GOALS ARE DUMB!!

GOALS ARE DUMB!!

A very profound statement, “GOALS ARE DUMB”. If you are like one of many millions of people who are, or who have set your goals for 2018, and by February you will have abandoned your 2018 goals for many reasons, there is one reason and one reason only you have failed in you goals for 2018 - YOU have set D.U.M.B GOALS!!!

Dateless -  Your goal does not have a beginning or end date for you to achieve.

Unsupportive  - How are you going to support and manage your goals until you have reached success?

Muddy – Your goals are unclear, you are unsure of what you really want to achieve.

Beyond Reach – You have set a goal that is unrealistic and out of your reach.

Don’t get me wrong, I think goals are great and every successful person sets goals, however for goals to be achieved they need to be S.M.A.R.T Goals.

Specific - What exactly do you want to achieve? The more specific your description, the bigger the chance you'll get exactly that. S.M.A.R.T. goal setting clarifies the difference between 'I want to be a millionaire' and 'I want to make $50.000 a month for the next ten years by creating a new software product'.

Measurable - Measurable goals means that you identify exactly what it is you will see, hear and feel when you reach your goal. It means breaking your goal down into measurable elements. You'll need concrete evidence. Being happier is not evidence; not smoking anymore because you adhere to a healthy lifestyle where you eat vegetables twice a day and fat only once a week, is.

Attainable - Is your goal attainable? That means investigating whether the goal really is acceptable to you. You weigh the effort, time and other costs your goal will take against the profits and the other obligations and priorities you have in life.

Relevant -Is reaching your goal relevant to you? Do you actually want to run a multinational, be famous, have three children and a busy job? You decide for yourself whether you have the personality for it, or your team has the bandwidth.

Timely -Time is money! Make a tentative plan of everything you do. Everybody knows that deadlines are what makes most people switch to action. So install deadlines, for yourself and your team, and go after them. Keep the timeline realistic and flexible, that way you can keep morale high. Being too stringent on the timely aspect of your goal setting can have the perverse effect of making the learning path of achieving your goals and objectives into a hellish race against time – which is most likely not how you want to achieve anything.

For further information about how to set S.M.A.R.T Goals please contact us.

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