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SMART FOCUS: How to Stay S.M.A.R.T. and Achieve Your Most Important Goals One Step at a Time
SMART FOCUS: How to Stay S.M.A.R.T. and Achieve Your Most Important Goals One Step at a Time
When it comes to achieving your goals, do you find yourself...
• always struggling with achieving goals year after year?
• constantly stressed out because your New Year's Resolutions are never successful over the long term?
• dissatisfied with the results you've been getting–or, rather, haven't been getting–from your goals?
The SMART FOCUS System is here to help!
The Struggle for Achieving Success
Millions struggle with realizing their goals every day. Perhaps you've also tried conquering your goals again and again, only to keep getting the same disappointing results.
What you need is a proven system and a plan with a track record of success in achieving goals, so that you can be assured of success in your own circumstances. Such a system will give you the confidence and motivation you need to get back up, dust yourself off, and try again.
In Book 1 of his SMART FOCUS System, Eric Beaty introduces you to a concept he calls SMART Goals. With the use of this simple step-by-step tool, you can finally overcome failure and embrace success, whether in your personal or professional life.
This step-by-step system is based off a popular acronym used by many business success and life-coach professionals. For the purposes of this book, SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Time-Bound.
Using each step of this simple system, Eric shows you how to take your most important life goals and break them down step-by-step into more narrowly focused goals, instead of the broad goals people tend to create for themselves. Such laser-focused methods can mean the difference between success and failure in any goal setting endeavor.
How The SMART FOCUS System Can Help
Some of the many helpful topics for your own personal development in this book include:
• Time Management Strategies and tips for Planning Your Life Weight Loss Strategies
• Overcoming obstacles such as Writer's Block, Fear of Failure, and Fear of Taking Action
• Seeing your life goals in a new light with the newly-introduced concepts of Ongoing Goals, Goal Calibration, and Refining Your Goals
• How to maintain momentum through the use of Quarterly Updates.
So if you’re sick and tired of falling short of victory due to vague or abandoned goals, and if you’re ready to use your failures as opportunities to propel you toward lasting success, then this guide is can help. With The SMART FOCUS System, Eric has developed the proven, time-tested, invaluable tools needed to finally conquer your goals!
What you will read in this book (and future volumes of the SMART FOCUS series) are the bitter-sweet results of this personal and intense case study. Sometimes the choices you have to make are difficult and the path scary, laden with obstacles and setbacks along the way...that's the bitter part. Yet, because of these challenges, actually accomplishing your goals will become so much sweeter, more satisfying, and, most importantly, they will give you the peace of mind to enjoy life’s journey and not just the destinations.
Isn't it high time you took charge of where you're going in your own life? Don't you want to see the results that will give you satisfaction for all the hard work you've put in? If you believe it's your turn to finally achieve success and happiness in your goals, look no further than SMART FOCUS: How to Stay S.M.A.R.T. and Achieve Your Most Important Goals One Step at a Time.
When it comes to achieving your goals, do you find yourself...
• always struggling with achieving goals year after year?
• constantly stressed out because your New Year's Resolutions are never successful over the long term?
• dissatisfied with the results you've been getting–or, rather, haven't been getting–from your goals?
The SMART FOCUS System is here to help!
The Struggle for Achieving Success
Millions struggle with realizing their goals every day. Perhaps you've also tried conquering your goals again and again, only to keep getting the same disappointing results.
What you need is a proven system and a plan with a track record of success in achieving goals, so that you can be assured of success in your own circumstances. Such a system will give you the confidence and motivation you need to get back up, dust yourself off, and try again.
In Book 1 of his SMART FOCUS System, Eric Beaty introduces you to a concept he calls SMART Goals. With the use of this simple step-by-step tool, you can finally overcome failure and embrace success, whether in your personal or professional life.
This step-by-step system is based off a popular acronym used by many business success and life-coach professionals. For the purposes of this book, SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, and Time-Bound.
