SMART Goals are the best way to plan to achieve your goals. Check out these posts from DevelopGoofHabits to help you learn more about goals, goal tracking, and SMART goals.
You may have been able to meet some of your 2020 goals without putting forth as much effort as you had expected. Eat out less frequently? Done. Stop impulse buying when you’re out? Done. Go home and be productive instead of going to happy hour? Done. But you would probably be willing to take it … Read more
With leadership comes a wide range of responsibilities, from making a commitment to your team to being a role model to those who are looking to you for direction. Effective leadership can fuel an organization’s success by boosting employee morale as your group is working toward a common goal. Setting leadership SMART goals will not … Read more
When you think five, ten, or fifteen years into the future, what do you hope will be significantly different than it is today? Your income? Your health? Your relationships? We all have visions for the future, and whatever yours may be, setting effective goals can help you get there by keeping you motivated, helping you … Read more
Considering fewer than one in ten people achieve their goals, teaching children to set effective goals while they’re young can be very advantageous to them in the future. What’s more, with the constant uncertainty of the economy and job market, we all want our kids to be prepared to be competitive job candidates in the … Read more
Most people overestimate what they can do in a day, and underestimate what they can do in a year. This saying (or some form of it) is commonly heard when talking about making errors in judgment when setting goals. When you take the time and effort to set a specific goal, you’re doing so to … Read more
Imagine this scene: You’ve set your SMART goal, you’ve detailed your objectives, you’re motivated to follow the plan you’ve set out for yourself, and you know exactly what the end result is going to be because you’ve done your research–and while you’re prepared to have to push yourself, you also know your goal is totally … Read more
A new school year is underway, and students are facing unprecedented challenges as most are having to “learn how to learn” in a whole new way. Due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, students have brought traditional classroom learning back into their own homes, giving a huge rise to the relatively new concept of … Read more
You may have heard that setting specific goals is a great way to reach success. Unfortunately, many people are intimidated by goal setting, afraid they may make mistakes from the get-go. Their aversion is based on fear—fear of failure, rejection, or even success itself. In addition, people often think that it’s too much work to … Read more
We’ve talked about creating long-term goals and we’ve gone over the importance of breaking them up into bite-sized, daily pieces so they don’t fall by the wayside. But what about your intentions for the more moderate increments of time? Sure, you can plan to save about $30 per day to pay off a large debt … Read more
When you think about your goals, your mind probably automatically goes to the long-term plans that you’ve made for yourself. But, without having smaller, daily goals that will give you a sense of accomplishment on a regular basis, you will lose the necessary motivation to reach your larger goals. Setting small process goals that you … Read more