A big goal can seem almost insurmountable but by breaking it down into yearly, monthly, weekly, daily and even hourly goals it can seem within reach. Remember SMART goals are more preferable.
And when you accomplish your sub-goals you should feel more successful and be better motivated to tackle your longer term goals (and keep attaining additional short term ones.)
NB There is considerable flexibility in what is seen as being the terms that comprise SMART (and SMARTER).
- S Specific (Significant, Stretching, Simple)
- M Measurable (Meaningful, Motivational, Manageable)
- A Achievable (Agreed, Attainable, Assignable, Appropriate, Actionable, Action-oriented)
- R Relevant ( Realistic, Results/Results-focused/Results-oriented, Resourced, Rewarding)
- T Time-bound (Time framed, Timed, Time-based, Timeboxed, Timely, Timebound, Time-Specific, Timetabled, Trackable)
- E Evaluated (Exciting)
- R Recorded (Rewarding, Reviewed)
Jun 16, 2008, 08:02AM PDT | 0 comments
First off is to actually set yourself a goal.
Goals can be originated and possibly retained in your own mind but that way they are intangible. Thus they are difficult to engage with and thus can be described as wishes rather than concrete targets. So make a physical note of of it. On paper, on this website or both. This should allow a greater degree of focus. For some people merely setting a goal versus a ‘wish’ gives them enough impetus to achieve it.
http://www.topachievement.com/goalsetting.html
Second analyse it using the SMART framework
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound
See this article below.
http://www.rapidbi.com/created/WriteSMARTobjectives.html
Btw, if 43 things on the ‘doing’ list just isn’t enough you can ‘give up’ on the less urgent ones and focus on the more important ones. Then as you complete the more urgent ones you can re-add these less urgent items to the ‘doing’ list. You could also consider consolidation of two or three complementary goals into a single goal. (This has the drawback that less people will be doing such a thing so you will get less mutual support on that.)
Try this:-
How To Get Just About Anything You Want
Jun 11, 2008, 02:33AM PDT | 0 comments
Goals should vary from ambitious (write a book, be financially independent) to silly (consider getting a pet fox, bet $100 on a rock paper scissors match) to novelty-seeking (try a new restaurant every week, go to the opera) to personal (fall madly in love, lose 10 pounds) to world-improving (convert to green energy, give 10% to charity) to educational (learn Italian, read a book a week). Marking off a few silly or easier goals is a good way to build confidence and momentum for larger more ambitious goals. When you’ve recently gotten rid of your television and spoken in front of a crowd of fifty, it becomes a hundred times easier to pitch your book idea to a publisher, or call someone about a lease on a space for your new business.
Oct 08, 2007, 07:20PM PDT | 0 comments
1.Don’t (T) Ali [ ]
2. Lose 26 lbs [ ]
3. Clear (S) [ ]
4. Get a Nice (H.C) [ ]
5. Finish all Math books [ ]
6. Learn the american history [ ]
7. Physics [ ]
8. Study Chemistry [ ]
9. Save relastically by Octobers end $3100 [ ]
10. Move to Nevada before December ends [ ]
11. Book a two weeks flight to Pakistan Decembers Beginning
12. Travel to Pakistan December Only 2 weeks trip [ ]
13. Enroll in JC [ ]
14. Clear the line-out [ ]
15. Get the dent. [ ]
Jul 05, 2006, 12:59PM PDT | 1 comment