Improving the S.M.A.R.T. Goal Acronym

This video clip about SMART goals is from a goal setting presentation I gave to the Job and Career Program at the Russell Library in Middletown, CT.

The SMART goal system is a great way to define and clarify your goals – but I believe that the traditional definition of SMART goals may actually be holding you back and keeping you from achieving your big goals and dreams. But by making a simple change, you can improve your chances of success.

If you want to change your life for the better, you have to take away all limits to your success. Don’t limit yourself by insisting that your goals be realistic. Where would the world be if everyone stuck to ‘realistic’ goals?

Stretch yourself!

Setting a timeline to achieve your goals - a simple way to supercharge your efforts!

Creating a Timeline to Complete Your Goals
Have you set a timeline to complete your goals? If you have been struggling to reach your goals you might find it helpful to develop a timeline that charts exactly when you will complete each step along the path to your goal.

Creating a timeline for completing your goals is a powerful way to keep your focus on what is important right now – and it is not as hard as you might think! Follow the steps I share below and you too can develop a bullet-proof plan to reach your goals.

Too many people resist setting time-based goals because they feel that life should simply flow and that everything happens in it’s own time and at it’s own pace. But the reality is (read more…)

The #1 tool to help you reach your goals!

The Shortcut to Reaching Your Goals

Are you looking for a shortcut to success? Want to reach your goals and change your life? Then you absolutely, positively have to get yourself one of these. It is, without a doubt, the #1 success tool that you can use to help you reach your goals and change your life for the better.

That’s right, it’s a notebook.

You can get one for a couple of dollars down at your local store. But that tiny investment has the potential to bring you enormous returns.

Why? The answer is simple – because believe it or not, people who (read more…)

How to make a vision board that really works!

Do you want to know how to make a vision board that really works?

One that will actually help you to manifest your dreams and goals faster?

Well, you are not alone. Interest in learning how to make vision boards has been climbing and climbing over the last several years as more and more people discover the power of this fantastic manifesting tool.

I am constantly getting questions about vision boards, and I decided to answer some of them for you here.

Question: How do I decide exactly what I should put on my vision board to represent my goals?

Answer: The short answer? Use (read more…)

10 Books about personal success that can change your life.

Read any good books lately?

Here are 10 books about personal success and growth that you absolutely must read in 2011. Any one of these books can change your life… if you let it. Any one of these books can help you to see life in a new way, with a new perspective.

The ten books on this list create a virtual university of success and are full of ideas and concepts that will help you manifest your desires and shape your life.

But these books alone won’t change your life – only you can do that.

The old saying, “Knowledge is power,” is only half true, because knowledge alone won’t change your life. It is (read more…)