GOALS SETTING...Our Way to Success

Our way to success involves assessing our skills, considering alternatives and taking actions towards important, needed changes.

To achieve our personal and professional objectives and effectively manage our career, we need to take charge of our development by assessing our own skills, and learning new skills.

To overcome challenges in our way to success it is required a positive attitude, commitment and dedication.

We need to recognize that change can be disruptive and there are common barriers such as:

- Reluctance to leave behind old ways;
- Regret about losses;
- Fear of the unknown.

Managing change effectively and overcoming obstacles involves setting a clear course for the future and establishing SMART GOALS. Our goals must be S: specific, M: measurable and motivational, A: attainable and accountable, R: realistic, relevant, responsible, and T: time bounded and touchable.

MISTAKES WE SHOULD AVOID MAKING: