0Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.
SMART Goal
A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use theSMARTmnemonic. While there are plenty of variants (some of which we've included in parenthesis), SMART usually stands for:
- S – Specific (or Significant).
- M – Measurable (or Meaningful).
- A – Attainable (or Action-Oriented).
- R – Relevant (or Rewarding).
- T – Time-bound (or Trackable).
Key Points
Goal setting is an important method of:
- Deciding what you want to achieve in your life.
- Separating what's important from what's irrelevant, or a distraction.
- Motivating yourself.
- Building your self-confidence, based on successful achievement of goals.
Set your lifetime goals first.
