Every year, most people have either made goals or have considered making goals. But, the problem with creating goals is that most people aren’t good at it. Their goals lack clarity or direction or they’re too broad. I am going to briefly go over how you create BETTER goals.
Most of you have probably heard of SMART goals. They’re usually used in business but they can really apply to anything.
Smart stands for… Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound
Specific – your goal has to be specific. You can’t just say that you want to jump higher. How much higher do you want to jump? 2 inches? 6 inches? 12 inches? Being specific, gives you something to reach for.
Measurable – If your goal isn’t measurable, how can you know if you achieve it. Using the example of wanting to jump higher, we know when we achieve that goal. If our goal is to jump 6 inches higher, then we can measure how high we jump now and then measure it later to see if we’ve achieved our goal.
Attainable – Your goal has to be realistic. It has to be something that you can actually accomplish. Wanting to increase your vertical by 6 inches is probably attainable, but wanting to increase your vertical by 24 inches can be very difficult for most people… at least in a small time frame.
Relevant – WHY do you want to accomplish this goal? How is it relevant to what you are trying to accomplish. Are you trying to increase your vertical by 12 inches so that you can be a bigger blocker? Or are you trying to flex on people by hitting monster attacks in front of the 10ft line?
Time-Bound – You need to have an end game. How soon do you want to accomplish this goal? Remember, it needs to be attainable. Increasing your vertical by 12 inches in one month is probably not attainable, but you could probably do it over 6 months. Having a time frame will help you create Check Points which I talk about in just a minute.
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Now that you understand how to set your goals, take a moment to write down your goals and then continue reading about how you can crush your goals.
How to Crush Your Goals
You’ve set goals… now what? Unfortunately, just setting goals doesn’t make them happen. You have to take daily, intentional action to reach those goals.
But what does that look like? How can you crush your goals and finally achieve the thing you’ve been dreaming about for a long time?
As I talked about earlier, you have to create measurable…