The document provides a template for setting SMART goals. It explains that SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timed. Each letter of SMART provides criteria for effective goal setting. The template then provides prompts for writing goals that align with each of the SMART criteria by including spaces to describe the specific goal, how it will be measured, how it is achievable, how realistic it is, and the time frame.

1. SMART Goals Template
SMART Goals Template Presented by Richard Butler of
richardbutlerthesuccesscoach.com
SMART goal setting is very popular in the business arena, and helps a person
focus more on what it is they wish to achieve because the person defines the
goal in more detail. Before I give you the working template let me first explain or
recap on SMART goals.
So what exactly does SMART stand for?
Specific – What is it exactly that you would like?
Measurable – How will you know when you’ve got it?
Achievable – are you capable of the goal? Do you have the necessary
experience/ training to achieve it?
Realistic – How realistic is it?
Timed – When would you like it by?
Now instead of someone saying I want to loose weight they can using the
SMART method change their goal to read:
“I want to loose 2 stone, in 4 months time and fit into a size 34 waist pair of
trousers. I will exercise two evenings a week in the gym from 7 – 9. I can achieve
this as I have lost weight in this way before.”
This goal is now more realistic, as the person has set out a specific amount of
weight to loose, it is measurable and realistic and a time frame has been set. It is
now:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timed
© 2008 Richard Butler, for more hints and tips visit www.richardbutlerthesuccesscoach.com

2. SMART Goals Template
What follows is a SMART Goals Template
What exactly do I want to achieve (Be Specific)
How Will I know when I have got it (Measurable, include dates, time, places etc)
How do you know you are capable of reaching this goal? (Achievable – give
evidence to back it up)
How realistic is this goal? (Is it actually realistic to set it, i.e. am I setting the right
time frame, the right measurement etc)
How long will it take me to reach this goal? What time limit am I giving it?
© 2008 Richard Butler, for more hints and tips visit www.richardbutlerthesuccesscoach.com

3. SMART Goals Template
© 2008 Richard Butler, for more hints and tips visit www.richardbutlerthesuccesscoach.com