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Dear Sister,
The first sheet of the program explains the program. Please read it carefully. Some of our sisters thought they had to follow the suggestions written down for each month. This is not true. They are only a suggestion for those sisters that can't think of a thing to do or it a starting place where most of us need improvement. The real program starts when we look into our lives and see the important changes we each must make so we can get ourselves and then our families back to Heavenly Father.
We have tried to have our sisters report to the Pursuit of Excellence Advisor, but almost no one did. It works much better to have the Pursuit of Excellence Advisor call the sisters so she can keep track of the program and the sisters progression. See the Pursuit of Excellence Reporting System. It works! It helps motivate some sisters into action. We suggest the Pursuit of Excellence Advisor keep a list of their completed goals so at graduation the can see their growth and blessings.
The next pages addresses how to set goals. This is the help so many of us need to understand our problems or goals and set them up to be solved or reached. Often we feel that there is only one way to solve a problem or reach a goal. We fail to look around us for the best way for us to solve our problems or reach our goals. This article teaches how to break down the problem or goal into doable parts. Please have your sisters understand the importance of rewarding their own efforts. Also, have your visiting teachers become acquainted with their sisters goals so they can support their efforts in gaining their goals. A lot of the sisters will have no support and will never get the program unless it is delivered and explained by them by their visiting teacher.
Understanding how to reach goals and overcoming problems is so important. Without this knowledge many of our sisters will have continuous failures and finally quit! When they stop trying to progress is when we have truly lost them.
We want all our sisters to make it back to Heavenly Father. If you choose to use another program for your Pursuit of Excellence please include "How to Set and Obtain Goals" in your program so it can be more successful.
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