achieve your dreams part i.2013

ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMSPart one

The Value of Goal SettingBy Jane Fullerton

An Overview of the PROCESS

Designing your education at Fryeburg Academy

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:

Decide what you want”

Ben SteinActor and Author

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -

Walt Disney (1901-1966)

Sounds easy right?

Decide what you want… Then What? What is the next step?

- Seneca (3BC - 65AD)

"While we are postponing, life speeds by."

“But the real truth…is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of life you live.

That person is you.”

Jack CanfieldThe Success Principles

Take the PLUNGE…Dive into your life!!!

Decide you what you want and turn it into

reality..“When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.”

Alicia Keys

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GOALS ARE THE ROAD MAP TO ACHIEVING ALL YOUR DREAMS

I will skydive on

my eighteenth birthday

I will get a supporting role in the 2013 fall

school play

I will run a five minute

mile by December

1st

I will earn an A in

English for the entire

first semester

What is a Goal? Simply, a goal is a specific, measurable, objective,

aim, or an outcome you want to achieve…

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')

Set some goals, dream…. And make it a reality!

Sound familiar????

Why do I need to set goals or make a plan?

I am just a teenager….

Four years is a long way off…

I don’t have a job yet…

I don’t know what I want do with my future

College…I’m only a freshman

"When you do the common things in life in an

uncommon way, you will command the attention of

the world."George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

The Steps to Personal Responsibility and Success

Remember the most

famous people in the world are just human beings like you and me….they were willing to take risks, to ask for help, and to believe in themselves.

Believe in yourself…have faith in your abilities!

Will you perform on stage or play a sport? Will you get a job in high school? What do you want to experience in high

school? What do you want to change about yourself?Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend? Do you want good grades? What are your values? Where do you see yourself going to college? Will you own your own business?

What’s Important You? Ask Yourself some Questions!

Create a List of Important Things You

Want to do in LifeMake a list of twenty-one

things you want to achieve during high school!

I want to travel to Italy

I want to learn to play the saxophone

I want to earn an A in English

I want to play varsity football

I want my art to be showcased in a museum

I want to act in a play

I want to publish my poetry

Examples

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That’s what makes you a winner”

Venus Williams – Olympic Gold Medalist

Venus Williams