OLSEN. This podcast has been downloaded by many people, you can choose the first option that appears.