Goal Setting-Prioritizing Needs and Wants
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"Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do."
Elvis Presley, a Southern icon known for blazing his own trail, reminds us that our values shape every choice we make. When your goals reflect those values, they become more meaningful—and more likely to stick.
What You’ll Learn in This Chapter
Goal setting isn’t just about dreaming big—it’s about knowing what truly matters. In this chapter, you'll learn how to tell the difference between what you need and what you want, and how to build your goals around the essentials first. You can still reach for the stars—but you’ve got to plant your feet firmly on the ground first.
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Differentiate between needs and wants in personal goal setting. (Analyze)
- Evaluate personal goals to ensure alignment with needs before wants. (Evaluate)
- Revise goals to reflect essential needs as priorities. (Create)
To achieve these objectives:
- Read the Introduction
- Read Chapter 5 in Foundational Digital Skills, Financial Literacy, Communication and Time management and Goal-Setting
- Complete the Needs vs Wants worksheet, Reflection and Discussion, Media Reflection, Vision Board, Quiz and Elevator Pitch.
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