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Setting SMART Goals
The document discusses the importance of setting SMART goals as a roadmap for achieving personal and professional aspirations. It outlines the characteristics of effective goals—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—and emphasizes the need for ongoing evaluation and alignment with one’s values. Additionally, the document provides examples of poor and better goal-setting practices to highlight how clarity and structure can enhance goal accomplishment.
Setting SMART Goals
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- 2. G O AL S Get dream job Organize my life Achieve success Live a happy life Stop worrying 2
- 3. • A powerfultool to define or refine your career/life journey. What are GOALS? • Anyone who needs to clearly articulate their personal or professional goals. Who sets GOALS? 3
- 4. DREAMS ACTION STEPSTARGET DATE GOALS Goals are not dreams, your roadmap for a successful education,career and life. Why go through life without goals? 4 WHY GOALS ARE IMPORTANT?
- 5. Learning how toset goals is as important as knowing what the goal should contain. What’s important to remember about setting goals is the correct F.R.A.M.E. of mind. What is meant by “frame of mind?” Each letter in the word “frame” illustrates the following: 5 HOW TO SET A GOAL?
- 6. • Dream yourwildest dreams and make sure that your goals match your values. Ask yourself: what do you want to be doing in 1 year? 5 years? What kind of person do I want to be? Fantasize • Fantasies can become reality, depending on how hard you are willing to work for them.Reality • Define your goal(s) by striking a balance between Fantasy and Reality; set a high but realistic goalAim • Be truthful to yourself by narrowing your choices or goals to the ones you really intend to accomplish. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.Method • Process the results, but don’t make it the last step; evaluation should be on going.Evaluation 6 F.R.A.M.E
- 7. 7 DIFFUSE UNDER-DELIVER MISSINGMETRICS BLIND SIGHTED Vague with no “there” Uninspiring Incalculable Not aligned with strategy D U M B G O A L BAD GOALS ARE DUMB
- 8. 8 What do you wantto do? SPECIFIC MEASURABLE ATTAINABLE REALISTIC TIME-BOUND S M A R G O A L T S How will you know when you’ve reached it? Is it in your power to accomplish it? Can you realistically achieve it? When exactly do you want to accomplish it? GOOD GOALS ARE
- 9. Stellar goals arecrystal clear and well-defined. They act as a magnet, focusing your attention along your career/life journey. Poor Example Better Example I will lose weight I will lose 10kgs by October 01, 2018 by eliminating sugar from my diet and walking 2 kms per day To set a specific goal answer the six “W” questions. 1. Who is involved? 2. What do I want to accomplish? 3. Where will the action take place? 4. When will the goal be achieved? 5. Why is this goal important? SMART : SPECIFIC 9
- 10. Goals that containspecific numbers or dates keep you on track and provide a way to measure your success. Poor Example Better Example I will lose weight I will lose 10kgs by October 01, 2018 by eliminating sugar from my diet and walking 2 kms per day To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as: 1. How many? 2. How much? 3. To what degree? 4. How will I know when it is accomplished? SMART : MEASURABLE 10
- 11. Realistic yet challenginggoals let you celebrate your achievements and provide personal satisfaction. SMART : ATTAINABLE 11 Poor Example Better Example I will lose weight I will lose 10kgs by October 01, 2018 by eliminating sugar from my diet and walking 2 kms per day
- 12. Relevant career/life goalsalign with the direction you want your life to take. SMART : RELEVANT/RESULT-ORIENTED 12 Poor Example Better Example I will lose weight I will lose 10kgs by October 01, 2018 by eliminating sugar from my diet and walking 2 kms per day
- 13. You set adeadline for your career goals, so there's a sense of urgency and you know when you can celebrate success. SMART : TIME-BOUND 13 Poor Example Better Example I will lose weight I will lose 10kgs by October 01, 2018 by eliminating sugar from my diet and walking 2 kms per day
- 14. ACTIVITY 01 :INDIVIDUAL GOAL SETTING 14
- 15. 15 STEP 01 STEP02 STEP 03
- 16. Set Goals thatmotivates you Set SMART Goals Set Goals in writing Make an Action plan Stick with it RECAP 16
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