Professional Goals

INSTRUCTION: Summarize the team's summary below. Also give a summary Why is it important to have a personal action plan?

· V: A personal strategic plan is necessary for shaping our lives and ensure we achieve the set goals.  Success is not an accident but occurs through a well-conceived plan. A disciplined personal strategic plan enables one achieve more than they have attained in the past. Four major characteristics of actionable goals are; it must be written in positive, should be within control and dependant on an individual, it should be observable and have steps. The personal action plan is essential because it provides a clarity of what one wants to achieve in life. It also drives individuals to achieve their goals. Importantly, it ensures individuals remain focused towards success. It can hold an individual accountable if they fail to follow certain steps. It, therefore, becomes a measuring point of their lives. Lastly, it enables people to be the best they can ever be. This is critical in maximizing personal potential (Leon, 2007).

 Leon, K. (2007, December 1). create a personal strategic plan. Retrieved from High Beam Research: https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1396747281.html

Y: In order to have a successful life one must possess personal action plans. The purpose for your life and your career starts with you creating a vision board and jotting down what you want, how it will affect your life, how it will determine your future. The way your life turns out really depends on the individual. Create your own future but in order to do this one must have a personal strategic plan. This plan will force one to focus, challenge and reach goals you never thought you would achieve.

N: I believe after reading the articles, that an action plan is need because the plan helps to plan out the actions on your career. There is a saying that if you do not plan you plan to fail. And there are some things that caught my attention was the core values this is saying what do you value. What will you do and not do. I say it more what are your standards? This should be apart of your mission statement. 

 Kaplan, Leon, BCom,C.A.(S.A.), F.InstD. (2008). Create a personal strategic plan.Accountancy SA, , 41. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/215224771?accountid=35812

L: Personal strategic plans must be reasonably in a person's control. In other words, the goal must be realized, sought after in a positive way and taken step by step. If there is too much extraneous problems surrounding a person trying to attain a goal in their career or life, one would need to step back and assess how to ascertain a positive behavior change in others. For example, in the article, " Create a Personal Strategic Plan," the nurse wanted a a more equitable sharing of burden in patient care. She felt overwhelmed by other's behavior and started out by stating what she did not want, which was to be taken advantage of. In order to turn that into a positive goal, the nurse needed to assess what she wanted to see happen, rather than focusing on the negative. In this way, the nurse was able to make a positive statement which turned into a goal that she could attain, with the help of others.

S: A personal action plan helps with achieving goals whether it is in the personal or professional sense. This plan must be very thorough and has to be positive, within the individual's commitment, can be seen and has the steps outlined. This helps with achieving the end results and ensure that the individual stay on the path to success.

T: No one said life would be easy, but it would be much easy if you had a plan to guide you. You must know your worth in life, be motivated about your future. Set goals that will keep you focused, and as life throws curves at you your strategies will change.