The Goal For Occupational Success

Everyone has dreams and aspirations they want to achieve in life. Mines are to eventually earn my PhD in Health Management, write a book on the social economic conditions that plague Black Communities and to hopefully run for US Senate in the near not too distance future. All amiable and lofty aspirations, but one thing; that is all they will ever become unless I take ownership of my dreams and turn them into reality. Dreams can inspire you, but more importantly, goals can change your life. Taking your dreams and turning them into goals is no easy task, it often comes with a price; time, effort, sweat, determination, and sometimes money. Goals are focused and precise objectives based on real life values that requires action. To achieve any goals, you must make sacrifices, stay committed, overcome adversity and stick to a plan. But how do I turn these far-fetched dreams into SMART Goals?

This chapter discusses goal setting, and how to reach them. Some of the principles of goal setting are ones that I need to focus on. My main issue with procrastination is setting moderately difficult but realistic goals. When I think about time management, I always set these crazy goals that I think I can do in a week. I have not always been terrible at making goals that have a low chance of achieving it. “Goals that are too difficult to achieve can cause frustration, reduced confidence, and poor performance” (Weinberg, 2015). This is exactly what causes the most stress when it comes to students who are told to make goals – we insist on making unrealistic goals

Setting goals for yourself is an important aspect to help achieve success in life. Setting goals not only helps guide you to be successful, but also helps a person believe in themselves

Setting goals are the most important thing you can do in your life. Without goals you are going to have no direction, no ambition to be successful, no drive to stay in school, and you would have trouble finding a career that will provide for you. When planning for success you must make good choices on the path you are going to choose. The wrong path will put you somewhere that is going to take you off track of your goals. For example, it can lead you to get lazy, partying too much and skipping school. You must stay on top of schoolwork and not fall behind. Now that you understand what a goal is, you might be wondering what the different types of goals

Goals are a part of everyday life. From gaining the strength to get out of bed in the morning to winning that blue medal around your neck, everybody has made a goal once in their life. Sometimes it can be as easy as saying you’re not going to eat that last cupcake on the platter in front of you or as hard as saying “Hello” to that special someone in your life that you find adorable, either way you have made a goal. It’s also important to remember there is short term goals and long term goals. Short term goals are easier to achieve and can be very helpful in leading up to your long term goals. We can even classify our goals into personal goals, academic goals, and professional goals, as well as others.

If you do not set goals or achievements for yourself then, you will not be successful in life. One major goal that I set for myself is to be elected at the ROTC program at Colts Neck High School. Unfortunately, it will not be an easy goals to achieve. It is going to a long bumpy ride until I reach my destination. However, if I study hard, complete all of my school assignments, and get antoshining grades then, I can find a shortcut to make this ride shorter and maybe even smoother after all. Also, participation is one of the main keys to achieving this goal. I make sure that I participate in class and in after school activities such as track and field and basketball because then my teachers and my coach could recommend me. This single goal persily will overall make me smarter and a hardworking student by the end of the year.

At the end of my senior year of high school, I had to make a senior portfolio; part of the project was to write down your goals and make a timetable for where you see yourself in five or ten years. I wrote that my goal in life is to be happy and I skipped the timetable because if my goal is to be happy then I can’t plan out how to obtain that goal. Who knows what will make me happy in five years? Life is constantly changing; nothing actually stays the same. It is important to set goals for yourself, but my idea of goals is different. I want to be happy and my goal is to take whatever smaller steps are necessary to get there.

Each goal helps to aide my occupational wellness by helping me to get to my career goal . They will help me to stay on track the best I can . My goals are not to outlandish and they will be successful with the right mind set.

There is three phase to goal-setting strategies (planning, implementation, and evaluation). The goal-setting program will be useful if the process is thoroughly carried out. For example, identifying the action and measuring the progress of each goal. The implementation portion will be to monitor the progress of each goal. The goals will change with time as an individual digest the goal itself. Lastly, receiving feedback from others, such as friends, colleagues, and family help improves the target strategy. Goal-setting creates a focus of attention and action by identifying what an individual vision of his or her life (Rohn, 2015).

The goals of Occupational therapy are promoting physical, mental health and well-being of individuals with disability (ref). Occupational therapists have a strong supporting role in the mental health sector, by using daily activities to help individual mental disabilities transition from institution to community living ( Burson, Fette, Orentlicher, Precin, Roush & Kannenberg, 2017). However, as medical model became the primary focus in healthcare, Occupational therapists had turn away working in the mental health sectors (ref). With the increase need of mental health care providers, the AOTA has been advocating Occupational Therapists to return to the root of psychiatry (Ikiugu, Nissen, Bellar, Maassen, & Peursem, 2017). Recommending future

Once you have set your goals then you should consider some of the following to help you reach your goals. Each of these items that you think about will help you develop your strategy for achieving your goals. As with most plans, proper execution of the plan is crucial to your success. Let 's discuss some of the

Graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitative Services, I have heard the majority of my fellow colleagues state that their reason for pursuing this degree is because they are interested in helping people. There are many other professions that require helping people so it makes me question not only them but myself, “How do I want to help people?”. Reflecting on this question also helped me realize why I want to help in the first place. The reason for this passion of mine comes from knowing that life moves incredibly fast, therefore, it is important to me that people live their life without difficulty and enjoy the present. As an Occupational Therapist I will be the person that the patient receives hope and encouragement from.

In the article “Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals” by Heidi Grant Halvorson which is also the world’s leading on goal settings. When setting a life goal make sure to set the bar high but not to high so it’s difficult but not impossible. Have a little piece of goal wisdom which means when a teen imagines to lose weight and they end up losing weight. People that are successful don’t just have confidence that they will succeed, but they also have confidence that they will succeed. Some people don’t like hearing people say that they can’t succeed. There’s no way that you can’t achieve because all you need is effort, planning, persistence and good strategies to achieve your goal. You need to stay motivated to achieve. Stay focused on goals

My plan is to graduate by next year and get an employment position within the government in the next two years. My vision for my life is to ultimately settled down and have a family, by then I would like to work in the private industry. I believe I will be able to facilitate my long-term goal by developing standing plans, such as avoiding daily obstacles that will harm my goal and my health (smoking, drinking not eating healthy etc.). I will also use single-use plans whenever new events arise in my daily life. I believe Improvement objectives will help me better, for example setting a specific performance towards my school will help achieve my career goal easily. I can also have health improvement by applying improvement objective, for example

The United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics offers an Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) that provides insights into the many career choices and their occupational outlook. My occupation of choice is in accounting, bookkeeping, and auditing. The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) offers much information into my occupation of choice such as job outlook, pay, duties, and requirements to become an accountant, bookkeeper, and auditor.