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LIFE GOALS TRAINING SEMINAR
Paul Gordon Smith
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The meaning of Life What are Mission Statements? Writing Mission Statements What are Life Goals? Writing Life Goals Major Goals Possible Problems Alternative Pathways and their fruit Summary and the next step
Can you answer Yes to all these questions? (Part 1)• Do you have any long term goals?• Do you realise that it is very unlikely
that you will be able to fulfil all your desires?
• Do you have any desires to help others putting others first?
Can you answer Yes to all these questions? (Part 2)• Are you willing to pay the price in terms of
time, effort and sacrifice?• Are you willing to swop your short term
view for a long-term one?• Are you ready to find a new purpose for
your life? Are you willing to lose your present life to
find out what real life is all about.
WHERE ARE YOU?
How do you get your identity? What is the connection between your
spiritual life and what you do? What is at the core of your being? What do you value? What’s happening now in your world? What about your history? As we go through these slides draw a picture
or write a poem/story that describes you.
How do you get your identity? Who am I? Why am I on earth? Claim to fame? Job? Position? Family? Appearance?
Connection between spiritual life and what you do How is your spiritual life?• How does your spirituality influence
what you do?
What is at the core of your being? Are you driven by expectations from
friends, workplace, community, neighbours Do you have hurry sickness? Have you consciously or unconsciously
embraced someone else’s notion of what constitutes a good life and a better future.
Have you lost your own life in service to others?
Values
What’s important to you? What do you put value in? Look for messages that tell you
what your values are. Write down three
What’s happening in your world now? Summary of the current situation Use brief statements, discuss details
verbally Not emotional cycles
How Did you Get Here?
Any relevant historical information• What is your story?
Your drawing/poem?
Did your drawing or poem talk about or have any suggestion of connection with focus on others?
MISSION STATEMENTS
What is a Mission Statement? Why have a mission statement? The mission statement of Jesus. Feed the dream Heavenly treasure
What is a mission statement? It is a short statement that summarises
your destiny and purpose on earth. It should inspire and energise you and be others focused.
Paint your masterpiece Your foundation Your inner core Wake up in the morning and say….
Why have a mission statement? Answers questions of destiny, identity and
purpose. You need to make the world a better place. I want you to be : “Focused” “In the zone”
“Totally involved” “ In tune” “Switched on” “ Rhythm” “Momentum”
But which flow? If we don’t draft a mission statement that
flows then someone else will do the job for us!
Mission Statement for Jesus The spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he has anointed meTo preach good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the
prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind,To release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of
the Lords favour.Luke 4:18-19 • Jesus did not allow anyone to determine the
direction of his life
WRITING YOUR MISSION STATEMENT Turn on your dream machine Some places to have a look Writing your mission statement Feed the dream
Turn on your dream machine You become a mini creator Expose yourself to the wondors you
saw as a child Dream big to inspire yourself and
others Believe the dream
Some places to look for your Mission Statement (Part 1) Free yourself from distraction You may find asking God how he
wants to use your life for his purposes A message from your past Ask God what he wants you to do and
what type of person he wants you to be!
Some places to look for your Mission Statement (Part 2) Human need Your gifts and talents Broken Places Dreams Imagination – Try to converge into
single vocation
Writing your mission Statement (Part 1) Ask Gods guidance Focus outwardly on service not inwardly
on satisfying your own needs Make it inspirational and filled with
enthusiasm and excitement Make it clear concise and easy to follow Make it a sentence long, easily understood
and able to be recited easily
Writing your mission Statement (Part 2) Make it broad enough to affect all areas of
your life Expose yourself to the wonders you saw
as a child. Dream big to inspire improve yourself and
others. Believe the dream Document the dream as a goal and then
activate the plan
Feed the dream
Affirm continually and relentlessly its existence, its purpose and its destination.
Your thoughts every day must involve regular thinking about your dream
Feed your dream with enthusiasm, action and love.
Make your dream have a triumphant spirit by your close attention.
Without you it will die.
LIFE GOALS
What are goals? Where to look for your life goals? OK your
90. Articulating life goals Guaranteed success Accountability Planning Reality Check Selfishness and Life goal
Goals
Goals are the result of bringing dreams, ideas and ideals into a tangible examinable form
Need to be specific, clear, desirable Measurable Achievable Realistic Time bound
What are life Goals?
A master plan for life A magnificent obsession Long term commitment bears fruit With life goals you realize life’s
worth
Finding your life goals (Part 1) Imagine you are 90 and writing your life story Has it been a challenge, Are you satisfied. What are your habits morals and relationships Have you protected things which are good, created
something new or recovered something that was lost
Reflect on those areas of human need that touch you most deeply AIDS, orphans.
Place this at the centre of your life.
Finding Your life goals (Part 2) Occupation – What has your attainment been in
the areas of business, education and politics? Perspective- Did you fight any moral battles and
win the day? Community – Have you helped the downtrodden in
the community? Evangelism – Have you told people about the
Lord? Personal – Have you been good in your dealings
with people. A time each day of meditation Have you helped anyone?
