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1Attitude, Goal

Setting, and Life

Management


FUTURE

DREAMS

HAPPINESS


After studying these topics, you will benefit by:

• Discovering the influence professionalism and positive human

relations have on personal, academic, and career success

• Knowing how individual personality, attitude, and values affect the

workplace

• Recognizing how self-efficacy and personal branding affect your

confidence

• Developing a strategy to deal with past negative experiences and

other barriers to success

• Examining the impact goal setting has on creating a life plan in

today’s economy

• Choosing priorities to support your goal


ALL ABOUT YOU

“Mirror words” describe the foundation of

how you view yourself and others, and how you will

most likely perform at work.

Personality and attitude dictate how one responds to

conflict, crisis, and other typical workplace situations.


ALL ABOUT YOU

• Professionalism: workplace behaviors

that result in positive business relationships

– Healthy relationships at work start with first

understanding your own personality and

attitude

– Personality and attitude dictate how you

respond to positive and negative workplace

situations


ALL ABOUT YOU

• Human Relations: interactions with and through people

– Get along with your colleagues, and positive workplace interactions will result in workplace productivity

– In order to understand workplace relationships, you must first understand yourself


PERSONALITY AND VALUES

• Personality: stable traits that assist in explaining and predicting behavior

– Behavior is a reflection of personality• Positive: caring, considerate, organized

• Negative: rude, unfocused, lazy

• A result of influences

– Experiences and influences outside of work affect one’s professional behavior• Family, friends, religion, society


PERSONALITY AND VALUES

• Values: things that are important to you as an individual

– There are good and bad values

– Based on your personal experiences and influences

– May include: achievement, family, money, or security

– Shaped by experiences


TOPIC SITUATION

Charley’s Values

TOPIC RESPONSE:

If Charley continues to associate with his non-

supportive friends, how could these friendships

influence Charley’s performance at school and

work?


ATTITUDES

• Attitude: a strong belief about people,

things, and situations

– Related to values and personality

– An individual’s performance influences a

group’s performance, which then impacts the

organization’s performance

– Since you cannot avoid others, be aware of

the impact other individuals have on your life;

choose to surround yourself with positive

people


THINK ABOUT IT

Identify one friend that you believe is a positive

influence on you and a friend that is a negative

influence. How should you handle these

relationships?


TALK IT OUT

What cartoon character best reflects your

personality and why?


SELF-EFFICACY AND ITS INFLUENCES

• Self-concept: how you view yourself

• Self-image: your belief of how others view

you

• Self-efficacy: your belief in your ability to

perform a task

• Projection: the way you feel about yourself

and your environment is reflected in how you

treat others


SELF-EFFICACY AND ITS INFLUENCES

• Personal Brand: reflects traits you want

others to think of when they think of you

– May include:

• Appearance

• Values

• Knowledge and skills

• Value to others

– Make a commitment to enhance your personal

brand


DEALING WITH NEGATIVE “BAGGAGE”

• Past experiences impact your personality and

influence behavior

• Negative baggage will affect your performance

– Confront your past

– Practice forgiveness

– Move forward

• Keep in mind that it is sometimes a painful and

long process to reach your goal of becoming

the best individual you can be


TOPIC SITUATION

Keira’s Past Poor Choices

TOPIC RESPONSE:

What steps should Keira take to help her

achieve her goals?


LOCUS OF CONTROL

• Locus of control: identifies who you believe

controls your future

– Internal locus of control believes that he or she

controls his or her own future

– External locus of control believes that others

control his or her future

– Extremes on either end are not healthy


LEARNING STYLES

• Learning Style: the method by which you best

take in information and/or learn new ideas

– Visual learner—learns best by seeing

– Auditory learner—learns best by hearing

– Tactile/kinesthetic learner—learns best by feeling,

touching, and holding


THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL

GOAL SETTING

• Goal: a target

– Think of it as a reward at the top of a ladder; you must climb the ladder before reaching the reward

– Goals provide focus; increase self-concept; and help overcome procrastination, fear, and failure

– Setting goals will help you become more successful in your career


TOPIC SITUATION

Austin’s Goals

TOPIC RESPONSE:

What are specific steps Austin can take to

ensure he reaches his goal of becoming a CPA?


