19. How To Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals (and stick with them)

<p>Today, we're talking about how to set S.M.A.R.T. Goals and actually stick with them. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>To maximize this lesson, grab your S.M.A.R.T. Goal worksheet here - <a href="//www.consistentpeak.com/planner"><u><strong>www.consistentpeak.com/planner</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>There's a new year upon us and, chances are, you've got goals. There are a couple of reasons that people fail to reach their goals when they create them inside their minds.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Mainly because they're: &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>- Too vague &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>- Too big of a goal or a dream (which we're going to get into today) &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>- They're not relevant to the main thing that they really want to work towards &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>- They have no defined start and end date &nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>So today we're going to go over how to set better goals and even gamify those goals by using the S.M.A.R.T. framework. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>S.M.A.R.T.</strong> stands for... &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>S</strong>pecific &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>M</strong>easurable &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>A</strong>ttainable &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>R</strong>elevant &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>T</strong>ime-bound. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>We want to use this as a checklist to make sure that our goals truly are S.M.A.R.T. goals and then we need a system that makes sticking with those goals easy and fun. <strong>We use S.M.A.R.T. Goals because they give us clarity and focus which allow us to take action.</strong> And that's why the S.M.A.R.T. framework is so effective.</p>