Attaining of goals is a defined process that helps to increase outcomes. It isn't about shooting in the dark in hopes of blindly tripping over your goals. A little planning can go a long way in fostering positive outcomes. The SMART goal setting technique can help you define what you want to do and in the time frame you want.
Writing your goals out with specificity can be difficult and takes some time catching on. The problem with lots of goals that we make in our daily lives, like New Year's goals, is that they lack the "teeth" determine when we have accomplished them. Without some objective measurements the goals lose their ability to be tracked and monitored.
What is SMART?
Specific: Be specific and write down exactly what you want. Don't be too broad.
Measurable: Your goals should be measurable.
Attainable: Your goals should be reasonable and realistic.
Time Bound: Make sure that you have a specific time-frame to complete your goals or they will go on forever and not be achieved.
Organizations often make goals for annual or five year stints. Short annual goals often work on the specific tasks needed for the longer term strategic goals measure in 5 years. Each person within the organization should be working on these goals in some way.
Without following some format for writing and defining your goals it will be difficult to measure them and track them from a data standpoint. For example, if you don't know when you accomplished something the input and measurement of such goals will be left open to all types of inaccuracies.
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