{"id":1341,"date":"2017-06-18T14:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T20:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2017-06-18T14:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T20:15:04","slug":"alternatives-smart-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.successseriesllc.com\/wordpress\/2017\/alternatives-smart-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Alternatives to SMART Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life Area: Personal
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You’ve heard me say, write, live SMART<\/strong> goals. That is:<\/p>\n

SMART GOALS<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

S<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 pecific
\nM<\/strong> easurable
\nA<\/strong>\u00a0 chievable
\nR<\/strong>\u00a0 ealistic
\nT<\/strong>\u00a0 ime bound<\/p>\n

Here’s three other acronyms I came across for you non-conformists:<\/p>\n

PURE GOALS<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

P<\/strong>\u00a0 ositively Stated
\nU<\/strong>\u00a0 nderstood
\nR\u00a0 <\/strong>elevant
\nE<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 thical<\/p>\n

CLEAR GOALS<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

C\u00a0 <\/strong>hallenging
\nL<\/strong>\u00a0 egal
\nE\u00a0 <\/strong>nvironmentally Sound
\nA<\/strong>\u00a0 greed
\nR<\/strong>\u00a0 ecorded<\/p>\n

HARD GOALS<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

H<\/strong>\u00a0 eartfelt
\nA<\/strong>\u00a0 nimated
\nR\u00a0 <\/strong>equired
\nD<\/strong>\u00a0 ifficult<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a><\/p>\n

For more on goal setting, check out my recent blog post Mid-Year Goals Check-in<\/a> and dive deep with my 2016 Goals Series of blog posts: [here’s #1<\/a>] [and #2<\/a>] [#3 is linked here<\/a>] [find #4 here<\/a>] [and last in the series #5<\/a>] and read [this blog post from the 2015 archives<\/a>]. To learn how to write an action plan for goal achievement read [this post<\/a>].<\/p>\n

My crash course for this year is my 7-Day Goal Setting Challenge<\/a> – A Guide to Help You Set Your Goals, Create a Plan of Action and Begin Achieving Them IN ONLY A WEEK! I describe it in detail in this Talk with Tom<\/em> podcast episode on the subject<\/a> [here<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Download my FREE 7-Day Goal Setting Challenge eBook<\/a> – A Guide to Help You Set Your Goals, Create a Plan of Action and Begin Achieving Them IN ONLY A WEEK! [Download for FREE here<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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In continuation of a sampling of the 100 Things Successful People Do<\/em><\/a> from the book of the same title by author Nigel Cumberland (but not all 100 \ud83d\ude42 Here’s another 5:<\/p>\n

1. Have the courage to fail<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Seek wisdom and use it<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Model the best<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Sleep well<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Laugh more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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