S.M.A.R.T Goals

Just a little something on smart goals:

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Specific enough to determine who, what, when, where and why;

Who to change, what to change, when would I do it, where would I do it, and why must it be done in order to answer the ultimate question, how?

Measurable: quite simple to see if success is attained, asking how much? How many? How is victory

attained?

Actually attainable; again how must it be done. By what means it would succeed. Are you to lessen them?

                No! You are to believe; to grow into them, as a pony into a dun.

Remarkable, yet realistically attainable: aim high, and be motivated! Aim low and likewise be.

You to decide   

Tangible and timely; can one feel it working? Can one know when it must be finished? If not, despair.

                The above links to all else: timely to specific, specific to measurable, and all thus attainable.

Smart goals: the goals for you

                S.M.A.R.T goals are in fact what they claim to be, for once, smart. Smart goals are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. Smart goals are better than other, vague goals because you know specifically what you have to do; for example, instead of “I have to lose weight”, it would be “I have to lose one pound a week for the next 5 weeks by cycling to and from school, and 8 miles on the weekends.” Moreover, you can easily tell if you have succeeded, increasing your motivation to do it in the first place. Smart goals get rid of the confusion, de-motivation, and unmanageability of other goals and provide one with the most specific of steps to succeed.     

Good Luck!