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Persistence isn’t using the same tactics over and over. That’s just annoying.
Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/03/persistence.html
After reading the above post from Seth Godin, I realized that best lessons are the ones that are simply taught. You know you have experience that lessons when after you read it.. you say “I get it”.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Denis Watley
We have explored specific, measurable, achievable and realistic goal setting. Using the SMART model, the last step, and possibly the most important, is to strengthen commitment through setting timely goals.
The last step in our series on goal setting is to create timely goals. When you begin setting goals using the SMART model, the requirement to set specific goals sometimes sets a timeframe. Also, by making a goal measurable, you’ll require a timeframe. But let’s look at the reasons to require a specific timeline. You must have a commitment to a goal in order to accomplish it. We’ve discovered that by setting realistic goals, commitment grows. By adding a specific timeline, you can ensure continued commitment. What are the changes you would like to make? Have you set timely goals to ensure you can make those changes?
You’ve learned how to set specific, measurable, and achievable goals. The fourth step of the SMART model helps you determine if goals are truly realistic.
We already know that our goals must be smart, measurable, and achievable. In the fourth part of our series on SMART goals, let’s look at the need to make goals realistic. This step is a natural tie-in to achievable goals, but goes a step further. As with achievable goals, creating realistic goals ensures that you take a good look at yourself, or the person you’re setting goals for, and truly evaluate willingness, skills, and abilities. What are the changes you want to make this year in certain areas of your life, such as health, career, relationships, finances, and persona growth? Think about them as you learn how to choose realistic goals.
Achieving goals can be difficult if you start with goals that are not truly attainable. When you use the SMART goal-setting model, the third step is to make goals achievable.
We’ve already discovered that making goals specific and measurable sets the stage for accomplishment. For the third part of our series on the SMART model, you’re ready to go further and examine the nature of the goals you’re setting. You need to determine if the goal is truly attainable - and there are several ways to do that, both at the beginning of the goal-setting process and when goals have already been determined. Remember to think about the things you want to achieve in your life and use them as examples as you progress through the goal-setting series.
You have set goals that are specific. Using the SMART model, the next step is to make goals measurable. As you know, goal setting is a skill that can be utilized in both personal and professional environments. If you practice efficient goal-setting in both areas, you’ll be able to accomplish more - and make the changes you want to make in all areas of your life. For the second part of our series on the SMART model, let’s look at making goals measurable. Again, as you progress through the series, think about the areas you want to change and actively work with goals from those areas. Let’s look at a career goal: say you want to find a new position this year. When you make the goal specific, you’ll answer the questions who, what, where, when, which, and why. To make a goal measurable, it’s necessary to answer a few more questions.
Is it time to make changes in your personal and professional life? Think about setting goals to make those changes - and goal setting is easy using the SMART model. To begin with, you must set specific goals - and here is how.
It’s easy to set personal and professional goals as you would a New Year’s resolution. But setting goals can have a far greater impact if you set them in a concise and consistent manner. Whenever you set goals, use the SMART model: goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. In this 5-part series of articles, we will take a look at each part of the SMART model. As you progress through the series, consider how you can set goals in various areas of your life, such as health, career, relationships, finances, and personal growth. Then work on creating those goals using the SMART model.
The holidays are over and IT’S TIME to get back to work. Many people have already created resolutions and even goals. If you have, than you are on the right track. If you haven’t IT’S TIME!
But let me ask you some important questions to consider:
YES…..the issue isn’t setting goals. IT IS ACCOMPLISHING THEM!
Don’t be fooled by the idea that you can just “think to attract” the things you want. That is the thoughts fairy tales are made of. It it time to take your first step, sit down and write out your goals.
Over the next 5 days, I will post articles on how to be SMART about goal creation. GOOD LUCK.
QUESTION
How’s my Momentum?” is the question leaders ask themselves every day.
Your answer to this question determines your success. Positive Momentum is the key to success in business and happiness in life. We know it. Research proves it.
ANSWER
What’s your answer?
Think about it carefully. Your happiness and success depend on it.
The question of ‘Momentum” is applicaple to everything in life. In an article ‘Momentum is key in fourth-down decisions’ on ESPN, the follwoing was quoted:
“Something big,” said Baltimore Ravens head coach Brian Billick, “is going to happen. Either you’re going to covert in a crucial situation that keeps a drive alive, that allows you to score, that makes a difference in the game, that gives your team a huge emotional lift. The reverse of that is you go for it, you take your chances, you get stoned and it’s a huge emotional drain for your team.”
The Cal-Berkeley economics professor David Romer’s analysis of fourth downs points this sort of thing. He and some associates recently began studying data on momentum swings. After looking at situations when one team receives the ball after a major event — say, a failed fourth down or a turnover — Romer said he believes that momentum is not an important factor.
It’s the downside of that momentum swing that scares coaches.
Part 2 coming shortly….