Grade 11 Life Orientation: Goal Setting and Life Skills

Vocabulary flashcards covering core concepts of resilience, personal values, the SMART goal-setting framework, and the different categories of life goals.

Life Skills

Abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable humans to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life, including communication, problem solving, and time management.

Evaluation

The process of drawing on your own knowledge and judgement to determine the significance of something.

Prioritising

To arrange or deal with something in order of importance.

Coping

A general plan or set of plans intended to achieve something.

Resilience

The process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tradegy, threats or significant sources of stress; it involves "bouncing back" and personal growth.

Competence

The ability to handle various situations.

Confidence

A solid belief in one's own abilities.

Connections

Having close ties with family, friends, school, and other entities.

Well-being

A state of being happy, healthy or successful.

Coping strategies

Plans put in place to minimize stressful situations, tolerate negative surroundings, and help a person feel better physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Perseverance

The determination to keep trying to do something difficult.

Persistence

The determination to continue to do something.

Life goals

Important goals you strive toward, related to relationships, career choices, family, marriage, and parenting.

Values

The principals you think are important in life that shape your mission statement and influence decisions and goal setting.

10 Fundamental Values of the Constitution

Democracy, Social Justice and Equity, Equality, Non-racism, Non-sexism, Ubuntu, Open Society, Accountability, Rule of Law, and Respect and Reconciliation.

Goal

Something you try to achieve.

Goal setting

A process of thinking about your future and motivating yourself to turn your vision into a reality through the development of an action plan.

Short-term goals

Goals that can be achieved in a short time, such as a week or month, usually intended to be achieved in less than a year.

Medium-term goals

Goals that are achieved in $1$ to $3$ years.

Long-term goals

Also known as life goals, these are goals with the aim of being achieved in $3$ years or more.

SMART Goals

A method to set well-planned goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely.

Specific (SMART)

The goal is exact and you have decided exactly what you want to achieve.

Measurable (SMART)

You can monitor progress or see when the goal has been achieved.

Achievable (SMART)

It is possible for you to reach the goal.

Realistic (SMART)

The goals are practical and within your reach.

Timely (SMART)

The goal can be achieved in a sensible or set amount of time.

Problem solving skills

The ability to face obstacles and problems using a systematic method, such as gathering information, listing solutions, and choosing the best one based on their effects.