![]() ![]() ![]() The key is to do let them inspire and populate your daily task list. You can review them daily, weekly, or monthly. Every time I review my goals, I ask myself, What’s the next step I need to take to move toward this goal. While writing your goals down is a powerful exercise in itself, the real juice is in reviewing them on a regular basis. When you write something down, you are stating your intention and setting things in motion. Henriette Anne Klauser documents this in her fascinating book, Write It Down and Make It Happen. There is a huge power in writing your goals down even if you never develop an action plan or do anything else (not recommended). Specific-your goals must identify exactly what you want to accomplish in as much specificity as you can muster.īad: Start a new business at the same time you want to get a masters degree.In my SMARTER version, as outlined in my book, Your Best Year Ever, goals must meet seven criteria. Way to Write Management's Goals and Objectives.” Since that time, various teachers have used and modified this acronym in various ways, including me. Doran, a consultant and former Director of Corporate Planning for Washington Water Power Company published a paper titled “There's a S.M.A.R.T. Instead, focus on a handful of goals that you can repeat almost from memory. This is a recipe for losing focus and accomplishing very little. And don’t try to cheat by including sections with several goals under each section. Productivity studies show that you really can’t focus on more than 5–7–10 items at any one time. You can find plenty of advice online, but these are the five principles I follow in my own practice: 1. ![]() With that in mind, I wanted to offer a basic goal-setting primer. But from years as a corporate executive, business coach, and best-selling author on the topic of goal achievement, I know that most people have just never been taught how to write effective goals. Some of this, I suppose, is just inertia. This always surprises me, given the fact most people know intuitively (and research has proved) that those who write their goals down accomplish significantly more than those who do not write their goals. Yet when I ask how many of them have written goals for this year, very few hands go up. When I speak publicly, I often ask how many people believe in the power of written goals. Five Goal-Setting Principles for Getting Bigger, Better Results ![]()
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