There are SMART goals and New Year's Resolutions, and the two don't usually look alike. For most of us, SMART goals have a higher chance of getting implemented than do pie-in-the-sky or fuzzy-like-a-cloud resolutions (but they aren't as fun or motivating).
Well, without sapping all the wonderful and festive vibes out of the new year, how about SMART resolutions? What's a SMART resolution?
- S = Serious - This is something important to you and that you are willing to CHANGE for in order to make it a reality.
- M = Motivating - You have expressed your serious goal in a way that makes the hairs on the back of your neck raise up with a shiver of excitement.
- A = Actionable - You have crafted the resolution in a way that logically leads into action. Starting right now. For example, saying that you want to be gazillionaire by the time you retire is not logically actionable.
- R = Right now - Your SMART Resolution is present oriented - it speaks to how you want to live now (even if you are heading down a road to a longer goal). For example, if you want to run a marathon in eight months, you need to be like (and think like) a marathoner today to make that happen even if you are starting with 3 mile walks around your neighborhood.
- T = Tellable - Your SMART Resolution should be seriously tellable because, as I discovered when researching for and writing my Two Weeks to a Breakthrough book, sharing your goal is very POWERFUL and ups your odds of making the seeming impossible, possible and a reality.
So there you go. SMART Resolutions. What do you think? Does your New Year's Resolution have what it takes to be SMART? If you put a little work into it, I think you can create something that is not only inspiring, but that has the potential to change your life.
Dream, do, dream, do.
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