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Goal Setting Achieves Results


Goal setting help us focus on the purpose and direction in life. We become more organized, effective and experience a greater sense of fulfillment from achieving results.

Goals can be short term like 1 month or long term like more than 2 years. Some people set lifetime goals, starting from the current age to 60 years old or more.

The sections of life that we can look into setting goals include:

  • Career


  • Health


  • Financial


  • Lifestyle


  • Family


  • Social


  • Spiritual or others

How to set goals?


1. Write a goal statement using the acronym SMART


  • S stands for specific


  • We need to spell out the details of what we want to achieve. We cannot be too general or we become easily distracted.

  • M represents measurable


  • You can think of ways to monitor the results eg if you like to lose weight, you can weigh yourself and measure your waist circumference regularly. Record the readings in a notebook.

  • A means achievable


  • We can break bigger goals into smaller and manageable ones. Make a list of the steps for achieving goals and check each off when you accomplished it. Reward yourselves when you meet the goals.

  • R stands for realistic


  • It can take time to see results. Be patient.

  • T represents time frame


  • Set a deadline for meeting the goals. Schedule time to review the results. We can evaluate the effectiveness of our activities daily and make the necessary changes.

2. Prioritize your goals with a scale


Tasks can be divided into:


  • urgent and important


  • goal oriented and non urgent


  • urgent yet unimportant – be careful not to accept responsibilities that keep us from reaching our goals


  • non urgent nor important - wastes our time



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