Youths with set goals

Goal setting is a necessary planning step for almost anything. Somehow the incentive to take specific action towards the goals needs to be developed and maintained. Adopting goals that other people thrust upon you, lower the chances of taking action. So goals need to originate with each person's preferred future to foster the necessary commitment. In this section we learn to help clients link their goal setting to their preferred future.

Topics addressed in this section include:

1. Building Momentum - strategies for action planning: linking short-term goals, mid-term goals, preferred future, and everyday decisions

2. Maintaining Momentum - strategies for keeping on track with your action plan: relationships, value management, learned optimism, and maneuvering

This section will assist you, the practitioner, to:

• foster self-reliance and self-management in your youth clients
• help clients develop and implement personal career plans that are clear, relevant and attainable based on their life roles, values and preferred futures
• help clients understand that career planning is a life-long process