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There are two types of people in life, one that sets a goal or a dream and does everything necessary to achieve it and one that does not think or set a goal for his\her future and just accept what life gives them. As outlined in the College Success book; “Some people are goal oriented and seem to easily make decision that led to achieving their goals, while others seem just to “go with the flow” and accept what life gives them.” (College Success, 2015, p. 55).

I was learning programming through YouTube and my goal was to become a teacher via the Internet and offer lessons in programming for beginners, but I could not achieve that because I did not take any action or steps for that and did not have a certificate proving my knowledge in computer science Six months ago, I set a goal to reorganize my life and start my career and obtain a university degree, and here I am studying computer science at the University of the People. In the first example, I was not successful because I did not take the subject seriously, did not pursue it, and did not allocate my time and organize it to achieve my goal, but in the second example I was successful because I did everything I could to register at the University of the People and submit my certificates and papers and organize my time and my life in preparation to start on my path towards my goal.

Effective goal-setting can help us to achieve goals in our life because it gives us a clear vision of what do we actually want and desire, the responsibility of the results that we will achieve and accountability to achieve them motivates us to take the necessary action and steps to achieve our goals, and keeps us focused and motivated. In order to set a good goal, there are 5 key elements

or characteristics that we need to follow and they are; “specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time bound.” (Carpenter, Bauer, & Erdogan, 2010, p.324).

My short-term goal will be to successfully pass this course, as the first step to obtaining my Bachelor's degree My mid-term goal is to successfully complete a university and obtain a prestigious university degree As for my long-term goal, I will start fulfilling my dream and I will open a YouTube channel, offer lessons for beginners, gain popularity among people, help others achieve their goals, and earn some money to do an independent project later, such as opening a company to attract programmers around the world.

-Reference: Carpenter, M., Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2010). Management Principles, v. 1.1. https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/management-principles-v1.1/index.html. College success. (2015). Retrieved from http://open.lib.umn.edu/collegesuccess/ Word count: 433...