Goals setting _Smart goals

What keeps me going is GOALS, goals and goals....................



Goal

The end toward which effort is directed. Goals are dreams and wants except a goal is more specific. Goal setting is a formal process during which one define targets that he plan to achieve.  When one set goals, he commit to outcomes that he can accomplish personally or through his team process during which he define targets that he plan to achieve.  

Goal setting creates a long term vision for ones chapter, and provides the motivation to get him there.  It has the additional benefit of helping them decide how they want to focus their resources and spend their time.

Learning how to set 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: 

n  Goal setting works!!!!!!

n  Have you ever sat down on a Sunday evening in front of a pile work and asked yourself "What happened to the weekend?" 

n   When done properly, goal setting helps you do those day to day activities that you know you should do to be successful but don't always get done. 

n  More generally, goal setting helps you to identify what you want to accomplish and find a way to do it.

5 Qualities of Effective Goals S.M.A.R.T

n  Before one begin their goal setting process it is important to know what qualities he goals should embody. Effective goals have three important qualities. They are realistic, measurable, and reviewed.

·         The Goal should be SPECIFIC enough so that we know exactly for what we are striving.

·         A goal must be MEASURABLE. It should have concrete facts. one should be able to answer very specifically, when and how some one will know he attained his goal

·         ACTION-ORIENTED: declaring positive activity that will produce results.

·         A goal must be REALISTIC. Challenging yourself is an important part of goal setting. one want to aim high; however, he also need to be realistic.

·         TANGIBLE: meaning concrete and not vague.

 Also… don’t forget…Goals must also be… REVIEWED

Setting goals is a means of identifying and plotting how we are going to achieve our aim in life. By writing down our goals we are committing our self to accomplishing them; therefore, make sure that one goals are important to him.... 

"AN UNWRITTEN WANT IS A WISH, A DREAM, A NEVER HAPPEN. THE DAY YOU PUT YOUR GOAL IN WRITING IS THE DAY IT BECOMES A COMMITMENT THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. ARE YOU READY?"

                                                                           - TOM HOPKINS