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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Yeah, each of these points is important. If you are weak on any one of them, or if it's nonexistent, it becomes that much more difficult to achieve something. For your benefit, and for the benefit of the thread, here is an example of a S.M.A.R.T. goal:
To increase my annual income to $50,000 by the end of 2011 by taking an extra 2 or 3 hours each week to attend courses/workshops/seminars, read books/magazines/journals, and otherwise increase my level of skills and knowledge related to my industry.
Here is the same thing translated into a dream:
I want to make $50,000 a year. Or worse:
I want to make more money. |
Thanks for this extra information on how to write out a S.M.A.R.T. goal. I am going to work on getting my goals into this format. I have already to some extent--given that I have to go to grad school to do what I want to do, I have a lot of hoops to jump through: three exams to sit, a comprehensive application to submit, letters of recommendation to acquire. Laying out all of my deadlines, and what I have to do in order to accomplish this goal, has been very helpful in making it more real and attainable.