If you do not have a particular goal, then you're mostly squandering your time. When you have a concrete goal with a burning desire behind it then everything you do towards that aim will be much more effective. By setting the goal you are ten times as certain to hit it.
Have you heard of SMART goals? This is an acronym that stands for five significant pieces of goal setting.
Specific
Is you goal specific? The simple question to ask yourself if will you know the exact moment you have completed your goal? If your answer's yes, great. If its no, then your goal is not specific, and you won't know the right actions to take to hit it.
Measurable
Is your goal quantifiable? How will you know when you are closer to your goal then you are now? If you can measure it you can track your results. And with tracking comes improvement.
Actionable
Is your goal actionable? Is this a goal you can do something on? Is it something that is within your powers of control? If it is then you can be proactive about it and it makes for a good goal. If not, you can't do much about it so do not squander your time on it.
Realistic
Is your goal realistic? Is it something that you can realistically accomplish? If you're 300 lbs. oversized and need to enter the Olympic Games next year, I'm sorry mate, you don't have an opportunity, unless they make eating an Olympic sport. Whatever it is it's got to be realistic to you in your mind.
Time-sensitive
Is you goal time dependent? This means does it have a deadline. When you set a cut-off point you seriously speed up the process of your accomplishment of that goal. Without a cut off point your accomplishment can just move much further away.
If you cover these five points when for any exercise or sport related goals you have you'll achieve much more.
Have you heard of SMART goals? This is an acronym that stands for five significant pieces of goal setting.
Specific
Is you goal specific? The simple question to ask yourself if will you know the exact moment you have completed your goal? If your answer's yes, great. If its no, then your goal is not specific, and you won't know the right actions to take to hit it.
Measurable
Is your goal quantifiable? How will you know when you are closer to your goal then you are now? If you can measure it you can track your results. And with tracking comes improvement.
Actionable
Is your goal actionable? Is this a goal you can do something on? Is it something that is within your powers of control? If it is then you can be proactive about it and it makes for a good goal. If not, you can't do much about it so do not squander your time on it.
Realistic
Is your goal realistic? Is it something that you can realistically accomplish? If you're 300 lbs. oversized and need to enter the Olympic Games next year, I'm sorry mate, you don't have an opportunity, unless they make eating an Olympic sport. Whatever it is it's got to be realistic to you in your mind.
Time-sensitive
Is you goal time dependent? This means does it have a deadline. When you set a cut-off point you seriously speed up the process of your accomplishment of that goal. Without a cut off point your accomplishment can just move much further away.
If you cover these five points when for any exercise or sport related goals you have you'll achieve much more.
About the Author:
Logan Christopher teaches people sport mental training, which includes anchors, visualization, goals setting, and much more. For a free report on athletes mental training click here.
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