Words of Wisdom
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
~ Pablo Picasso
Readings on Leadership
E-Books on Goal-Setting
Goals! : How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible by Call Number: ebbokISBN: 9781605094113Publication Date: 2010-08-02
Goals and Goal Setting, Fourth Edition by ISBN: 9781426018350Publication Date: 2009-12-16While it can be difficult to set truly meaningful and motivational goals, it is one of the most essential steps to business success.Goal Setting Strategies: E-Report by
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781933631394Publication Date: 2010-11-02"Most people aim at nothing in life. . . and hit it with amazing accuracy." This interactive 34-page e-Workbook covers several influences on one's life that can be positive or negative depending on the individual as well as the introduction of several suggested processes to follow that can lead to both a more successful career and a happier life in general.
Master Your Motivation :Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781523098620Publication Date: 2019-06-04If you want to accomplish what's important to you, discipline and willpower won't get you where you need to go. In this iconoclastic new book, Susan Fowler reveals compelling insights and actions to help you master and maintain your motivation. Motivation is at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to do but don't. Unfortunately, the ways we typically motivate ourselves don't work. Relying on sheer determination eventually becomes exhausting--it's not sustainable. And even setting goals can backfire--if you're not setting them for the right reasons.
Books on Goal Setting, Leadership, & Vision
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- Books on VisionLocate books on leadership from different MCCD libraries. In order to order a book, Place a Hold and choose your location and enter your MEID and Password and have them send it to PVCC Circulation/ Reserves desk where you can pick it up.
Videos on Goal Setting
- Goal Setting and Action Planning (28:19)This video helps one establish criteria for attainable goals and objectives, and shows them how to evaluate goals on the basis of these criteria. Students begin to draft their own goal lists and action plans for implementing their search. (28 minutes)
- Learning Strategies for General ChemistryGeneral chemistry—the starting point for understanding many different sciences—is a rigorous discipline. This program, filmed at Dartmouth College, will help students stay engaged with the coursework as it explains the necessity and the benefits of making a wholehearted commitment. The nine strategies presented by a mix of professors and students are: set goals, manage your time, keep up with reading, attend every lecture, take effective notes, do practice problems, apply yourself to chem lab, make use of the professor’s office hours, and prepare for exams. Very motivational! (15 minutes)