The SMART in smart goal is an acrostic to help people remember important points, which makes personalized goal setting effective. SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.
These are all critical components of goal setting that will motivate you to achieve the goals you set for yourself. Let us discuss these target sets guidelines right now.
Specific. First you want to make your goal as specific as possible. You want to ensure your objectives are detailed and describe exactly what you want.
For example, if you set a goal of owning your own home, be specific about it. Do not just say that I want to own a house. Describe the type of house you want, how great would it be, it will have, how many bedrooms would you like house with a yard or not, and where do you want your new home to be? Answer to the question who, what, when, where, what and where. The more specific a goal is, the clearer goals you set for yourself.
Measurable. Secondly, when setting targets, be sure to set goals if you can measure progress. There is a difference between saying I want to lose weight and I want to lose 30 pounds. When you say I want to lose 30 pounds, you can measure it. You can see your progress as you reduce your weight by 30 pounds, down to 25 down to 20 and so on. It will help you see the fruit of your work and motivate yourself to keep pushing forward.
Now if you just said that I want to lose weight, yes, losing even a pound could represent you reach your goal so you will not be kept motivated to continue.
Achievable. Thirdly, you want to set a goal that is achievable. Based on the current limitations, such as your schedule, workload, and knowledge, you believe you can achieve the goals you set? If not, then insert a second goal, one that is achievable for you in the moment. By setting unattainable goals, it will only make you feel like a failure for not completing the goals you set for yourself.
Realistic. Next, and this is consistent with attainability, set goals that are realistic. If you are 40 pounds overweight and have not exercised in years, so it would be a rather unrealistic goal to run a triathlon with 2 months of training. So set a goal you have a realistic chance of achieving. Doing otherwise are you up to fail before you even begin.
Time-Bound. Lastly and most importantly, all smart goals to be time-bound. Means that you should have a dead line, or should there be a date for when you plan to have completed the goal. Sets a deadline forces the severity of the goals in your mind. It motivates you to take action. When you do not specify a time-line, there is no internal pressure to achieve the target, so you Dilly dally, to include targets sit on hold.
So make sure to set a date for when you want to achieve the target with. By doing this, I guarantee you will find yourself motivated to act on target faster.
Well, these are the goal setting guidelines to set SMART Goals. You want to make them specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.
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