Sophia Whites’ Model Tips
14-01-2009
Sophia Model Agent
Well, all I ask is that you follow my lead and implement and become the person that will allow you to achieve what you want to achieve. So what do you have to lose?
Setting Goals:
Nothing to do with modeling itself but all to do with your attitude, habits and achievements! Read on …..
Setting and achieving goals will determine your success and happiness more than any other skill you'll ever learn.
Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future and for motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into a reality.
The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course.
What do you hope to achieve in 2009/2010?
Goal Setting Tips
The following broad guidelines will help you to set effective goals:
- State each goal as a positive statement: Express your goals positively – 'Execute this technique well' is a much better goal than 'Don't make this stupid mistake.'
- Be precise: Set a precise goal, putting in dates, times and amounts so that you can measure achievement. If you do this, you will know exactly when you have achieved the goal, and can take complete satisfaction from having achieved it.
- Set priorities: When you have several goals, give each a priority. This helps you to avoid feeling overwhelmed by too many goals, and helps to direct your attention to the most important ones.
- Write goals down: This crystallizes them and gives them more force.
- Keep operational goals small: Keep the low-level goals you are working towards small and achievable. If a goal is too large, then it can seem that you are not making progress towards it. Keeping goals small and incremental gives more opportunities for reward. Derive today's goals from larger ones.
- Set performance goals, not outcome goals: You should take care to set goals over which you have as much control as possible. There is nothing more dispiriting than failing to achieve a personal goal for reasons beyond your control. In business, these could be bad business environments or unexpected effects of government policy. In sport, for example, these reasons could include poor judging, bad weather, injury, or just plain bad luck. If you base your goals on personal performance, then you can keep control over the achievement of your goals and draw satisfaction from them.
- Set realistic goals: It is important to set goals that you can achieve. All sorts of people (employers, parents, media, and society) can set unrealistic goals for you. They will often do this in ignorance of your own desires and ambitions. Alternatively you may set goals that are too high, because you may not appreciate either the obstacles in the way or understand quite how much skill you need to develop to achieve a particular level of performance.
The work Continues – UP NEXT WEEK!!
Until then please review your Things to DO List below – Stay focused!!
Things to do this week:
1) You should have your 5 goals from last week but if you have somewhat work to do on your effectiveness then here's your second chance to set some realistic, clear goals – Even if you set 2 goals and you achieve them, you will not only be happy but you would of caught the goal setting bug and achieving goals will be an everyday occurrence.
Sophia x
