After writing down SMART goals, students will create a vision board that provides a daily reminder of what achieving these goals looks and feels like to help their brain visualize success and provide motivation to do the necessary work.
A vision board is a collage of images, words, and short phrases that provide a tangible idea of what your future success looks and feels like. The visuals representing your goals serve as a daily reminder of what your future can be, motivating you to do the work necessary to achieve them.
To get started, have students use the SMART formula — Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely to articulate their goals. Writing goals that are specific and measurable makes it easier to achieve them. These descriptions also provide details that can help students visualize both success and the steps necessary to reach the goal.
Have students reread their SMART goals and write the goal, or goals, in the middle of a cluster organizer. Encourage students to brainstorm words and phrases to describe what meeting this goal looks like, as well as how it feels.
Next, have students look at the words in their cluster organizer and find pictures, phrases, and quotes that represent their goals and demonstrate how they will feel when they meet them.
Assign the Wixie Vision Board template to get students started.
For a vision board to be useful in achieving goals, students need to look at their vision board every day to affirm, believe in, and internalize their goals. Unlike the benefits of sharing your goals publicly, vision boards are personal, and students may not want to showcase them.
Print several copies of each student's board, so students can put it somewhere they will see daily. Students can save the digital version as the lock screen on a personal device or computer desktop so they see it repeatedly and give their minds and motivation a boost.
Rhonda Byrne. The Secret. ISBN: 1582701709
Lesson Plan - Set SMART Goals
Psychology Today - Seeing is Believing: The Power of Visualization
Jack Canfield - How to Create a Vision Board
1. Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes. Students:
a. select media, techniques, and processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices