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Setting goals is something you probably already recognize is necessary for success. And you probably have heard your goals should be "SMART" goals.
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Five Key Characteristics of
Successful Goal Setting
Setting goals is something you
probably already recognize is
necessary for success. And you
probably have heard your goals
should be "SMART" goals. But did
you know there's solid research
behind this well-known acronym?
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S.M.A.R.T.
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-bound
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S.M.A.R.T.
These concepts
were born in 1968,
when Dr Edwin
Locke published
his pioneering
article "Toward a
Theory of Task
Motivation and
Incentives.“
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S.M.A.R.T.
Locke's research showed that employees
showed increased motivation when they
had clear goals and appropriate feedback
Aware of Dr. Locke's work, Dr Gary
Latham, another American researcher, also
studied the effect of goal setting in the
workplace. His results supported exactly
what Locke had found.
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Goal Setting
Together Locke and Latham outlined five
key characteristics of successful goal
setting.
◦ Clarity
◦ Challenge
◦ Commitment
◦ Feedback
◦ Task complexity
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Clarity
When a goal is
specific and has a
definite time set for
completion, there is
less misunderstanding
about what is
expected
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Challenge
Make your goals challenging, but well short of impossible. Seeing yourself achieve a lofty goal, and with it a more valuable or higher reward, will motivate you to do a good job.
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Commitment
One version of SMART, as used in manager/employee scenarios, has A and R standing for Agreed and Realistic instead of Attainable and Relevant.
Agreed goals lead to commitment, and both parties must agree the goal is Realistic.
But if you’re self-employed, the same concepts hold true. The harder the goal, the more commitment is required.
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Feedback
Feedback is important so you can adjust goal difficulty when necessary, and reward yourself. If it is taking too long to reach a goal, for example, it may need to be broken down into more Achievable chunks.
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Task Complexity
If your goals are highly complex, take care
to ensure that the work doesn't become too
overwhelming.
Give yourself enough time to meet the
goal, and if necessary, build in extra time
to learn new skills or find required
resources, or chunk it down as above.
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Goal Setting
The whole point of
goal setting is
success. Make sure
the conditions
surrounding your
goals don't keep
you from
accomplishing
them
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