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!

Your goal setting checklist!

Learning how to set goals – real goal setting that produces rapid results – isn’t difficult, it only seems that way – mostly because it is so easy to confuse ‘setting your goals’ with ‘achieving your goals’.

It is easy to confuse the action with the result.

Achieving your goal is a result, a result of all the actions you took that moved you in the direction of that goal. Sometimes it only takes a few actions to reach a goal, other times it takes many actions – sometimes repeated over and over – to achieve your goal.

But no matter how big your goal is or how many actions it will take to reach it, the very first action that you have to take is (read more…)

Are you making these goal setting mistakes?

When it comes to goal setting, nothing is more important than learning to do it right! In fact, learning how to set goals effectively is right up there on the list of important things that you can do to improve your life.

But if you are not doing it right, you could be holding yourself back.

To help you stay out of that trap, I want to share with you the top 5 goal setting mistakes that you absolutely must avoid if you are serious about making real changes in your life.

Mistake #1. Your Goal is Too (read more…)

How to set goals to attract success and manifest abundance.

Here we go! Another year, another wonderful series of opportunities for you to reach out and claim your dreams!  Yes, it’s goal setting time!

No matter what happened in your life last year, no matter what challenges you faced, or what your results were, you CAN make this year a fantastic year!

You can make this the year that you attract the success you desire, the year that you manifest the abundance you crave!

The key is in your mindset!

Master your mindset and you will no longer be wondering HOW to create your best year ever… you will be (read more…)