Welcome!
The Anatoliah Goal Setting Workshop is an engaging, 45-minute experience designed to help students turn meaningful goals into intentional daily action. Created by Berklee College of Music-educated founder Chelo, the workshop combines relatable stories, guided reflection, and interactive activities to help students develop the mindset and skills needed to pursue their personal and academic goals.
Students explore how to identify what matters, develop positive self-talk, understand their emotions to take purposeful action. Through these three essential areas, students learn how these influences their ability to achieve the goals they set for themselves.
The problem
Students face social media, peer pressure, and the challenge of figuring out who they want to become. They have goals and dreams, but often struggle to turn them into action. Many go through their days on autopilot without realizing how their thoughts, emotions, and daily actions affect their future.
The solution
Goals have a system.
FOCUS (what matters the most today?)
SELF-TALK (what am I telling myself about it?)
EMOTIONS (how does it make me feel?)
Why the workshop matters?
FOCUS: Without clear goals, students may struggle to identify the person they want to become in the future.
SELF-TALK: Without encouraging inner dialogue, students may allow self-doubt to prevent them from pursuing their goals.
EMOTIONS: Without learning to navigate their emotions, students may struggle to persevere when challenges arise.
What's the experience like?
Engaging - Students participate throughout.
Fun - Students can earn wonderful prizes.
Memorable - Students learn a leadership roadmap.
Impactful - Real life stories and Q&A session
Actionable - Students take on a challenge.
Step #1: Focus
1. What matters the most today?
2. Who can help me?
We begin with a game called “Remember the Color,” designed to show students the importance of focusing their attention on what matters.
Students learn that achieving their goals starts with knowing what they want and identifying the people who can help them succeed, both in and out of school.
Step #2: Self-Talk
3. What am I telling myself about it?
4. Who will I become?
Students learn how positive self-talk can help them overcome self-doubt, stay motivated, and see who they can become as they work toward their goals.
Step #3: Emotions
5. How does it make me feel?
6. Who am I doing it for?
Students learn how understanding and managing their emotions can help them stay committed to their goals, achieve what matters to them, and make themselves and the people they love proud.
Q&A
Speak your mind
Students will have the opportunity to ask questions, share thoughts, and connect real-life situations to the roadmap. We will guide the conversation by tying their questions back to focus, self-talk, emotions, and decisions.
Take Home Material
5-Day Accountability Challenge
The 5-Day Accountability Partner Challenge gives students a simple way to put the ideas from The Anatoliah Workshop into action — together.
How it works?
Students choose an Accountability Partner (a fellow student) and commit to encouraging them to make positive choices throughout the school week.
They will each receive a 4x6 card with four simple questions they must ask each other on a daily basis for 5 consecutive days.
Once they complete the 5-day challenge, they can choose a different accountability partner for the following week or keep the same partner.
"I just wanted to say thank you again for our great sessions. I look forward to future endeavors!"
- Assistant Principal Western @ Kissimmee Middle School, Osceola County, FL