Therearethreekindsofgoals:short-term,medium-rangeandlong-termgoals.Short-rangegoalsarethosethatusuallydealwithcurrentactivities,whichwecanapplyonadailybasis.Suchgoalscanbeachievedinaweekorless,ortwoweeks,orpossiblemonths.Itshouldberememberedthatjustasabuildingisnostrongerthanitsfoundation,outlong-termgoalscannotamounttoverymunchwithouttheachievementofsolidshort-termgoals.Uponcompletingourshort-termgoals,weshoulddatetheoccasionandthenaddnewshort-termgoalsthatwillbuildonthosethathavebeencompleted.
Theintermediategoalsbukldonthefoundationoftheshort-rangegoals.Theymightdealwithjustonetermofschoolortheentireschoolyear,ortheycouldevenextendforseveralyears.Anytimeyoumoveastepatatime,youshouldneverallowyourselftobecomediscouragedoroverwhelmed.Asyoucompleteeachstep,youwillenforcethebeliefinyourabilitytogrowadnsucceed.Andasyourlistofcompletiondatesgrow,yourmotivationanddesirewillincrease.
Long-rangegoalsmayberelatedtoourdreamsofthefuture.Theymightcoverfiveyearsormore.Lifeisnotastaticthing.Weshouldneverallowalong-termgoaltolimitusorourcourseofaction.
1.Ourlong-termgoalsmeanalot______.
A.ifwecompleteourshort-rangegoals
B.ifwecannotreachsolidshort-termgoals
D.ifweputforwardsomeplans
2.Newshort-termgoalsarebulidupon______.
A.twoyearsB.long-termgoals
C.currentactivitiesD.thegoalsthathavebeencompleted
3.Whenwecompleteeachstepofourgoals,______.
C.weshouldbuildupconfidenceofsuccess
D.weshouldstrongdesireforsettingnewgoals
4.Onceourgoalsaredrawnup,_______.
A.weshouldsticktothemuntilwecompletethem
B.wemaychangeourgoalsaswehavenewideasandopportunities
C.wehadbetterwaitfortheexcitingnewsofsuccess
D.wehavemadegreatdecision
5.Itisimpliedbutnotstatedinthepassagethat______.
A.thosewhohabelong-termgoalswillsucceed
B.writingdownthedatesmaydiscourageyou
C.thegoalisonlyaguideforustoreachourdesination
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