EY Y03 L30 Goals

  1. What are your short-term goals right now? What do you hope to have achieved by the end of this week, this month or this year?
  2. Do you have any long-term goals? If yes, what are they? When do you hope to achieve them by? If no, why not?
  3. What were your goals when you were still in high school?
  4. Did you achieve those goals? If yes, how? If no, why not?
  5. Tell us about someone you know who has set unrealistic goals for themself in the past or in the present. This can be yourself, a friend, a family member, a co-worker, a classmate or a celebrity. What did they hope to achieve? Why was this unrealistic?
  6. A “bucket list” is a list of things a person hopes to have achieved before they die, such as places they wish to visit, foods they would like to try, mountains they want to climb or qualifications they hope to earn. What is the number one item on your bucket list, the one thing above all else you would like to have achieved in your lifetime?

Question 1

One of my short-term goals is to finish reading three books that I've promised myself to read by the end of this month. I'm also committed to running at least twice a week to get fitter and manage my stress better.

Question 2

I have all kinds of goals in the areas of finance, relationship, personal development, career, and passions. One of the many goals that I have is to coach and mentor some of my students that excel in different areas of their expertise. I hope to impact and coach more people in the next 5 years!

Question 3

I didn't have a goal written down on a piece of paper, but I've always wanted to become famous one day. I hoped to achieve this through acting or music, but I kept telling myself that there are other people out there that are more confident and talented than I am.

Question 4

Back in my high school days, my band won several competitions and we were super happy about it. Our band didn't grow in popularity since we had to graduate from the diploma program and go separate ways. If we decided to prioritize music before anything else, who knows what might've become of our band.

Question 5

Lady Gaga is my all-time favorite singer and person because she set unrealistic goals for herself and never stopped pursuing them. She was bullied back in high school and her classmates told her that she's ugly. She told them that "one day, you won't be able to go to the deli without hearing or seeing me." To make a long story short, she managed to achieve her goal and became the best pop singer of my generation.

Question 6

It's very hard to choose one specific goal or item since most of them can't be ranked in terms of significance. If I had to choose one, it has to be achieving a Ph.D. in education and psychology.

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