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title: "Create a personal goal"
slug: "create-a-personal-goal"
tags: ["Totara Perform", "Participant", "How-to"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:31Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:31Z
canonical: "totara.help/create-a-personal-goal"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Create a personal goal

Personal [goals](/totara-20/docs/what-are-goals) are created by a user or their manager. They are specific to the individual user and are only visible to the user, their manager, and Site Administrators. Personal goals not selected from an existing list, but are created on an ad hoc basis when they are required.

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To create a personal goal for yourself, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to *Develop > Goals*.
2. Click the **Add personal goal** button.
3. Complete the [settings](/totara-20/docs/personal-goal-settings).
4. Click **Save changes** if you are finished, or click **Save changes and continue editing** (this is useful if you want to immediately populate custom fields associated with the chosen goal type).

The new personal goal will appear in the **Personal goals** section of the [**Goals** page](/totara-20/docs/managing-your-goals).

To create a personal goal for a user in your team, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to *Develop > Team* to see your team members.
2. Under a team member's name, click **Goals**.
3. Click the **Add personal goal** button.
4. Complete the [settings](/totara-20/docs/personal-goal-settings).
5. Click **Save changes** if you are finished, or click **Save changes and continue editing** (this is useful if you want to immediately populate custom fields associated with the chosen goal type).

If you want users to be able to manage (edit, update or delete) their personal goals that have been assigned by their manager, you should ensure that the Learner role has the **totara/hierarchy:managemanagerassignedgoal** capability. Note that this capability isn't assigned to any roles by default.

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_goals(1).svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T13%3A47%3A25Z&se=2026-11-01T14%3A47%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=AFK3kObETSnw4lJ2j%2Fk4Cst008l%2BZiAHw4AICscchWc%3D)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using [Goals](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=710) in Totara Learn. Here you can learn more on how to use goals, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

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