Articulating life goals (Part 1) Life goals should be just a few lines of
writing Define your life goals in terms of ultimate
achievement Your life goal may be supported by up to
50 major goals. Minor goals support your major goals Strategy is how you are going to do it
Articulating life goals (Part 2) Make sure you can measure progress Plan out problem areas Keep reserves People, financial,
mental, physical and spiritual Have a time frame Put it all together in a masterplan Decide when you are going to do it!
Guaranteed success
What would you do if you couldn’t fail?
Accountability
You need to be held accountable for the implementation of your goal
You need to tell someone about it We would like to know so we can
expect fruit and direct others to help you.
Planning
Work on yourself to get yourself ready to bring about your goal
Make sure you are productive and that your energy bears fruit
Write down as many details as you can with a time frame
Life goals reality check
Do you have the time? Do you or can you get the ability What % determination do you have Will you get the opportunity to fulfill
this goal? What opposition are you likely to
face?
Selfishness and life goals
Don’t focus so much on your goals that you have no time for others.
Give your cash, expertise, information and yourselves
Give consistently Program selfless acts which involve you
personally Give without trading
MAJOR GOALS
Types – 50 Write down the person you would
like to be Opportunities Exposure
Types of major goals
Family : Set a high ethical and attitudinal standard
Social : Choose a level that you are comfortable with your desires and personality. Accept any level and be able to relate to all levels
Educational : Evaluate what you need to know to get to a destination.
Physical Fitness
Increase your physical fitness where possible
Personality
Develop a style that you need and follow it to achieve your goals.
A people person Going the extra mile. Expand and develop your
personality
Your skills
Sharpen and document the skills that are obvious
Develop new skills Put pressure on yourself to awaken
hidden skills
Write down the person you would like to be Physical Clothes Mental Personality Spiritual Convince yourself that you can do it.
Finding opportunities
Are you ready and trained to find opportunities?
There are numerous opportunities.
Exposure
Expose yourself to danger, failure, embarrassment and ridicule to achieve security, success, confidence and esteem
Expose yourself to situations where you can gain experience
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
Success and Failure The mob Subconscience mind Alternative paths
Principles for success
Focus on personal bests enhances performance Hard work is as much a hallmark of success as performance
and is the primary key to success and improvement Insufficient attention to own processes and approach impairs
performance Focus on doing the job right more than being the best is the
best way to tackle the task. Excessive comparison with others impairs performance. Persistence in the face of challenge and adversity is gained
through commitment. Success in a small area will lead to success in larger more
challenging areas.
Self Belief/Self Esteem/Success
The platform for self esteem is success. Success is improvement and setting
personal bests. PB’s People will get their self esteem from
somewhere. Need to get it for doing something positive
Hardwork is the primary key to improvement and success.
Failure/disappointment
Mistakes show there are areas for improvement and a launch pad for success
Every champion has suffered setback. Keep your focus on the lesson learnt not on the
destructiveness of failure. Having the same failure doesn’t teach you much
just emphasizes the lesson Overcoming failure builds character Failure is painful. Endure the pain, accept it as a
friend, run the race and finish the course.
The mob
They identify with you, encourage you stroking their own desires.
When you begin to be successful their mood changes as they see the reflection of their failure in your success. Be careful there is criticism at hand.
When you succeed the crowd wants you as a friend for the spin off and attitudes become patronising.
Crowds absorb energy and waste time as we wonder how they will react to our actions.
Jesus was welcomed into the city by the crowd that crucified him.
Subconscience mind
We have had negative experiences in the past which we lock away either consciously or subconsciously.
Replay these events and see something positive in it. See that the Lord was there with you and had a certain attitude to it.
Subconscious can pick up your imagination and program it as a real event. Program your spirit.
Addictive behaviour – see positive when the problem first developed
Alternative paths (Part 1)
Hedonism- newer and deeper experiences of self-gratification and self indulgence.
Individualism – self-centred, self-interested and egoism. Me-centred rather than others-centred.
Consumerism- Putting treasures on earth before treasures in heaven. Replacing time spent with God. Our lives are measured by the abundance of things. We are what we own. Our identity and self worth come from the car we drive, where we live and the brands we wear.
Alternative Paths ( Part 2)
Mammon- The spirit behind money Deception- Looks OK but scratch the
surface. Look at the fruit Relativism-No absolutes. If they did
it its OK for me to do it.
Alternative paths (Part 3)
Getting ahead economically Preoccupied with here and now We want more Be content with what we have don’t be discontent
until you get more. People are getting their identity from their jobs
and with their long hours leads to pressure on the family.
Advertising is a type of curriculum which says solutions to life problems are not found in good values hard work or education but in buying things
When you die what you did for yourself counts for nothing! Only what you did for others matters
when you die. All the self indulgence means nothing. What will people say at your funeral? What do you want them to put on your
tombstone?
Quantum jump
Doubling your life goals Using all your potential Securing what you have and
explode into a new area within your abilities and timeframes
SUMMARY AND NEXT STEP
Where are you at?What are Mission Statements?Writing Mission StatementsWhat are Life Goals?Writing Life GoalsMajor GoalsPossible ProblemsAlternative PathwaysThe next step is to devise Action Proposals