Using each step of this simple system, Eric shows you how to take your most important life goals and break them down step-by-step into more narrowly focused goals, instead of the broad goals people tend to create for themselves. Such laser-focused methods can mean the difference between success and failure in any goal setting endeavor.
How The SMART FOCUS System Can Help
Some of the many helpful topics for your own personal development in this book include:
• Time Management Strategies and tips for Planning Your Life Weight Loss Strategies
• Overcoming obstacles such as Writer's Block, Fear of Failure, and Fear of Taking Action
• Seeing your life goals in a new light with the newly-introduced concepts of Ongoing Goals, Goal Calibration, and Refining Your Goals
• How to maintain momentum through the use of Quarterly Updates.
So if you’re sick and tired of falling short of victory due to vague or abandoned goals, and if you’re ready to use your failures as opportunities to propel you toward lasting success, then this guide is can help. With The SMART FOCUS System, Eric has developed the proven, time-tested, invaluable tools needed to finally conquer your goals!
What you will read in this book (and future volumes of the SMART FOCUS series) are the bitter-sweet results of this personal and intense case study. Sometimes the choices you have to make are difficult and the path scary, laden with obstacles and setbacks along the way...that's the bitter part. Yet, because of these challenges, actually accomplishing your goals will become so much sweeter, more satisfying, and, most importantly, they will give you the peace of mind to enjoy life’s journey and not just the destinations.
Isn't it high time you took charge of where you're going in your own life? Don't you want to see the results that will give you satisfaction for all the hard work you've put in? If you believe it's your turn to finally achieve success and happiness in your goals, look no further than SMART FOCUS: How to Stay S.M.A.R.T. and Achieve Your Most Important Goals One Step at a Time.
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Published December 1, 2016
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About the author
Eric Beaty
14 books4 followersEric Beaty began his entrepreneurial career as a well-known guitar instructor on YouTube and performing artist in the Bluegrass guitar circuit. Before dedicating greater focus to his writing career, Eric created and authored several guitar instructional courses and companion books.
In the years since pursuing writing as a career in addition to his music, Eric has authored many books, stories, poems, essays, blog posts, and songs. The basis for much of Eric’s writing comes from a great many notebooks and journals that he fills with his experiences, ideas, and stories. In fact, as an additional resource in 2023, Eric created his own Substack, Gleaning Words, (https://gleaningwords.substack.com) to host the best of these "gleaned" journal entries. He later created his fiction newsletter 🦁 The Fiction Tamer. (https://ericbeaty.com/fiction-tamer-l...)
Eric has also participated in—and thrice won—the popular writing competition National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in the years 2009, 2015, and 2018. He was also a shortlist winner for the "Art of the Title" competition hosted by the Self-Publishing Advice Conference (SelfPubCon) in 2023. In January of 2026, Eric achieved bestselling status with his SMART FOCUS series.
Originally from Monterey, Tennessee, Eric now lives with his wife, Melissa, and their son, DJ, in the ever-growing city of Crossville, Tennessee. He is currently at work on yet another one of his many creative projects.
In the years since pursuing writing as a career in addition to his music, Eric has authored many books, stories, poems, essays, blog posts, and songs. The basis for much of Eric’s writing comes from a great many notebooks and journals that he fills with his experiences, ideas, and stories. In fact, as an additional resource in 2023, Eric created his own Substack, Gleaning Words, (https://gleaningwords.substack.com) to host the best of these "gleaned" journal entries. He later created his fiction newsletter 🦁 The Fiction Tamer. (https://ericbeaty.com/fiction-tamer-l...)
Eric has also participated in—and thrice won—the popular writing competition National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in the years 2009, 2015, and 2018. He was also a shortlist winner for the "Art of the Title" competition hosted by the Self-Publishing Advice Conference (SelfPubCon) in 2023. In January of 2026, Eric achieved bestselling status with his SMART FOCUS series.
Originally from Monterey, Tennessee, Eric now lives with his wife, Melissa, and their son, DJ, in the ever-growing city of Crossville, Tennessee. He is currently at work on yet another one of his many creative projects.
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