Personal Development Assignment $1$: New Year's Resolution

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Objective

This is the first of two assignments that will help you reflect on personal values, motivations, and personal development as a socially$-$oriented entrepreneur. In this assignment, you will create a Personal Mission Statement that you align with SMART goal that you track for one week, and report back.

Instructions

To complete the assignment, you will first write a Personal Mission Statement and then identify a supportive personal New Year's Resolution $($in the form of a SMART goal$)$ that you can stick to and track for one week.

We will use the following Wikipedia definition for New Year's Resolution:

A New Year's resolution is a tradition, most common in the Western World but also found in the Eastern World, in which a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behaviour, accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their behaviour at the beginning of a calendar year.

Next, spend a week collecting data measuring how well you meet your goal. Since this is a week$-$long assignment, be sure to pick a goal that lends itself to this timeframe. Choose something you do $($or want to do$)$ daily, not weekly or monthly.

Here are some recommended steps to complete the assignment:

Write a Personal Mission Statement

Review the Day $3$ slides on Mission Statements for tips and resources

Outline a SMART Goal $($you may use the one you submitted for the previous introductory assignment, or a new one$).$ Note:

The T $($Timebound$)$ in SMART may refer to the one$-$week duration of the assignment or a longer term goal

Pay attention to the M $($Measurement$)$ in SMART. Make sure you have something to Measure and report back on$.$ This article on Personal KPIs $($Key Performance Indicators$)$ has many inspiring suggestions of ways to measure your progress. Consider how you will track your data $($data log$,$ photos, etc$),$ you will need to show evidence.

Track data on your SMART Goal progress for one week

Reflect on your intention, process and outcomes and prepare the deliverables, below.

Deliverables

Please hand in the following:

Your Personal Mission Statement

An outline of your related SMART Goal and one$-$week of data

A $1-2$ page reflection on the experience. Consider connecting your goal progress with your values $($first assignment$)$ and Personal Mission Statement.

At least one supporting image or video capturing or representing your results.