Setting Goals & Celebrating Wins

 
 

Among the local community organizations I collaborate with on a regular basis is the Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship. I have been an invited speaker at their events on regular basis. For this conference, I was asked to present on Setting Goals & Celebrating Wins.

Too many times we as human beings unthinkingly accept stereotypical cultural roles. We try to “people please” for the pat on the head or the pat on the hand. We overwhelm ourselves with too much, too hard, too fast. We let the “should’s” drive our lives and simply add more stress to already over-burdened lives.

However, we can set goals and make life-affirming changes in our lives. We can do it effectively and with self-compassion. This presentation provides a high-level view of the Guiding Principles of Real Personal Change and a Five-Step Process for Goal Setting - a process that can be used by itself or as a way of strengthening approaches that you are already using. Please feel free to download this presentation for your personal use.  If you would like more information, please reach out at:  Paulette@LearningfortheJourney.com

Presentation: Setting Goals & Celebrating Wins

Take a deep breath! You can do this!

Paulette Risher, Major General, U.S. Army (retired)

Paulette Risher is three-times retired, once as a civilian Organizational Psychologist with the United States Air Force and once as a Major General (2-Star) in the United States Army. With 34 years of active and reserve service, Paulette had the honor of being first woman to serve in U.S. Special Operations Command as a general officer. In 2023, Paulette retired again after serving as the President/CEO and the Chief Programs Officer of Still Serving Veterans (SSV), a Huntsville-based non-profit dedicated to serving Veterans.

Today, Paulette works through her sole practitioner consulting practice, Learning for the Journey, LLC, which she established in 2009. Paulette is committed to helping individuals, groups, organizations, and businesses create human thriving and professional impact. Learning for the Journey, LLC is an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business and registered government contractor.

Paulette is a lifelong learner. She holds a BS and MA in Psychology, as well as an MEd with a focus on workplace learning and educational technology. Paulette is a graduate of both the Army War College and the Air War College.

Paulette serves as the Co-Chair of the Alabama Challenge for the Prevention of Veteran Suicide and as the Vice-Chair of Veteran Mental Health Steering Committee. In 2022, Paulette was awarded the Alabama Distinguished Service Medal, the State’s highest civilian award, by Governor Ivey, for her dedicated service to the Veterans of Alabama. In 2025, Paulette received the LtCol Robert M Horton, Jr. Memorial Service award from the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and the North Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organizations Coalitions (NAVFOC) Lifetime Achievement Award.

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