Setting Your Short-Term Goals – Take Baby Steps

Once you define your lifetime achievements and what success means to you, the next step is to set your short-term goals to be sure they keep you on the path to success. It’s easy to over-think this, but it doesn’t need to be difficult.  Here are some hints and tips on setting good short-term goals:

1) Create SMART Goals

SMART goals stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely. The essence of a good SMART goal is that it’s easy to refer to frequently to track your progress and remain focused. For a template you can use to set your SMART Goals (click here).

2) Give Yourself Rewards

Goals should be naturally motivating if they align with your lifetime goals but sometimes we all need a little boost to keep us going. For all your SMART goals, add a reward that you will give yourself for achieving them, you may consider matching the size of the reward to the significance of the goal.

3) Set Your Milestones

SMART goals are great for one-year or less, but if you want to keep on your path to success, you will want to arrange specific milestones for the next one to three years. In most cases, milestones are achieved by accomplishing several of your SMART goals.

We’d enjoy hearing more about your goals, milestones and rewards. The best thing you can do to solidify your goals is to share them with others so they can support you in your pursuit of success.

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