Let’s start with the foundation model of SMART goal setting.
You will need paper and pen/s, up to 1 hour.
Thinking of a big goal just for you, a big outcome you want to accomplish.
Take your time, sit right into the goal and be honest with your answers.
SPECIFIC
What specifically do you want to accomplish?
Who needs to be included?
When do you want to do this?
Where will it happen?
Why is this a goal?
MEASURABLE
How can you measure progress, define how you will know if you have successfully achieved your goal?
How much?
How many?
How will I know when it is accomplished?
ACHIEVABLE
Do you have the skills required to achieve the goal? If not, can you obtain them? What is the motivation for this goal? Is the amount of effort required on par with what the goal will achieve?
Has this goal been achieved previously? If another person on the planet has done it then I can too
RELEVANT
Why am I setting this goal now? Is it aligned with overall objectives? Is it worthwhile?
TIME-FRAMED
What is the specific date you will achieve your goal? is it realistic?
SMART GOAL
Review what you have written, and craft your goal statement based on what the answers to the questions above have revealed
Template to get you started: (I or accountable party) will (action word/s) (object of the goal) by (time) for the purpose of (relevance/results).
Time to power up that goal with a S M A R T I E Goal!
Choosing a goal is like programming your mind. The clearer the goal, the more efficient and effective your mind will be when searching for your goal. A specifically stated goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal.
Using the same goal as a base, take a large sheet of paper (or white board), grab some coloured pens and a few hours to fill in the answers to the following questions.
This time we are going deeper, beyond data and into the full ‘flavour’ of the goal. Allow yourself to fall into the goal, be present to the emotions and beliefs that come up as you write.
When it comes to the last section, where you are asked to write your goal in long form, I suggest using pen and paper for your first draft, allow the words to flow onto the paper. Maximise your success using sensory-specific language to define your goal, describe the moment you successfully achieve your goal in full detail.
Note – be messy, add ideas as they arise, allow your brain to flow with concepts. There is no wrong, right or otherwise. All answers are exactly as they should be right now.
SPECIFIC & SPIRITED
What specifically do you want to accomplish? Define the
Who needs to be included in the process of achieving the goal? Who will be present when you achieve your goal?
When do you want to do this? Down to the date you will reach your goal. Are there key dates along the way?
Where will it happen? Location, venue, room, right down to the colour and feel of the chair.
Why is this important to you? Why are you doing this? Define the impact the goal will have on your life.
MEASURABLE & MEANINGFUL
How do you measure progress, define in terms of the relevant metric exactly how you will know you have successfully achieved your goal?
How much? How many?
What is your starting point? What position are you in now? (relevant to the goal)
Is this your goal, or someone else’s expectation that you have adopted?
What does this goal mean to you? Is this goal completely congruent in your world?
ACHIEVABLE & ‘AS IF NOW’
Has this goal been achieved previously? Has another person on the planet achieved this or a similar outcome? How did they do it? What else could you learn from your model?
What steps will be required to successfully achieve your goal? Are you able to perform each step?
Write in terms ‘as if’ your goal was already a reality. ‘As if’ it is happening right now.
REALISTIC & RESOURCED
Is this goal and the steps required realistic in my world? What will I gain by achieving this goal? What will I lose? What do I need to change? Am I prepared to push through even when it gets challenging? How will I keep myself motivated when it gets boring/ hard/ there’s resistance/ etc?
What resources – physical, financial, emotional, etc – will you need to achieve your goal and all the steps along the way? What resources did you model use? Do you already the resources? If not, how can you get them?
TIME-FRAMED & TOWARD
Define the exact date you will achieve your goal. Is it realistic? How long did your model take to accomplish the goal? Is that realistic for you?
Thinking of the steps required, create a timeline of events and resourced required.
How will you monitor your timeframes? What mechanism do you have in place to keep you on track?
Are you motivated to achieve your goal? Or to avoid pain?
Take some time to consider this question – if your entire motivation is to escape pain, to move away from a negative situation you will get to a point where the pain stops and so does your motivation. While there may be an element of away from, you want to be motivated toward achieving your goal. To make your goal and it’s impact so delicious that nothing can stop you.
INSPIRED & IMPORTANT
How does this goal inspire you? How could this goal inspire someone else?
Is it so important to you that nothing can stop you?
Does it align with your values and purpose in life?
EXCITING & EMOTIONAL
Does your goal truly excite? Are you ready to tell every person you meet about your powerful goal? Does it feel so real you can reach out and touch it?
What emotions come up when you consider your emotions?
Does your goal meet at least 3 of the 6 Human Core Needs? (Certainty, Variety, Significance, Connection, Growth and Contribution) How?
S M A R T I E GOAL
Find a fresh piece of paper and your coloured pens.
Take a few minutes to review all the answers you have written and allow your goal statement to flow onto the paper.
Write your goal in long form, describe the scene in minute detail of the moment you will successfully achieve you goal. Using sensory specific language means to connect with the emotion of your goals. What you will see, hear, feel, smell and/or taste and tell yourself when you achieve the goal.
Describe the location and details of the environment you are in. Include your starting point, the impact you will have and the key steps to achievement. Describe exactly what you achieved, who is present (if relevant), specify the measurable result e.g $268 576.58.
Having that emotional attachment to achieving your goal is important. A goal has to be defined as something you want and desire. When you focus on the things that you desire, you can make it possible for your body and your mind to work hand in hand in transforming a focused idea into the physical achievement of your dreams.
We get to choose not only what we want out of life, but also how we experience life moment by moment.
Focus on your goals and the life you choose to live and your experience of life is going to be fulfilling and packed full of success.
Linda x
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