Lesson 5:

Decision Making
and Goal Setting

Learning Outcomes:
The importance of making decisions
Discuss effective decision-making skills
Write SMART goals

Decision Making and

Goal Setting

And if it seems evil to you to serve

theLORD, choose for yourselves this
day whom you will serve, whether the
gods which your fathers served
thatwereon the other side of the River,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose
land you dwell. But as for me and my
house, we will serve theLORD. (Joshua
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24:15)
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Making Decisions
& Goal Setting

Making Decisions

What are some examples of things that

matter most being at the mercy of things
that matter least?
Ponder and make a list of your priorities
in the Application Activity due at the end
of the week
Only you can contribute what only you
can give to your life and to the world
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DECISIONS
Listening Practice

Errol Bennetts
decision

How to make a decision

How do we make correct

choices? A choice involves
making a conscious decision.
To make an intelligent
decision, we need to evaluate
all available facts on both
sides of an issue. But that
isnt enough. Making correct
decisions involves prayer and
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inspiration.

The 9th section of the Doctrine and Covenants

gives us the grand key. The Lord said to Oliver
Cowdery:

Behold, you have not understood; you

have supposed that I would give it unto
you, when you took no thought save it
was to ask me. But, behold, I say unto
you, that you must study it out in your
mind; then you must ask me if it be
right, and if it is right I will cause that
your bosom shall burn within you;
therefore, you shall feel that it is right.
But if it be not right you shall have no
such feelings, but you shall have a
stupor of thought that shall cause you
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to forget the thing which is wrong.

D&C 9:7-9

Does this council apply

to all decisions?
Why or Why not?
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S.M.A.R.T GOALS

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
TimeBound

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Where am I?

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Rewriting a Goal

I want to
be a
great
student!
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Discussion

How does turning a simple goal into a

SMART goal make it more achievable?
How does using the SMART goal method
help you increase your effectiveness as you
pursue your goals?
How can we involve the Lord in these goals?
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Achieving your goals

When you do not achieve

all of your goals, you have
failed.
Is it true or false? Explain it
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SMART GOALS

How does turning a simple goal

into a SMART goal make it more
achievable?

How does using the SMART goal

method help you increase your
effectiveness as you pursue your
goals?
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ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS

Sometimes we do not
achieve our goals because
we lose our focus
Other times the goal needs
to be adjusted or changed,
or our priorities change.
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Discuss

What have you done to help

you stay commited and
focused when working
toward a goal?
What have you done to
adjust a goal and make
needed changes?

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Make sure your your goals

and decisions are in line
with your priorities

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THE LORD WILL BE

WITHYOU!

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