FAP704: How to achieve your goals in 2008

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Scholarship Update
+ The Timothy S. and Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Scholarship was created in 1988 by the Bigelow family to aid students from New England who are seeking a career in horticulture. The scholarship was dedicated initially to one of the family’s children, the late Timothy Bigelow. At Palmer W. “Bill” Bigelow’s death, the name of its creator was added. The Bigelow family considers student scholarships the most important commitment the horticultural industry can make to insure the growth and development of the nursery and landscape industry. In recent years the scholarships have totaled $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000 to three graduate or under-graduate students to New England universities.
+ April 1 deadline of each year
+ Details at our free college scholarship search site

Setting Goals for the New Year
+ Originally part of the goma-kan, a Tendai Buddhist ritual
+ Figure out your goals - specific, measurable, with deadlines
+ Write them down
+ Figure out what external resources you will need to achieve your goal or goals
+ Determine what external factors will stand in your way
+ How will you get around them?
+ Figure out what internal resources you will need to achieve your goal or goals
+ Determine what internal factors will stand in your way
+ How will you get around them?
+ From your goals and meditations, create a timeline and plan to achieve your goals
+ Find a way to create a task that helps you achieve your goal every day and execute it without fail
+ Measure frequently and allow for slippage
+ Learn more about this ritual’s origins from master instructor Stephen K. Hayes

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