2. Master Resiliency Training MRT – Goal Setting Part I

MRT skill: Goal Setting. Identify, plan for, and commit to the pursuit of a goal that results in more optimal performance, sustained motivation, and increased effort.

7 Steps of Goal Setting:
• Step 1: [Plan] Define your goal (End state)
• Step 2: [Plan] Know where you are right now (Energize)
• Step 3: [Plan] Decide what you need to develop (Priorities)
• Step 4: [Plan] Make a plan for steady improvement (SMART steps)
• Step 5: [Act] Pursue regular action (WIN) [Act]
• Step 6: [Act] Commit yourself completely (Maintain motivation)
• Step 7: [Act] Continually monitor your progress (IPR)

Resilience Training is a part of the Army Ready and Resilience directorate aimed to provide Soldiers, Family members, and Department of Army Civilians with an opportunity to enhance their leadership and effectiveness.

Resiliency Training includes immersion in core concepts and skills, as well as instruction for applying it to everyday life, both in, personal and professional, settings. Each lesson incorporates a thorough teaching of the skill mixed with individual exercises to be completed in the participation guide.

Participants learn the six MRT competencies –Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Optimism, Mental Agility, Strengths of Character and Connection – that are shown to be critical characteristics of a resilient individual.

Participants also learn 14 distinct skills that allow them to develop themselves in the six MRT competency areas. With these skills, participants develop the ability to understand their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, as well as the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of others. Students master skills to strengthen relationships through communication strategies and learn how to praise effectively, respond constructively to positive experiences, and discuss problems effectively.

Resilience drives personal readiness, and personal readiness relies on five dimensions, sometimes called pillars: Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Family. Sustaining healthy behaviors within and across these dimensions is essential to personal readiness.