GOALS

Question 1

GOALS ARE BENEFICIAL TO?

Answer 1

LIVE OUR VALUES
TRACK PROGRESS
ORGANIZE OUR TIME
MARSHAL RESOURCES
GOALS CAN BE FUN

Question 2

WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM SMART STAND FOR?

Answer 2

SPECIFIC
MEASURABLE 
ATTAINABLE
RELEVANT (relevant to client, anchored to their values)
TIME SENSITIVE (deadline)

Question 3

HOW CAN GOALS CAUSE ANXIETY?

Answer 3

GOAL INVESTMENT (the more invested you are, the more
anxious you are)
FOCUS ON PERCEIVED ACCOMPLISHMENT (leads to positive emotion such as optimism and excitement)
FOCUS ON “FAILURE IMPACT PREDICTIONS” LEADS TO WORRY

Question 4

WHAT IS “FAILURE IMPACT PREDICTIONS”?

Answer 4

Worrying about what all is going to go wrong when they do not achieve their goal.
Example: Weight loss. Clients fret over everything they eat, shopping, and exercise because they are worried about failure.

Question 5

AS COACHES WHAT DO WE WANT TO HELP DIRECT OUR CLIENTS OUR CLIENTS ATTENTION AWAY FROM?

Answer 5

Failure impact predictions and direct them toward progress to promote positive feelings about the goal.

Question 6

WHAT ARE TWO PROGRESS QUESTIONS?

Answer 6

WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED?

ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH THE PROGRESS YOU HAVE MADE?

Question 7

WHAT SHOULD THE COACH HELP THE CLIENT STAY FOCUSED ON?

Answer 7

PROGRESS
RESOURCES
POSSIBILITIES
THE PERCEIVED ACCOMPLISHMENT