Ready for a Great New Year? Try SMART Resolutions

There are SMART goals and New Year's Resolutions, and the two don't usually look alike. For most of us, SMART goals have a higher chance of getting implemented than do pie-in-the-sky  or fuzzy-like-a-cloud resolutions (but they aren't as fun or motivating).

Well, without sapping all the wonderful and festive vibes out of the new year, how about SMART resolutions? What's a SMART resolution?

S = Serious - This is something important to you and that you are willing to CHANGE for in order to make it a reality.

M = Motivating - You have expressed your serious goal in a way that makes the hairs on the back of your neck raise up with a shiver of excitement.

A = Actionable- You have crafted the resolution in a way that logically leads into action. Starting right now. For example, saying that you want to be gazillionaire by the time you retire is not logically actionable.

R = Right now - Your SMART Resolution is present oriented - it speaks to how you want to live now (even if you are heading down a road to a longer goal). For example, if you want to run a marathon in eight months, you need to be like (and think like) a marathoner today to make that happen even if you are starting with 3 mile walks around your neighborhood.

T = Tellable- Your SMART Resolution should be seriously tellable because, as I discovered when researching for and writing my Two Weeks to a Breakthrough book, sharing your goal is very POWERFUL and ups your odds of making the seeming impossible, possible and a reality.

So there you go. SMART Resolutions. What do you think? Does your New Year's Resolution have what it takes to be SMART? If you put a little work into it, I think you can create something that is not only inspiring, but that has the potential to change your life.

Dream, do, dream, do.

Comments

[Pinoko]

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[Chris Traynor]

Ha, Nice little way of setting a goal.

Another way I used to look at setting targets using SMART was

Specific - Plan Must Be specific

Measurable - Progress must me measurable

Agreed - Everything must be reasonable and agreed upon with all parties.

Realistic - Everything must be realistic (Important)

Timed - A time scale for the plan must be set in place.

[Eva G.]

Ha, I'm a little embarrassed I never looked at a New Year's resolution this way. Great post and thank you!