1. Chapter Four:
Building A Life Plan through Goal
Setting
Success and happiness are not accidents. They are created by
conscious effort and actions.
Cecile Peterkin
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2. Chapter Goals
Learning
 How to write a personal
mission statement.
 List your key values and the
role they play in your life.
 Write goals with deadlines
and measurements.
Ability
 Eliminate roadblocks
to your success and
understand the
importance of risk
taking.
 Understand the role
your comfort zone
plays in your life.
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3. Life’s Purpose
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4. The Comfort Zone
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5. Moving out of Your Comfort Zone
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6. Goal Setters
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8. Developing
Your Personal Mission
Statement
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9. Your Personal Obituary
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• What did you achieve?
• Who did you impact or
help? Why did you do
this?
• What kind of character
did you develop over all
these years?
• Were you highly
respected for your
integrity?
• What kind of family did
you have? Did they
love and adore you?
• What did you
accomplish at these
different ages: 40,
50, 60, 70?
• What were your
passions?
• Did you travel?
• What legacy did you
leave for your family
and friends to
remember you?

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11. Focus of Personal Mission
Statement
 What is the purpose of my life?
 What do I value, believe in, and stand for?
 What Action Plan do I need to put in place to
complement my purpose in life?
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12. Mission Statement Questions
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13. The Timeline for Developing
Your Personal Mission
Statement
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14. Five Reasons for Writing Goals
1. Clarify what you really want in life
2. Take action
3. Putting direction in your life
4. Putting definition in your life
5. Feel good about yourself and where you are
going
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16. Areas of Focus for Long Term
Goals
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17. S.M.A.R.T. Goals
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18. Attainable Goals
 Reasonable
 Believable
 Measurable
 Adaptable
 Controllable
 Desirable
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19. Components of Good
Goal Statements
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20. Chapter Reflections
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