Transcript DAPPS Power Point

Setting achievable
goals using DAPPS
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“We…believe that one reason so
many high school and college
students have so much trouble
focusing on their studies is because
they don’t have a goal, don’t know
what all this studying is leading to.”
Muriel James & Dorothy Jongeward
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Research at Yale University
• Researchers asked members of the class of 1953 if they
has specific, written, long-term goals.
• Only 3% did.
• 20 years later, the researchers contacted the same
graduates to see what happened to them.
• The 3% with goals had lives that were measurably better
than the 97% without goals.
• The 3% who had set specific goals had accumulated
more personal wealth than the other 97% put together
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How to set a goal
• To be effective, a goal needs five qualities: DAPPS
• DAPPS is an acronym for
– Dated
– Achievable
– Personal
– Positive
– Specific
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D - Dated
• Effective goals have specific deadlines
• Short term goal usually has a deadline within a few months
or less
• Long term goal usually has a deadline of a year or more
(sometimes 5-10 year)
• As deadline approaches, your motivation typically increases.
This energy helps you finish strong.
• If you don’t meet your deadline, you have an opportunity to
examine what went wrong and create a new plan
• Without a deadline, you might stretch the pursuit of a goal
over your whole life time
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A - Achievable
• Effective goals are realistic
• Example
– Running the marathon…
• Practice 1 week before the marathon by running around
the block
• Practice 1 year before the marathon with someone that
has completed a marathon
• Set your limit: not too high and not too low
• Ask your self: “Can this be done?”
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P - Personal
• Effective goals are your goals, not someone else’s
• Ask yourself if your current goals contribute to
your personal dreams
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P - Positive
• Effective goals focus your energy on what you do
want rather than on what you don’t want
• Translate negative goals into positive goals
• Example
– Negative: I will stop being late to class
– Positive: I will arrive on time to every class
– Negative: I will stop eating junk food
– Positive: I will start eating healthy food
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S - Specific
• Effective goals state outcomes in specific,
measurable terms
• Example
– Good: My goal is to do better this semester
– Better: I will achieve a 3.5 GPA or better this semester
– Good: My goal is to play better at basketball
– Better: I will score at least 80% more often on the
basketball court
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How to set a Goal: DAPPS Rule
Dated: specific deadlines for goals
Achievable: realistic goals
Personal: effective goals are your goals, not
someone else’s
Positive: focus your energy on what you do
want rather than what you don’t want
Specific: effective goals state outcomes in
specific, measurable terms
Workbook – page 40
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When a man does not
know what harbor he
is making for, no wind is
the right wind.
-- Seneca