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Understanding S.M.A.R.T Goals

So you want to set some goals

The best way to get where you want to go in life is by having a map!  A map will guide you to where ever you want to go and will take the guess work out of how to get there!  Being successful at anything in life is no different, if you see the path to take and you stick to it, you’re sure to get there!  Which is why you always here me say ‘Know The Goal’, after all how can you hit the goal, if you don’t know the goal!  S.M.A.R.T Goals are the easiest way to breakdown what we want and how we get it!

So here we go, read the below to get an understanding of how we set ourselves up for success!

SPECIFIC: Having specific goals gives you a much better chance of hitting them then just something general.  There are six”W” questions you’ll want to answer to make a goal specific!

Who:      Who is involved?

What:     What do I want to accomplish?

Where:    Identify a location.

When:     Establish a time frame.

Which:    Identify requirements and constraints.

Why:      Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.

EXAMPLE:  A general goal would be, “Lose Weight, or Build Muscle.”  A specific goal would say, “I will commit to workout 4 times per week at a fitness facility doing group exercise.”

MEASURABLE:  Give your self a solid criteria so you can measure your progress each step of the way and see your progress.  There’s no better feeling then progress or accomplishment and this will help you stay focused on hitting the goal!

A way to be sure your goal is measurable you can ask yourself questions like

How often do I need to do ‘blank”  to hit my target goal

How will I know when I’ve hit my goal?

Example: If you want to lose 20 pounds, you’ll need to know how you go about losing 1 pound per week, and then hitting you’ll monitor your progress and if you stick to it, you should hit your goal in 5 months or less!

ACHIEVABLE:  One of the most important parts of hitting goals is making sure you can hit them and they’re within your physical or mental limitations. Developing the attitude, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.

I am 100% confident that you can hit any goal you set your mind to, when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Goals that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable, not because your goals shrink, but because you grow and expand to match them. When you list your goals you build your self-image. You see yourself as worthy of these goals, and develop the traits and personality that allow you to possess them.

RELEVANT: To be relevant, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and relevant you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress.

A high goal is frequently easier to reach than a low one because a low goal exerts low motivational force. Some of the hardest jobs you ever accomplished actually seem easy simply because they were a labor of love.

TIME-BASED:  A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there’s no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, “by May 1st”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.

Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be accomplished. Additional ways to know if your goal is realistic is to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.

So now that you’ve got a better idea of what a S.M.A.R.T goal is you can start to think about what goals you want to hit and in what amount of time you want to hit them!  Stay tuned for more information of setting specific goals!

‘KNOW THE GOAL’

Own The Moment

You have to see where you want your life to go if you ever expect to get there.

Success is in the eye of the beholder, you must determine what you consider to be your success.

Then create a plan of action, steps that can get you to your goal.

Stop, breathe, focus, see yourself accomplishing the task at hand.

Visualize your success.  Each moment of your life offers the chance to put your plan to action.

Take advantage of every chance you’re given, we never know how many chances we’ll have.

Own The Moment.

– Know The Goal

Own The Moment

 

 

 

 

 

Bend Don’t Break

Great momentum can sometimes be slowed up by unforeseen circumstances.
Maybe you get sick, or someone in your family gets sick.
Maybe you have an injury that keeps you from the physical activity that you want to do so bad.Bend
When these things happen its important that we adjust our perception away from the “why me”.
Sometimes a forced rest period is the best thing for us, a time to reset and refocus so we have clear sight to finishing the goal.
Bend, Don’t Break
You may have to waiver from the original plan, but that does not change the end goal. The only thing that changes is the immediate action we have to take to get there. During these times it’s easy to lose our focus, to throw our hands up in frustration and think we’ve lost our momentum, or ruined our progress.
Its ok to waiver from the original plan, as long as you stay in tune with the end result you were striving for. When faced with obstacles it’s ok to not be perfect, adjust to the moment, regain composure, Bend Dont Break!
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Know The Goal

 

Discipline Is The Key

DISCIPLINEGo Big

It’s the only thing that stands between you and everything you want to accomplish in life.

As you create your New Years plan, use this word to be the foundation for everything you do in 2015.

Make the word mean something, use the definition of the word and it will define your success.

Give great thought to Who you want to be,  What you want to be, then write down the steps that can make that happen.

Create the easiest steps possible, commit to them with discipline, stay the course, no matter how challenging.

When you’re celebrating New Years 2016, one year from today, you’ll be glad you did.

With DISCIPLINE the world is in the palm of your hands.

-Know The Goal