Teriesha Howard
Gen200
September 12,2013
Kate Toohig
Personal Responsibility Essay
Furthering your education can be a encouraging and discouraging decision; really when you have everyday life situations and experiences. Today’s average adult is working, taking care of children, and also dealing with unexpected life events and with all those things going on they continue to strive for success. Continuing education on top of all those responsibilities can add great stress, but it can be accomplished. Myself has seen my mother raise children, work, and continue education. Her advice to me was to accomplish success in life with goal settings, vision, and mental preparation.
EaziGOAL (2004-2007), “Goal setting is the process of deciding on something you want, planning how to get it, and then working towards the objective”. The way to attain long term goals is to to set short term goals first, which are more attainable in smaller steps. Short term goals are like stepping stones they are designed in smaller moderation to obtain the bigger picture, which is to accomplish the long term goal, which will lead to greater success. A person can set to achieve a short term goal within a short period of time from one day until one week, or even six months whether than a long term goal which can take years. You can see short term progression much greater than long term every time you accomplish a short term goal, a pat on the back is in demand, and means that you are one step closer to your long term goal. The funny thing about goal setting is that you should always set long term goals first to give yourself a window, and to place goals in order of importance. You should always set long and short term meaningful goals Goal setting also involves maintaining specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time targeted goals to become attainable. Discouragement will come along, but time management and goal setting will give you an