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A              Attainable
                                              Know if your goal is attainable and work towards achieving it.
                               R              Realistic
                                              Avoid unnecessary stress. Make the goal realistic.
                               T              Time-bound

                                              Give yourself a deadline.
                 The following are some examples of results-oriented goals:
                 •   A student may establish a goal of getting high marks in an exam.

                 •   A runner may set a goal to run six kilometres every day.
                 •   A traveller may attempt to reach a destination in two hours.



                                 Brainy Fact

                      In  1981,  George  T.  Doran,  Arthur  Miller,  and  James  Cunningham  created  the  SMART  goal-setting
                      technique. The article "There's an S.M.A.R.T. Way to Write Management Goals and Objectives" appeared
                      in Management Review volume 70, issue 11.




                        Self-Awareness


                 Understanding one's own needs, desires, habits, qualities, behaviours, and feelings is what self-awareness is all about.
                 Let's attempt to explain this with a short narrative:
                 Once upon a time, a pregnant lion was very sick. She dies shortly after
                 giving birth. Unsure of what to do, the infant wanders into an adjacent
                 field and joins a herd of sheep. When the mother sheep notices the cub,
                 she decides to nurture it as her own. As a result, the lion cub grows up with
                 the other sheep and begins to think and act like a sheep. It’d bleat like a
                 sheep and eat grass!
                 When we are not conscious of ourselves, we end up going in a direction that
                 we are unsure about. As a result, it is critical that we are self-aware. When a
                 person becomes self-aware, he or she becomes aware of everything and begins to look at things or circumstances objectively.
                 It is crucial to our understanding of ourselves, our relationships with others, and our understanding of the world around us.

                 Steps to Take to Become Self-Aware
                 •   The first stage in developing self-awareness is to become more conscious of one's emotions.

                 •   The second stage in developing self-awareness is to develop a practise of journaling one's feelings.
                 •   The third stage in practising self-awareness is to broaden one’s practise of aspects of life besides one’s feelings.

                 Personality and Personality Characteristics
                 Personality is a collection of ideas, feelings, and behaviours that distinguishes one individual from another. Personality
                 characteristics are characterised as generally long-lasting patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that separate
                 individuals. Thus, personality development is the formation of an organised pattern of behaviours and attitudes that
                 distinguishes a person. Personality development is the result of a continual interplay between temperament, character,
                 and environment. Culture also has a significant impact on how people develop.

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