I’ve never been the type to do the whole “New Year’s Resolution” thing, but this year I’ve decided to make my resolutions list. I have several things I’d like to accomplish this year. I’m excited to set some goals and achieve them!
So, what are the advantages of writing New Year’s resolutions? Some advantages are:
1) Motivation: It’s a good way to motivate yourself and keep yourself on track to achieving your goals.
2) Purpose: The sense of purpose is very important in accomplishing goals. Thus, people are much more motivated to achieve each of their goals if they have a reason to achieve those goals.
3) Focus: Writing out goals helps you better focus on the elements that create success.
4) Confidence: People have more confidence when they are noticeably making progress on their goals.
5) Sense of Achievement: When we achieve something, it makes us feel good about ourselves.
Now that we’ve established why goal setting is important, you might be asking “how do I set goals?” The answer? You have to be SMART.
Specific
Measurable
Achievable/AttainableRealistic
Timely
SPECIFIC - A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six “W” questions:
*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.” But a specific goal would say, “Eat lean meat, fruits, and vegetables, and workout 4 days a week.”
MEASURABLE - Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the achievement of each goal you set.
To determine if your goal is measurable, ask yourself questions like…
~ How much?
~ How many?~ How will I know when it is accomplished?
ACHIEVABLE – When you identify goals that are important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them happen. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.
REALISTIC - To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective in which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic. Just be sure that every goal represents substantial progress.TIMELY – A goal should have a time frame in which it will be achieved. When there’s no time frame set, there’s no sense of urgency. For example, if you want to learn how to surf, when do you want to learn by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you establish a timeframe, “by July 1, 2012”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.
It's a good idea to post your goals somewhere that you will see it everyday. This helps keep your goals on your mind and motivates you to follow through with your goals.
Now that you know how to write successful goals, it’s time to get started! Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, 30 years from now? What do you have to do to get there?
“For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thin was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.”
~ Anthony Robbins“If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.”
~ Anthony Robbins
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