Get SMART with goal-setting: Achieve big things as an individual or as a family

Enough have been said and written about goals and planning. Here I summarize my understanding for a quick read and assimilation.

Whether you’re thinking about your next trip, planning for the new year, or feel adrift in your daily tasks, having clear goals helps you focus. Take a moment to review these reminders of how we can set goals everyday.

SMART Goals

A quick refresher of SMART goals, and some questions to ask yourself when goal setting, courtesy of the amazing internet:

  • Smart – Specific, Significant: Is your goal clear and easy to understand? Does it explain what you want to achieve and why you have this goal?
  • sMart – Measurable, Meaningful: Does your goal have a starting point and an end point that can be quantified? Is your goal significant and strategic, or is it only directional?
  • smArt – Attainable, Agreeable, Actionable: Do you have the resources to accomplish this goal? Will stakeholders care about this goal’s outcome?
  • smaRt – Relevant, Rewarding: Are the factors in your goal within your department’s control and expertise? Can you bring results that your stakeholders will want to share and examine?
  • smarT – Trackable, Timely: Can you analyze, monitor, and verify your goal? Can you get enough data to make decisions related to your goal? What is the time frame for accomplishing this goal?


Working Backwards 
Clearly defined goals bring out the best in individuals and teams by aligning efforts with customer need. Your approach to goal setting should be  Working Backwards. Start with the end in mind :) 

Stretch goals and experimentation
Goals should be realistically achievable but challenging so it keeps enhancing you as a person. And there is a bit of unknown that you want to check for yourself and test how good you are. 

Some goals should not always be successful, as true stretch goals mean you’re pushing yourself to go above and beyond. Some of the most exciting goals also involve uncertainty and experimentation, which may not work out the way you wanted. Embrace the uncertainty and use experimental goals as an opportunity to learn what does—or does not—work to achieve satisfaction.

Be flexible, be relevant   
Setting goals shouldn’t be isolated to your personal self only. You should be able to include your goals in several aspects and relations of your life. This flexibility and relevancy can help you review and grow goals. 



After all, you succeed or fail only when you set goals. And I am aware, successful people are those who have failed the most.



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