# Setting a goal ![](/files/-MaojkhPA_iQdWXnnB7U) ### Setting a goal The IB's Personal Project Guide has the following information regarding setting a goal: > The personal project is truly personal because each student sets their own goal based on something that they find interesting. Students may draw inspiration from their prior experience in the MYP, such as: > > • a global context that they find particularly compelling \ > • a service as action experience that they would like to build on \ > • a unit of inquiry that they would like to explore further. \ > \ > Similarly, students may set a goal based on an interest or hobby that they pursue (or would like to pursue) outside school. Students should set an overall goal that can be achieved within 25 hours. ### Finding inspiration {% hint style="info" %} Use **'moonshot thinking'** to help decide on a goal. {% endhint %} {% embed url="" %} The following articles and websites might also help the students when selecting their goal: * [*7 Young Inventors Who See a Better Way*](https://time.com/collection/davos-2020/5765632/young-inventors-changing-the-world/) * [*The 9 Most Successful Teen Entrepreneurs in the World*](https://www.careeraddict.com/teen-entrepreneurs) * [*Do Something*](https://www.dosomething.org) * [*Five Teens Who Changed the World*](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/0e9e80de-62cb-4782-a26f-1cd480d28f26) * [*Global Goals*](https://www.globalgoals.org/) * [*Google Art and Culture*](https://artsandculture.google.com/) * [*How to prosper with MYP personal projects: getting students started*](https://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2017/11/30/how-to-prosper-with-myp-personal-projects-advice-from-successful-myp-schools/) * [*Instructables*](https://www.instructables.com/) * [*Makezine*](https://makezine.com/) * [*MYP projects tackle real-world problems*](https://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2019/04/05/myp-projects-tackle-real-world-problems/) * [*MYP students exhibit their personal projects virtually*](https://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2020/05/07/myp-students-exhbit-their-personal-projects-virtually/) This video, focussing on the [UN's Global Goals](https://www.globalgoals.org/), may help students create big goals! {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://guide.fariaedu.com/myp-personal-project/setting-a-goal/setting-a-goal.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.