Using Professional Goals to Craft a Purpose-Driven Career
- Tamara Gayle-Turner
- Jan 26, 2024
- 2 min read
In this blog, I will be sharing my professional goals. The attached article above is one of the readings that inspired the need to write my own goals. I was intrigued by the author's in depth analysis of her professional experiences but even more than that was the way she made meaning of the experiences to form and reform her identity through critical reflection. The evidence suggests that her ability to engage in critical reflection gave her the capacity to navigate changes in the context of her professional practice. After reading the article, I came to the conclusion that I needed to be able to define and design my own purpose driven career in higher education. This will allow me to find pillars that will serve as my anchor in the reality of the ambiguity, complexities and uncertainties found in academia.
Planning out my professional goals was an important task. As reflected in Locke et al (1970), it has been known for a long time that having goals and intentions are identified as the most instant motivational determinants to performing tasks. We compound the completion of the tasks when we write down those intentions and goals (Gardner and Albee, 2015). Having my professional goals serves several functions. These goals give me clarity on professional life, informs my next steps, and provide direction for what I want to to be tangibly vested in. My professional goals also helps me to established boundaries by informing my choice to let go of anything that does not help the end goal and stay focus on those that support it. Additionally, these goals are the avenue through which I engage in my personal and professional growth.
Reference
Locke, Edwin A. et al, (1970). Studies of the relationship between satisfaction, goal-setting, and performance, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance,
Volume 5, Issue 2, 1970, Pages 135-158,
2. Gardner, Sarah and Albee, Dave,(2015). Study focuses on strategies for
achieving goals, resolutions Press Releases. 266.
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