New Year- New Goals: 5 steps to help you set the Goals of your dreams
While I am trying to cling to 2016 (for obvious reasons), I understand that 2017 is upon us. This means it is time to start setting our goals for the New Year! Many of us have grown tired of hearing the same clichéd sayings from “New Year-New me” to “leaving that in the prior year”. These saying happen because people make New Year’s resolutions and not Goals.
Resolutions are different from Goals. Resolutions are the commercial gimmicks used to get you to buy products and services that you won’t use (i.e. gym memberships). They are inauthentic and trivial at best. Goals are personal, and thus more meaningful, they force us to go deeper. Goals are concrete, thoughtful, and …show more content…
Smart stands for: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely you can learn more about SMART goals at http://topachievement.com/smart.html. Smart goals are meant to hold you accountable. They force you to be detailed in your planning and they leave room to start again, if you fail the first time. You should write out your SMART goals along with the explanation you wrote down in step 2. I personally do this so that I can have the what and why to keep me motivated. The “what” is the SMART Goal it tells you what exactly you are doing. The “why” is your explanation, it keeps you motivated to keep moving forward. This is why you should have both of them written …show more content…
After you create your SMART goals. You may identify that some of the goals are not SMART goals. They may be unrealistic or may only take a few days to accomplish (Timely). This happens because we confuse year-long goals with long term goals and short term goals. Long term goals are meant to be spread over a few years, or even decades, they get you to a certain point in your life. While short-term goals, are goals that can be finished in a few days or a few months. Personally, I like to have three of each. Sometimes a short-term goal can be a part of your year-long goals, and a year-long goal a part of the long term goal. You never want to confuse these goals as they may cause chaos in your life. Make sure that your year-long goals are just that. Meant to be finished in a year. Sometimes, a year- long goal can be a stepping stone for your long term goal. This is great! Just as short-term goals, can get you to your year-long
While I am trying to cling to 2016 (for obvious reasons), I understand that 2017 is upon us. This means it is time to start setting our goals for the New Year! Many of us have grown tired of hearing the same clichéd sayings from “New Year-New me” to “leaving that in the prior year”. These saying happen because people make New Year’s resolutions and not Goals.
Resolutions are different from Goals. Resolutions are the commercial gimmicks used to get you to buy products and services that you won’t use (i.e. gym memberships). They are inauthentic and trivial at best. Goals are personal, and thus more meaningful, they force us to go deeper. Goals are concrete, thoughtful, and …show more content…
Smart stands for: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely you can learn more about SMART goals at http://topachievement.com/smart.html. Smart goals are meant to hold you accountable. They force you to be detailed in your planning and they leave room to start again, if you fail the first time. You should write out your SMART goals along with the explanation you wrote down in step 2. I personally do this so that I can have the what and why to keep me motivated. The “what” is the SMART Goal it tells you what exactly you are doing. The “why” is your explanation, it keeps you motivated to keep moving forward. This is why you should have both of them written …show more content…
After you create your SMART goals. You may identify that some of the goals are not SMART goals. They may be unrealistic or may only take a few days to accomplish (Timely). This happens because we confuse year-long goals with long term goals and short term goals. Long term goals are meant to be spread over a few years, or even decades, they get you to a certain point in your life. While short-term goals, are goals that can be finished in a few days or a few months. Personally, I like to have three of each. Sometimes a short-term goal can be a part of your year-long goals, and a year-long goal a part of the long term goal. You never want to confuse these goals as they may cause chaos in your life. Make sure that your year-long goals are just that. Meant to be finished in a year. Sometimes, a year- long goal can be a stepping stone for your long term goal. This is great! Just as short-term goals, can get you to your year-long