SMART Goals: How to Make Your Goals Specific and Measurable

Part 1 of 2: Use the SMART acronym to set better goals. Learn how to make your future goals specific and measurable. When you go to set goals, I suggest you try to set smart goals. Smart is an acronym. It stands for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. These are the key characteristics of a good goal. Now there are multiple versions of smart out there, but they all get to the same thing: creating clear and actionable goals that matter. This week, let’s focus on the first two smart characteristics: specific and measurable. Specific The first characteristic of a good goal that you should focus on is that the goal is specific. Make the goal unambiguous. Tell people what to do, why they’re doing it, who’s accountable, and what the performance standards...



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