Chris Drew (PhD)

Dr. Chris Drew is the founder of the Helpful Professor. He holds a PhD in education and has published over 20 articles in scholarly journals. He is the former editor of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. [Image Descriptor: Photo of Chris]

10-Year Goals: 101 Examples

10-year goals are generally considered long-term goals. This means that they should be some of your bigger-picture ambitions for your life. These goals could represent your hopes and dreams over the next decade for your career, relationships, family, personal ambitions, travel, finances, or anything else you truly desire and are fundamental to your core value […]

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50 Short-Term Career Goals Examples

The purpose of short-term career goals is to take immediate action and see success in a relatively narrow timeframe. This success should be just one intermediate milestone toward your longer-term career goal, such as getting that big promotion! If you make positive short-term career gains consistently, you’ll get to those longer-term career goals before you

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101 Best 5-Year Goals Examples

5-Year Goals are considered intermediate to long-term goals, but they’re close enough that we can visualize them easily, get motivated to get started immediately, and maintain focused. This is the sweet spot where you can aim big, but also actually realize your dreams in not too much time. It takes about 5 years to do

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75 Examples of Goals for Managers

Examples of goals for managers can include goals for improving your leadership skills, making the workplace more productive, or engaging in professional development. Below are 45 goals for managers. Use these examples as inspiration, but adjust them for your needs. Once you have selected a goal from the list below, turn it into a SMART

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31 Characteristics of Bold People

Some common characteristics of bold people include: having clear priorities, remaining firm about values, appearing arrogant at times, having a strong sense of self-confidence, believing in themselves and their ideas, taking pride in their accomplishments, being opinionated, and own their flaws as well as their successes.  Patrick (2018, p. 13) defines boldness as “tendencies toward

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151 Goals for Life Examples

There are two types of people in life: those with fixed mindsets and those with growth mindsets. People with fixed mindsets don’t have goals, so they never succeed. People with growth mindsets set out life goals and they take action to achieve them. Be a person with a growth mindset by setting out personal goals

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121 SMART Goals for Teachers (Examples to Copy and Paste)

Goals teachers can set for their upcoming school year can include implementing a new teaching strategy, creating new teaching resources, or beginning a reflective journal. Generally, I recommend using the SMART framework for goal setting. The SMART framework, standing for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound, offers a structured approach for setting goals. It was

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