EIGHT STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE GOALS

Self leadership is a process through which individuals influence their own behavior to achieve the self direction and self motivation necessary to perform, empower themselves, and achieve personal excellence. Self leadership strategies have been found to facilitate empowerment by enhancing perceptions of meaningfulness, purpose, self determination, competence, and self efficacy. The following eight strategies are based on the abbreviated Self Leadership Questionnaire developed by researchers:

1. Set specific goals for your own performance.
2. Keep track of how well you’re doing at school work.
3. Work towards specific goals you have set for yourself.
4. Visualize yourself successfully performing a task before you do it.
5. Picture in your mind how you’ll go about performing it step by step.
6. Reward yourself with something you like/enjoy once you have successfully completed a task.
7. Talk to yourself (out loud or mentally in your head) to work through difficult situations.
8. Mentally evaluate/challenge the accuracy of your beliefs about situations you’re finding challenging or having problems with.

              Think about your own beliefs and assumptions whenever you encounter a difficult situation.