What are SMART goals
Smart goals setting brings structure into your goals and objectives and makes them trackable. If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, “I want to be successful, be happy, make a good living,” and that is it. They are all wishes and none of them is clear goal
Goals must be SMART:
- S – specific. For example, “I want to lose weight.” This is wishful thinking. It becomes a goal when I pin myself down to “I will lose 10 pounds in 90 days.”
- M – must be measurable. If we cannot measure it, we cannot accomplish it. Measurement is a way of monitoring our progress.
- A – must be achievable. Achievable means that it should be out of reach enough to be challenging but it should not be out of sight, otherwise it becomes disheartening.
- R – realistic. A person who wants to lose 50 pounds in~30 days is being unrealistic.
- T – time-bound. There should be a starting date and a finishing date.
The most important thing about goals is having “FOCUS”.
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