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…A BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION FROM I-EXCEL (ISSUE 3, 2013) too easy to get off track and achieve nothing. Define your goals in terms of height, weight, Naira, inches, or hours. Then measure your progress until you achieve your desired outcome. You might need to ask if someone else Smart can measure whether or not you achieved your goal. If the answer is no, your goal is not measurable. Students Set A is for Attainable Sad as it may be, some things are not attainable. A four feet tall lad with poor hand-eye coordination should know that a basketball career in the NBA is probably out of S.M.A.R.T reach. However, it is important to focus on goals that are attainable with little or minimal effort so you can watch your confidence build as you accomplish them. Define your sub-goals or steps to achieving the 'big' goal and define your tasks which are the simple things to achieve the sub-goals Goals It is important to set goals that are achievable because it How to set and achieve your goals this year… gets your juices flowing, gets you up in the morning, and keeps you going all day long! R is for Reason “If you don't design your own life plan, R is the most important letter in the word SMART. For a chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. goal to be reached you must have a strong reason to want Guess what they may have planned for you? Not much!” to reach it. Your reason becomes the fuel that keeps you – Jim Rohn moving toward your goal – the motivation, the oals are the things we want to achieve in life inspiration, the kick in the butt you need to continue Super towards which we direct our efforts. Goal setting striving for it. Be sure that each and every goal you set Gis therefore an activity that enables us to plan includes the reason why you want to achieve it. New what we want to achieve in life. Researchers surveyed T is for Time-Stamped Yale University graduating students in 1953 to determine A time stamp on your goal means that on a specific day, how many of them had specific, written goals for the at a specific time, it expires- This simply means you need future. The answer: 3%. Twenty years later, researchers to set specific deadlines for the accomplishment of your polled the surviving members of the Class of 1953 and goals. As a result of procrastination, tasks do not get You! found that the 3% with goals had accumulated more done until days, hours or minutes before they are due. If personal financial wealth than the other 97% of the class there is no due date, they won't get done at all. A time very super new year to all our combined! stamp prevents you from dabbling around your goals and The conclusion is: greatly increases the likelihood that you will accomplish esteemed readers! I'm pretty sure 1. Goals work Athe holiday was restful and also 2. Almost nobody uses them them. Deadlines shape up your thinking, increases your filled with lots of fun activities. I also motivation and moves you to action. Importance of goals believe you are ready to take on the year Above all, SMART goals must take into consideration with renewed determination and drive. - G i v e s m e a n i ng and direction to our activities every area of our lives and must be written down! The act As we begin this New Year, I want you to - Serves as a guide that helps us make decisions about of writing your goals down vastly increases your chance of know that the pathway to being that what we want to do and how to go about achieving it. success. Then, keep your notes where you can see and shining and exceptional student in this - Enables us to prepare & plan appropriately read or review them every day. present competitive age indeed lies - Increases our chances of successfully achieving our beyond classroom walls. In the words of ambition Areas Of Your Life In Which Goals Are Needed: John Mason, “You can't do anything The 'How' of goal setting about the length of your life but you can do There is a SMART way of setting goals which is explained Goal Category something about the width and depth” as follows; Therefore, take full responsibility for your My SMART Goal S is for Specific own development and make every effort A goal must be specific and not wishy washy. For your to be the very best you can. Set a new goal goal to be specific, it means it must be explicitly defined SPIRITUAL this year to make R.E.A.Ding a habit with boundaries and ranges. If your goal for example is to because reading is succeeding! lose some weight, you must be specific as to how soon SCHOOL/ ACADEMICS you intend to begin your weight loss program, on when As usual, this 3rd edition of R.E.A.D has you would visit the gym? For how long? etc. The specifics been loaded with lots of exciting articles provide visuals that allow you to know immediately when ranging from tips on Personal statement FINANCIAL you are meeting your goals and when you are off track. writing to how to set goals and achieve Your goals must also be shared. We are far more likely to them, sports, entertainment, classroom stick to our plan and reach our goals if we know our PERSONAL jokes and lots more to thrill you as you friends and family support us. Such support increases our read on. determination, our stamina, and our courage. However, never share your goals with anyone who may ridicule, From all of us at I-excel, have a Super New HEALTH & FITNESS tease or discourage you but with those who will Year and a Super new YOU! encourage you every step of the way. High achievers count on and work with other winners! SOCIAL M is for Measurable Someone has wisely observed that, “What gets measured, gets done.” When a goal is measurable you can track your COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT progress towards achieving it. If it's not measurable, it's NEW PRESS RELEASE FROM EAR Y !! ROSSALL PROMO! SCHOOL Do you know that with a budget Have of between N3.5 Million – N4.5 Essentials On Personal you read... Million for both tuition and accommodation (i.e. £13,000 - Beyond £17,000) you can get a quality Statement Writing Classroom A-level/Foundation school in the Walls? United Kingdom? You need not look further. “The Personal Statement is most likely to be the most difficult document a 17- Consult us today as only limited year-old will have written – there are many complexities such as how to fine- HIGHLIGHTS Emily's In The Running spaces are available. tune the tone of the statement so that it is not too boastful but able to sell the ?Approach college with the right student” – Admissions Tutor, Cambridge mindset: The Degree-minded Vs Depth- You also stand a chance to enjoy minded Student; For Great Things 50% off administrative charges ? hether she's running or swimming, she's now been approved for entry into the . What are personal statements? This could include the following: Extracurricular Become a well-schooled adult; imbibe success Personal statements are essays that you write activities done in school: Dance, drama, debating, principles valuable for college and beyond Rossall Junior School pupil, Emily Mc Blackpool Council Excellence Programme for elite Hurry now while offer lasts !!! sports etc; Volunteering experience; Work experience: Neill, eats up the miles and the medals, athletes and is now a step, and a stroke, nearer to Ifor most college admissions applications. They ?Choose careers in line with your personality, W This can be undertaken during long summers. Job and at the tender age of ten is already a British achieving her ambition of one day competing at the may be short essays (200-500 words) or longer values, interests, skills and ambitions using shadowing might be more relevant to those who Biathle champion and number two in her age Olympics in the Modern Pentathlon. essays (900 words). Generally, essays should be assessment tests. typed, double spaced with a font no smaller than intend to follow a careers path in Law or Medicine; group in world competition. Rossall Junior School head, Katie Lee believes 10. One page is usually equal to 250 words. Seminars/lectures attended (These could be seminars pertaining to your intending course or personal Designated Sales Outlets Emily, of Cleveleys, is a remarkable competitor in Emily has what it takes to compete at the highest Registration deadline II. Why do I need one? Most admissions development); Interesting books you have read; the Biathle, which is the early years' athletics level. She commented: “Emily is an extremely 15th February 2013 applications require a personal statement or Summer school programs; Countries visited; Current Beyond Classroom Walls can be purchased or borrowed at any of competition for budding Pentathletes: gifted athlete, but she also realises that success the following outlets: answers to short essay or long essay questions. This affairs knowledge amongst others. incorporating a 500m run, 50m open water swim comes from hard work and practise, which is · When writing a personal statement, use standard is your best chance to tell readers about you. Use and another 500m run in one continuous event. mature for someone of her age.

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