The SMART Goals tactic formed by the book The Student Leadership Challenge is very useful when it comes to creating short and long term goals. One of my short-term goals is to join a student organization involved in finance majors by the end of the first semester. When I achieve this goal, I will open doors to the future that will help me on my career path to finding an internship and/or job. My schedule right now consists only of classes, joining a finance student organization will help me make better use of my time. Joining a finance-related student organization will also increase my five exemplary leadership practices, particularly the area of ​​inspiring others expressed in the book The Student Leadership Challenge. Another short-term goal of mine is to increase my activity and participate more in each of my class discussions this semester. I want to allow myself to feel comfortable speaking in front of my full classes with my peers. In the future, I will need the skills to speak to groups of my peers in order to achieve my other goals, and I believe that speaking in front of my classes is a necessary building block. This is a quality goal for me because it will force me to step out of my comfort zone and grow as a person, the only person stopping me from achieving this goal is myself. Be like Elliese and take the initiative to start