By Girish Prabhu

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs

dreamers who do.- Sarah Ban Breathnach

What are your dreams ?

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. - Gail Devers

List down your dreams

Long term

Short term

Write them down

A dream is a goal with out actions

• Dreams needs to be converted as Goals– You need to turn your dreams into action. – Goals make the visions of your dreams– Have long term goals and short term goals

• Goals should be based on what you think you should be doing not what you ‘like’ to do.

• Most of our goals are based on external factors – your company, advertisements, or ‘your family’

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. - Tony Robbins

Goals

• Goals not met with commitment, passion or foundation are never met.

• Write them down• Break them down to smaller goals• Look at them on a particular interval• Review and revise the goals• Share the goals

What keeps me going is goals - Muhammad Ali

SMART Goals

Specific

• Do you know exactly what you want to accomplish with all the details.

• Decide on Six ‘W’s– Who accomplishes– What to accomplish– Where – When – Which (are the things holding you back)– Why (accomplish this goal)

Measurable

• Are you able to measure your progress ?• What is not measured is never improved.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have

accomplished with your ability.

Achievable

• Is your goal with in your reach given your current situation?– Attitude– Abilities– Skills– Financial Capability

Relevant / Realistic

• Is your goal relevant towards your purpose in your life ?

• Is it relevant for a greater goal?

Time bound

• What is the deadline for completing your goal

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action

steps. – Confucius

• Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there• Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your

major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going

1. How often do you work on goals that you have set for yourself?

Never Sometimes, but not often Often All the time

1. Once I set a goal, I don’t give up until I achieve it.

Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree

1. Whenever I do something, I always give it my best.

Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree

1. I think about what I would like to be when I become an adult.

Never Sometimes, but not often Often All the time

1. How hard or easy is it for you to get along with other people?

I usually don’t get along with other people

I sometimes get along with other people

I usually get along with other people

I always get along with other people

1. When I set a goal, I think about what I need to do to achieve that goal.

Never Sometimes, but not often Often All the time