Goal Achievement Collection

This is a growing collection of videos, activities, posters, and articles on various aspects of goal achievement. We’ve arranged them into a multi-part series to make them easier to use with your group. This collection meets key areas of the following national standards:

• Common Core State Standards
• American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
• Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) 

Some of the aspects of goal achievement covered are:

• Setting clear, relevant, and attainable goals
• Developing an action plan and understanding the importance of action steps
• Identifiying potential career goals
• The importance of planning in writing
• How to track and monitor your progress on specific goals
• Overcoming procrastination
• Intrinsic Motivation

 

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #1: Write and Succeed

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Understanding that writing down what you want to accomplish can give you a competitive advantage.
2. Being able to identify a primary goal and action steps for accomplishing it.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #350: What You Don’t Want

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the actions steps & discussion questions:

1. Understanding the influence your unconscious mind has on goal achievement.
2. Knowing the importance of stating goals in positive language.
3. Have all of your goals written in positive language.

 

[POSTER] Duncan Nugget® #24: Your Comfort Zone

Learning outcomes from studying the poster and completing the discussion questions:

1. Make an honest assessment about whether or not you are stretching yourself.
2. Know the Values–>Beliefs–>Habits–>Performance->Results process.
3. Understand that sacrifice, effort, and diligence produce great rewards.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #77: When The Pot Is Hot

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Identify an immediate action step to take on something you’ve been procrastinating on getting done.
2. Understand the importance of starting on an idea when it’s “hot”.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #136: Who Is Motivating You?

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Understand the importance of self-motivation in achievement.
2. Discover sources of intrinsic motivation.

 

[POSTER] Duncan Nugget® #14: Your Performance Today

Learning outcomes from studying the poster and completing the discussion questions:

1. Develop a greater sense of urgency about creating and completing action steps.
2. Come up with the steps necessary for you to put forth maximum effort.
3. Create a process to facilitate using newly acquired knowledge.
4. Understand that learning is a life-long process.

 

3 Keys To Help Young People Track Progress On Goals

Learning outcomes from studying the article and completing the discussion questions:

1. Develop a simple system for tracking your progress on your goals.
2. Understand that goal achievement is a continuous process.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #78: Seize The Opportunity (Dealing with procrastination.)

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Begin developing a strategy for beating procrastination.
2. Know the difference between patience and procrastination.
3. Understand how procrastination can cost you future opportunities.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #149: The Aspects of What You Expect to Accomplish

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Begin developing a strategy for mastering the various aspects of accomplishing your goals.
2. Discover overlooked aspects of what you expect to accomplish.
3. Create action steps and develop the mindset for dealing with the challenging aspects of achieving your goals.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #19: The Gap Between What You Know And What You Do

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Learn how to avoid common excuses that lead to wasting one’s knowledge.
2. Understand that without action, there can be no goal achievement.
3. Begin developing a process for closing the gap between acquiring knowledge and using knowledge.

 

[VIDEO] Duncan Nugget® #281: Bogeys and Birdies

Learning outcomes from watching the video and completing the discussion questions:

1. Learn to set challenging goals.
2. Explore the difference between “fear of loss” and “desire for gain”.
3. Understand the importance of risk-taking.