· Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 2009 Better Your Life Conference.
· I would like to take a moment to thank the organisers of this event; Jo Smith and Associates, for inviting me to be there guest speaker today. I will start by giving a short talk which will be followed by a questions and answers session.
· I once ran a workshop on goal setting in a QLD high school, where I was trying to emphasise the importance of setting goals to the students. At this workshop I went on to explain to the students that: the sky was the limit. To which one of the students responses was, ‘don’t tell me the sky is the limit, there are footprints on the moon’. Maybe we should start aiming for the moon…
· The following statement was made by Elbert Hubbard "Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal."
· Today, I am going to speak to you about The Importance of Setting Goals. Today, YOU can take positive steps in turning your life around by simply setting a few goals. Some of the reasons why it is important to set goals are:
· To have something in life to aim for. If we do not then our very purpose to life seems to be missing.
· To help us have more structure in our lives and feel like we are in control of our future.
· Goals are also a good way to measure our successes in life. They really are the essence of our past, present and future.
· TODAY, I want you all to take a positive step forward in your life and aim to set your selves three goals. Make sure you take some time out and consider what it is you actually would like to achieve and put a plan in place to help you reach the outcome you are hoping for. If things don’t go to plan, don’t be too hard on yourself - you are allowed to change your goals.
· This concludes my talk on the Importance of Goal Setting do you have any questions?
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Vangela, I love the way you have included an anecdote at the start of your speech here. It is a fantastic way to draw the audience in. You finish with a call to action to which is another strong technique. Maybe some brief steps for people explaining how to go about actually setting themselves three goals woudl also enhance. A lot of people might not know where to start.
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