{"id":370,"date":"2020-02-20T23:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qualitypush.com\/w\/2020\/02\/20\/why-goals-should-not-only-be-smart-but-smarter\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T12:13:25","slug":"why-goals-should-not-only-be-smart-but-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qualitypush.com\/w\/2020\/02\/20\/why-goals-should-not-only-be-smart-but-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why goals should not only be SMART but SMARTER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Goals should be SMART, everybody knows this formula. Here\u00b4s a better one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/qualitypush.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/man-984048_1280-1024x682.jpg?resize=525%2C350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/qualitypush.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/man-984048_1280.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/qualitypush.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/man-984048_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/qualitypush.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/man-984048_1280.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/qualitypush.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/man-984048_1280.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Your goals should be emotional and relevant to you<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>S specific<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M measurable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A achievable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R reasonable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T time bound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sometimes you find a bunch of variants of this formula:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S significant, stretchable, simple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M meaningful, motivating, manageable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A attractive, attainable, activating, assignable, appropriate, accepted, agreed,  actionable, ambitious, aligned, aspirational, attainable, as if now (expressed in present time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R relevant, realistic, resourced, resonant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T tangible, trackable, &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I suggest a SMARTER formula:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S <strong>specific<\/strong> (like in classical definition)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M <strong>measurable<\/strong> (like in classical definition)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>adding<\/strong> value (!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R <strong>relevant<\/strong> (serving a higher purpose)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T <strong>tracked<\/strong> (continuously)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E <strong>exiting<\/strong> (for me and my boss)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R <strong>reviewed<\/strong> (continuously)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goals should be SMART, everybody knows this formula. Here\u00b4s a better one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":361,"url":"https:\/\/qualitypush.com\/w\/2020\/02\/20\/simple-workshop-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":370,"position":0},"title":"A simple design for a good workshop","author":"Patrick","date":"20. 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