It’s the first month of 2018 and whether you want to or not, I’m sure you’ve spent at least a few moments thinking about your New Year, new Me resolutions. After many years of ditched resolutions, I’ve grown hesitant about making mine. Especially since we live in the time of the internet meme and peers who love to throw those discarded self-promises in your face when you’ve stopped dieting and working out by mid-March.
Even with that, I still wanted to make a resolution and one that would stick. While listening to last week’s episode of the Getting grown podcast episode titled #Goals , I discovered s.m.a.r.t. goals.
In a nutshell, it’s a method of goal making that requires a thoughtful, realistic approach to creating goals that have a higher probability of actually being accomplished.
In my opinion, smart goals are a combination of actual work, the law of attraction and the teachings of the book, Write it Down, Make it Happen.
“Goals should measure outcomes, not activities. that’s really the nuts and bolts of it. That’s what it means. Outcomes like, things you can check off a list as done, not necessarily as your doing them.” -Keia, Gettin’ Grown podcast
Here is a break down of what smart goals are via TopAchievement.com
I’ll be using this to make my 2018 goals into real life actions.
A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six “W” questions:
Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set.
How much? How many?When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.
To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress.
A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there’s no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, “by May 1st”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.
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