INFLUENCES OF GOALS

• Goals help to make career plans clearer and more meaningful

• As a goal is reached, you will experience motivation and self-confidence

• Set goals in the major areas of your life including personal, career, financial, educational, and physical


Example of Austin’s Goals

Five-year long-term goal: Obtain a bachelor’s degree in accounting

Three-year long-term goal: Obtain an associate degree in accounting and secure a job as an account clerk

One-year short-term goal: Successfully pass the appropriate courses toward the associate degree and identify an internship

Now: Apply for school and find a part-time job to obtain work experience


TALK IT OUT

Share one goal you have set for this class.


HOW TO SET GOALS

• Achieving short-term and long-term

goals is like climbing a ladder

• Goals need to be put into writing

– Set long-term goals

– Set short-term goals for reaching long-

term goals


HOW TO SET GOALS

Long-Term Goals

• Long-term goals: reached within a time

frame of 5 to 10 years

– Setting long-term goals starts with thinking of what

you want to accomplish in your life

– From your list of accomplishments, choose items

you most value

– Keep goals realistic, attainable, measurable, and

important (have a reason for the goal)

• Remember Austin’s goal to be a CPA? He believes

becoming a CPA represents success. It is

important to him, and it is a realistic goal that can

be reached.


HOW TO SET GOALS

Short-Term Goals

• Short-term goals: goals that can be

reached within a year’s time

– Referred to as objectives in businesses

– Set to help reach long-term goals

– Keep them realistic, achievable,

measurable, and important to you


HOW TO SET GOALS

SMART Method

SpecificIdentify what you want to accomplish or quantify

MeasurableIdentify how you know when you have achieved it

AchievableChallenging, yet attainable and realistic

RelevantMake it meaningful to you

Time-basedAttach a specific time to reach the goal


HOW TO SET GOALS

Goal Aspects

• Own the goal

– Each goal must belong to you

– YOU need to decide what your goals will be

• Control the goal

– Know what resources and constraints are

involved

– Be flexible and maintain realistic control


CREATING A LIFE-PLAN

A life-plan includes:

Education and career

Social and spiritual

Financial

Activities



• Education and career

– Degrees/certificates

– Time frame

– Financial resources

– Support network

• Education is the key to achieving your life

plan



Career

• Why is your selected career important?

• How will you know if you achieve success?

• What resources are needed?

• Choosing the right career is important

– Different reasons include• earning power

• status

• intellect

• self-satisfaction



• Social and spiritual

– Marriage

– Family

– Friends

– Religion

• What types of people do you want to be a

part of your life in the future?



• Financial

– Home

– Car

– Ownership

• Where do you want to be financially?

What amount of money will you be

comfortable with?



• Activities

– Hobbies

– Travel

– Life experiences

• What do you want to be able to do in the

future?



Writing Life Goals

• Consider degrees/certificates, time frame,

financial resources, and support network

required for educational success.

• When planning your career, consider:

– Why your target career is important to you

– What resources are needed to achieve it

– How you will know you have achieved success

• Consider the type of personal relationships you

want in the future



• Intrinsic (self-satisfaction)

– Rewards that come from within you

• Extrinsic (money, praise)

– Rewards that come from external sources


TALK IT OUT

Share common rewards that are important to

you and identify those rewards as intrinsic or

extrinsic


PRIORITIES

• Priorities: determine what needs to be done

and in what order

– You may need to adjust your priorities to reach

your goals

• Trade-off: giving up one thing to do

something else

• Be prepared to be flexible in all areas of your

life-plan


TALK IT OUT

Identify priorities and trade-offs for successfully

completing this course


YOUR PERSONAL HANDBOOK

• Personality and attitude affect your

performance, both personally and

professionally

• Use the text as a handbook to guide you in

both personal and career plans

• Begin developing a positive attitude and

believe in yourself and your abilities

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