How To Set Effective Goals In 2023

Goals Setup For Success in 2021

Goals are extremely important to set up everyday in order to live life to the fullest and unless they are set up effectively there is no point set them at all. In this blog post you will learn how to use the SMART method to improve your life.

Everyone loves to set goals for the new year, but did you know that there are certain ways to do so that will set you up for success? Don’t be one of the many people who by mid February or March have already given up simply because they set up their goals the wrong way. Let’s work hard and crush our goals! Share this article with a friend who is setting up their goals today!

As human beings we all have dreams, so it is of the utmost importance that if we want the chance to see those dreams become reality we must act on them now.

Covid 19 Update: With everything happening in the world today it is so important to know that all setbacks are setups for even greater comebacks and now, with everyone in quarantine there are absolutely no excuses as to why we can’t write down our goals to achieve success in life! Time is our greatest resource and the most valuable thing we have in life because we do not get it back.

In this I Live Life blog post you will learn how to set up goals for success!

Dream Big from the "Goals Set Up For Success in 2020" blog post on ilivelifeill.com

How do you set up goals? Effective goal setting is done the S.M.A.R.T. way.

What does SMART stand for? S.M.A.R.T. stands for Specific. Measurable. Attainable. Realistic. Timeline.

Keep in mind that every word in the acronym S.M.A.R.T. goes together.  We want our goals to be specific enough that we can envision and visualize ourselves achieving them. Our goals should be measurable, meaning that that we should be able to know when we’re moving forward, towards the finish line, in this case achieving our goals. Make your goals attainable. Don’t get me wrong, it is very important to have big dreams for yourself, I am simply saying that you have to set achievable goals that will get you to making your big dream a reality. You know yourself better than anyone, so be real with yourself here because a realistic goal for you might be an unrealistic goal for someone else. Give yourself a timeline because than you will find yourself working even harder than you would have thought because you are challenging yourself, it’s you against you, and you will be pushing yourself to succeed and achieve your goals!

SMART goals are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and they have a timeline.

Let’s say your goal is to get better grades in school, I’m using this example because as a teacher I know a ton of students have this goal for themselves.

If you write down and say your goal is “Get better grades this year”, that is a great goal to have but it is not concrete and is missing parts of the SMART method.

So let’s rewrite this goal to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and have a timeline. “I will have better grades on my next report card that comes out on Friday, March 8, 2023”. Now, do you see how that is a lot more powerful and solid than simply saying, “Get better grades this year”?

You see how setting a goal using the SMART method is more concrete, making it more powerful?

Goal Setting from the "Goals Set Up For Success in 2020" blog post on ilivelifeill.com

Check out my YouTube video on setting goals for success!

What is the SMART method of goal setting?

Specific. Measurable. Attainable. Realistic. Timeline.

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