Assignment 3: ACTION PLAN

As you learned in Module 6, Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, personal and career, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality. An action plan is a motivational strategy for helping you to attain your goals.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Complete Part A and Part B of this assignment.

Review the Grading Criteria and Grading Rubric on the next page to see how your assignment will be marked. Use the rubric as a guide when preparing your responses to ensure you address all requirements.

PART A: APPLY STEPS TO GOAL SETTING

For each of the categories below, you must:

identify one long-term goal

identify one short-term goal relevant to your long-term goal

create an action plan to help you reach each of the short-term goals

REMEMBER: All goals need to be SMART J

Example:

Long Term Goal: I want to be the Manager of a small business within five years. (set an actual date)

Short Term Goals: I want to graduate with my Business Management Diploma in June next year (set an actual date)

Action Plan: I will work on my Business courses at least two hours each day.

Category #1: Stress and Well Being

Long-term Goal:

Short-term Goal:

Action plan:

Category #2: Time Management

Long-term Goal:

Short-term Goal:

Action plan:

Category #3: Work/Study Habits

Long-term Goal:

Short-term Goal:

Action plan:

PART B: MANAGING AND REVIEWING GOALS

Describe what you will do to manage and review the goals you have set in this assignment.