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