Being SMART is the Need !!!

Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.

The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that can, so easily, lead you astray.

Why Set Goals?

Goal setting is used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.

By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you'll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. You will also raise your self-confidence as you recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you've set.

GOALS Should be SMART :- 

A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART mnemonic. SMART usually stands for:

Specific :- For example, instead of “I want to be rich and famous,” say, “I will be generating revenues in excess of $500,000 by 2015 and will have written 3 articles for major publications by January 2014.”

Measurable :- Instead of “I want to be thinner by next year,” say, “I will lose 15 pounds by January 2013.”

Actionable :- Setting goals that are attainable or achievable is a key consideration. Success can motivate us to achieve more. 

Realistic :- Personal goals must be relevant and important or you won’t have the commitment or energy to follow through. 

Timed :- Even those of us who claim we don’t need timelines or deadlines to accomplish our goals typically benefit from some timing structure. Missing a deadline provides an opportunity to reassess or refine the goal statement.

So when you make your goals next time make them SMART and see the outcome.