Transcript Don`t Do It Like Me

Don’t Do It Like ME! Setting Realistic ShortTerm Goals
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Associate Member
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital
Are you kidding?
What do other people
do?
Undergrads
What’s a shortWhat’s
a
term
goal?
What’s
a
Hmmmm?
What do other people
do?
Make a list
example – submit Over-arching long
term What’s
goal broken
a into
NRSA
Daily to do list for
expts then short
What’s a
term goals for grad
school stuff
daily things to
accomplish
Stacey tells me
what to do
PhD students & Postdocs
What do other people
do?
Colleagues
So – how do you set a
short-term goal?
1. What is a short-term goal?
A goal or objective is a desired result a person or a system envisions, plans and
commits to achieve—a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of
assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by
setting deadlines.
It is roughly similar to purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides
reaction, or an end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract
object, that has intrinsic value.
What the heck?
What it’s not is a “TO DO” LIST
So – how do you set a
short-term goal?
1. Be Realistic (not overly ambitious; timely)
Examples:
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Write my preliminary exam
Apply for my NRSA
Prepare my tenure package
Write the introduction to my preliminary exam by Tuesday
Discuss the aims of my NRSA with my advisor tomorrow am
Prepare the teaching portion of my tenure package today
Give yourself a deadline
So – how do you set a
short-term goal?
2. Be Specific
Examples:
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Get good grades in Dr. Ahlquist’s Molecular Virology Class
Network at the ASV meeting
Hire a technician
On Tuesday from 8 – 10 pm complete the homework and
study the notes in Mol Virol
At the dance on Tuesday night, I’m going to meet 3 senior
members in my field
On Monday, submit personnel requisition to HR
Be specific for short-term goals
So – how do you set a
short-term goal?
3. Prioritize
Consider looming deadlines and plan smart!
4. Use a simple method to track your goals
So – how do you set a
short-term goal?
4. Mark off your goals when they are accomplished
Is it really that
important?
X
1.9
3.0
What’s a shortWhat’s
a
term
goal?
Things to consider
1. Will help with time management
2. Related to long-term goals
3. Self-confidence
4. Interview question
5. Goals are going to change
• stage of career
S - Specific (or Significant).
M - Measurable (or Meaningful).
A - Attainable (or Action-Oriented).
R - Realistic
T - Time-framed (or Trackable)
Questions?