Paralegal Certificate Program Analysis

Larger firms nearly always pay higher salaries than smaller law firms. Why would not everyone want to work in a larger law firm?

I am going to keep my goals written down and look at them often, so that I do not forget the success I desire. Also, I have to keep in mind that there will be obstacles that interfere with my success but they must not stop me from trying. No one deserves success without working hard for it. I need to keep a clear mind of why I am aiming for this success in my destiny.

Some of the strategies that I am going to implement are not to get discouraged, as I know if I put my mind to it I can do anything. I am going to ask for help when needed either work, home, or school related. I am going to give myself permission to let go so some lesser priorities while I’m

I plan to develop a time table and lay out exactly how my week will go each week so that I can stay on track. I plan to decrease the amount of time I spend on activities such as social media and watching television so that I can dedicate more time to achieving this goal. Basically, this goal is all about managing my time appropriately and that is what I plan to do. I plan on scheduling my day accordingly as if I had a physical class to go to and use that time to study and complete assignments. Another action that I plan on taking toward this goal is to take my work with me everywhere, including vacations. I take time off regularly for family vacations and just quality family time but because of this challenging goal, I must sacrifice some of that time. I see it as a short-term sacrifice that those who care about my success will

Some examples of these goals are, doing well in all of my classes, getting a job, or joining clubs. Although these ideas are useful to work towards, they fail to meet the SMART criteria. This criteria, explored by Locke (2004) and extensively used in business and academic settings, allows one to create suitable goals for themselves. A SMART goal should be “Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time Based.” My working goal, created after self evaluation and assessment, is Achieving and maintaining a 3.3 GPA for the winter 2016 semester. This goal satisfies all SMART criteria, and is of an adequate level of challenge. In order to meet my goal for the end of the Winter semester, I have defined some specific task and actions needed to be taken. First, since this goal is academic, I must clearly define study habits and routines. Rather than simply reading text or taking notes, I will assign specific times for study. It is suggested that for every hour of in-class instructional time, two to three hours of work should be done out of class. I determined that I am in class for 14 hours and 30 minutes per week. This means I should assign at least 29 hours of time outside of lecture periods for study, research, and assignments. To meet these requirements, I can assign specific hours for each day as study time. In order to combat procrastination, I will apply methods that allow me to get a head-start on my work, and ensure I have a balanced work load around due dates. In order to keep up with my progress, in my case, GPA, I will use blackboard, and keep up to date with my professors. To successfully reach my goal by the end of the semester, I will also take advantage of various support tools and

The strategy I use for setting and achieving goals is simple. First, I identify the goal that I want to achieve. Then, break it down into smaller long-term and short term targets that I must reach to ultimately attain my main goal. Lastly, I simply start working on the goal I set out to achieve. Pursuing this further, the SMART goal method will help me become more successful in all areas related to the SMART acronym (Specific, Measurable, Attainable/ Achievable, Realistic/ Relevant, Time bound). I will be specific, more detailed, which odds are that I will be successful. Being measurable will be beneficial to my success at measuring progress toward attaining a goal or anything else in life. Attainable will help me become successful at

Your future’s exceedingly essential, and should be handled in a SMART manner. Setting SMART goals would be immensely beneficial, therefore, have you provided yourself with ambition to succeed. Having a strategy for yourself will assist you to achieve your goals much more effortless, furthermore, contributing to a superior organized orientation. In addition, you could retain yourself a substantial amount of time as well as diminishing decreases in one’s salary. By performing SMART actions you’re providing yourself with a considerable advantage, which is awfully vital.

Out of the three goals, (Personal, educational, and professional) I chose two of the goals that I am focusing on and that is my personal and educational goals. For my personal goals, I want to create a big picture of what I plan to do in life. Then I want to break them down in order to reach my goals, then once I have them together, then I would start working on them to achieve them. For example(Specific and Measurable goals), I plan on finding a job that has great benefits and the best rate of pay, and one that does not require working on weekends(Monday-Friday only), and not working overtime.

Last comes time bound. For this particular goal, my time frame is the amount of time it takes in order to complete the next 6 classes. This is enough time for me to see if I really can accomplish my goal, as well as how long it will take in order for me to fulfill the requirements in order to make it into the Honor Society. After the 6 months, I will then evaluate and Re-Do this goal throughout my college career, and be using the SMARTER method.

One of the best tactics I have been using this semester has been SMART goals to manage my time and energy. By spacing my goals out in dedicated manner makes planning my achievements so much easier! To start off by listing my goal as specific as possible I am able to think through all of the small details that need to be thought out and planned for rather than facing head on and wasting time and energy. Then finding and labeling a measurable anchor to judge my progress with has been one of the most helpful steps of this process. Without measuring my progress I would not know how far I have to go to complete my goal or how far I have come. The third step has been helpful but more as a reality check. By setting my goals up by Attainable needs

I am trying my best to put in practice the SMART Goal setting but I am having really hard to keep up with Measurable and timely goals for school; timely because the class is five weeks and the group discussions/ participation it’s hard when you do not have access to a laptop or computer while working. And for my professional life set goals that are achievable so I do not get disappointed.

There is an essential goal in my life to complete a non-traditional degree that will require 20-25 hour per week of time committed. I began by creating an effective time management, schedule to accommodate personal, school, and professional obligations.

To achieve anything in life, there needs to be a strategy and a path to get there. Whichever I plan on accomplishing, I must have a strategic method of getting to that point. By doing so I would form small attainable markers along the way to reach my main goal. With these goals will benefit me in being successful and achieving who I want to be in life and as an individual.

Furthermore, I must stay committed to my career and educational goals and my personal growth to succeed in the business environment so that I can look for ways to improve and expand. Although there are a barrage of unplanned and unseen challenges that may cross my path, I will not allow my luck of bad assessment to catch me off guard. Even though they are inevitable, I expect them and will never let them overwhelm me. I also have to try my hardest to meet all of my deadlines which is a vital part of goal setting and being accountable. Being that I am working on accomplishing setting attainable goals, they are very simple. Now, I know that I cannot procrastinate with my learning, or it will cause me to be behind in my course areas. Whereas, I want to accomplish a career advancement in the near future in Business Administration; I have to always plan to be prepared ahead of time. I, myself, do not like last minute events, so I always try to be on time. However with my future job, I know that I must stay compliant with the company's policies in order to maintain my career. By

To achieve short-term objectives, it is important to create goals that are specific, measurable or meaningful, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. These are also known as SMART goals. Each SMART goal is be expressed in positive terms, for example, ‘Maintain a healthy weight of 176 lbs’, instead of ‘I do not want to be overweight’. Not all goals are achievable concurrently. Therefore, the prioritization of goals is often necessary. For example, attaining an MBA degree is a major commitment of time and financial resources. As such, I plan to complete my IT certifications before I pursue an MBA degree. Goals should be written down, which gives them relevance and makes them easy to reference and maintain. I plan to update my goals regularly to