The Importance of Setting Personal Goals for a Student

This article discusses the importance of setting personal goals for university students and how it can help them in their academic and career journey. It highlights the benefits of setting short-term and long-term goals, such as providing direction, motivation, and improving related skills.

The importance of setting
personal goals for a Student

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Goals are something which individual desires to achieve in a fixed period of time. Short
terms goals are those which are set to be achieved in short time period whereas long term goals
are those which are set to be achieved in long period of time.
MAIN BODY
University students are very close to starting of their career and this is why it is very
important they set clear goals concerned with what they desire to achieve in their career and what
they want to achieve in their academic context. Short terms goals are of maximum one year and
above that other goals are long terms goals (Hansen, Doll and Varma, 2019). In short terms goals
student can set what grade they are willing to get in their academic session and in long term
goals student may want to join particular organisation concerned with their career. Some of the
importance for university students to set short and long terms goals are;
Goals keep Students moving forward- This is first reason and importance of settting goals that
these keep students moving forward. This is because students know where they are required to
go in their studies and career and they have a clear path and destination to go. Goals setting also
involve that student write along with them what they will do to achieve these goals which they
has set. This works as a constant reminder for students where they are going and where they are
required to go in their studies and career. This can also be considered that goals provide direction
to students in which they can keep moving towards their goal.
Motivate students to get better- Goals motivate students to be better because goals involves
achievement of something which student already does not have or have never achieved that. To
achieve such goals this is important that students prepare themselves because achievement of
goals will require that students become better so that they can achieve their desired goals.
Students who have strong commitment for their goals try and make efforts to become better and
learn more skills and gain more knowledge so that they can achieve their desired goals. There are
several experiments where setting goals increased success rate of students. For example-
Students set goals that they want to get excellent grade in their next exams for this they will
increase their efforts for their studies and these efforts will lead to their success.

Improve related skills- There are several skills which are required to be learnt for achievement
of goals and students who set goals in while they are university gets to learn these related skills
(Burns, Martin and Collie, 2018). These skills are time management, preparedness and goals also
increase self confidence of students this reflect through their performance.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above discussion this can be concluded that setting goals has various
benefits of is very important specially for university students. This also prepare them for their
career.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Burns, E.C., Martin, A.J. and Collie, R.J., 2018. Adaptability, personal best (PB) goals setting,
and gains in students’ academic outcomes: A longitudinal examination from a social
cognitive perspective. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 53. pp.57-72.
Hansen, A.P., Doll, A. and Varma, A., 2019. Setting Goals and Organising Your Studies Is Your
Key to Your Success. In Management Careers Made in Germany (pp. 159-180).
Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
Online
7 REASONS GOAL SETTING IS IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS. 2019. [online]. Available
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