It is also useful to word your goal in a way that allows you to monitor progress towards your goal. Sometimes this is straightforward ? you can ‘measure? achievement directly. For example, you may be aiming to get a job and you can easily tell whether or not you have achieved this.
Sometimes, though, with the ‘real world? skills we have talked about in earlier sections, it is not so straightforward. How can you ‘measure?, for example, developments in your communication skills or in your ability to solve problems? Here you need to write down some of the indicators of progress that you will be looking for. For example, your goal might read: ‘Being able to …
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