Theme of Zoom Meeting: Goals

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Questions

1. Can you share with us what you consider your main goal in life? Has your main goal changed as you’ve grown older?

2. Why is important (or not important) to have specific goals in life?

3. What are the characteristics of goals that we will be most likely to reach?

4. Does life itself have a goal?

5. Can you state the main goal of each of these websites? Propwatch.org CDC UUC.org Childwatch

6. To reach goals, why might it be helpful to write them down?

7. What strategies can you use to make it more likely to reach your goals?

8. Do you know the goals of important people in your life, especially your loved ones?

9. Why might it be a good idea for couples considering marriage to state their goals clearly to one another? Might it be a good idea to actually write out these goals for one another and to re-examine them in future years?

10. If one partner states “My main goal is to be a big financial success,” while the other partner says “My biggest hope is to teach my children how to be loving and caring for others.” Might this couple be headed for big trouble with their differing views? Is it worth discussing which sex – male or female – embraces each of these two goals?

11. How can children be encouraged to set goals? Is goal-setting important for them?

12. What role does goal-setting play in the work of a classroom teacher? Why might it be important for a teacher to express to her/his students before each class what the goal is?

13. Consider your favorite political leader. Are her/his goals clearly known to you? What goal do you most favor? Should everyone running or holding elective office make his/her goals clearly stated for voters to consider?

14. Assuming you had the chance to check into some of websites listed in this guide, what was one website you found especially interesting? What did you learn from this site?

15. What do you think is the goal of our discussion guide today? For you, has the goal been reached?

Quotations:

1. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success”. -James Cameron

2. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson How does this quotation relate to “goals.”?

3. “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas A. Edison Again, what is this quotes connection to” goals”?

4. “...retirees have an abundance of free time, and in part because for many people setting aside their career represents a significant loss of purpose, one that needs to be replaced to keep us feeling engaged in life.” Patrick Foley, Winning at Retirement”

5. “At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.” Jodi Rell

6. “Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.” Kallam Anji Reddy

7. “You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.” Mark Victor Hansen

8. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” —Andrew Carnegie

9. “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” —Bill Copeland

10. “You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.” —Ted Turner

11. “It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” —Benjamin E. Mays

12. “Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.” – John Dewey

13. “Where are the people who don’t have goals headed? Those 97 per cent end up working for the three percent.” – Shiv Khera

14. “My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.” – Kiana Tom

15. “You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis

More quotations on goals, including images.

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