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SMART Goals. The five-word filter for any goal.
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SMART Goals
The five-word filter for any goal
A goal written so that anyone could tell whether it was met.
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Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound. "I want to get fit" is a wish. "I will run 2 km three times a week for two months" is a SMART goal. The difference is that the second version tells you when you have succeeded. The frame turns a feeling into a plan.
- Apply the five words to any goal you set. If the goal fails any of them, rewrite it until it passes all five.
- Write your goal down. Research shows written goals are achieved at a higher rate than goals kept in your head.
SourceDoran (1981), SMART criteria
Goal-setting research, Locke and Latham
Goal-setting research, Locke and Latham
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