Module 11.2: Setting Goals for Succcess

• Goal


  A target or objective of a motivated and directed chain of behavior
• Goal-directed behavior


  Begins with the individual's needs which is lack of deficit and thus creates a tension, this tension is called the drive that builds up and directs the individual towards the goal, the goal is reached when the need is satisfied and the tension is reduced
• Reasons why setting goals is important

  • Setting goals directs the individual's behavior
  • Goals, once set can determine the individuals progress towards accomplishing it
  • Goals serves as a guide to discipline behavior
  • Goals keeps the individuals busy so no time is wasted
  • Goals motivate the individual because it provides purpose/reason for his behavior
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  ALBERT BANDURA’S SELF-EFFICACY

  
  

  The person's beliefs about the capacity to exercise some measure or control over his behavior and over events that takes place around him
• Ways to learn and enhance self-efficacy

  • Mastery of learning skills
  • Having a good social model
  • A persuasive environment
  • Positive states of physiology
• Mindset


  A set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself, it influences how you think, feel, and behave in any given situation
• Types of mindsets

  • Fixed mindset
  • Growth mindset
• Fixed mindset


  • Believes that their character, intelligence and creativity are inherited/inborn and cannot be changed or altered
  • World view: The class is challenging and intimidating, I'll surely fail
  • Encountering obstacles: I keep trying and still can't understand the topic. Ayoko na
  • Effort: Sayang effort ko (I wasted my effort)
  • Success of others: A lot of people in my class are better than me. I'll never be good as them
  • Help and support: I'm really not good at this, so I won't even try and just rely on others
  • Feedback: Wala akong pakialam sa sinasabi ng iba. (I don't care what they are saying about me)
  • Feedback: Hayaan mo na. Tao lang. (Just let it go. I'm just a human.)
• Growth mindset


  • Believes that a person's basic qualities can be learned and cultivated
  • World view: This class is challenging and intimidating, but I'll persevere
  • Encountering obstacles: I'll try other strategies to understand the topic. Magegets ko rin to
  • Effort: At least I learned something new
  • Success of others: There are a lot of smart people in my class. I will study and work hard to be like them or even better
• Goal setting theory


  Goals are seen as important, but the process and means by which the goal is realized is more important
• Five goal setting principles

  • Clarity
  • Challenge
  • Commitment
  • Feedback
  • Task complexity
• Barriers to success

  • Fear of failure
  • Thinking you are not good enough
  • Selfishness
  • Thinking that you need to be perfect
  • Worrying about what others may think of you
  • Lack of discipline
• Measuring success


  • Hitting your goals
  • A well-balanced life
  • Sharing your success with others
  • Good health
  • Healthy family
  • Dignity and honor
• Fixed Mindset


  A person that believes that their character, intelligence and creativity are inherited/ inborn and cannot be changed or altered
• Growth mindset


  A person who does not believe on given qualities for them to be successful but instead wants to be challenged. A person with this mindset believes that a person's basic qualities can be learned and cultivated.
• Growth mindset


  • World View: This class is challenging and intimidating, but I'll persevere.
  • Encountering Obstacles: I'll try other strategies to understand the topic. Magegets ko rin to.
  • Effort: At least I learned something new.
  • Success of Others: There are a lot of smart people in my class. I will study and work hard to be like them or even better.
• EDWIN LOCKE AND GARY LATHAM’S GOAL SETTING THEORY

  In this theory, goals are seen as important. But what is more important, however, for this theory is the process and the means by which the goal is realized.
• Five goal setting principles

  • Clarity
  • Challenge
  • Commitment
  • Feedback
  • Task complexity
• Five goal setting principles: Clarity


  First thing to consider in setting a goal is to determine what the person is really trying to achieve. One good technique is to put the goal on a paper –this exercise will help him through his goals.
• Five goal setting principles: Challenge


  A goal should challenge a person's ability to exert effort in learning something new and growing along the way. Challenge motivates behavior and overcoming it makes all the tears and hard work worthwhile.
• Five goal setting principles: Commitment


  Owning a goal and making it a responsibility to make sure that the behaviors are undertaken to achieve it.
• Five goal setting principles: Feedback


  It is not wrong to ask people about what they think just to have a gauge of his progress from another person's perspective.
• Five goal setting principles: Task complexity


  Another important thing to consider is the level of complexity, complex goals can be overwhelming and takes a longer time to accomplish, when the goal is quite complicated it's better to take time to learn about it.