{"id":163,"date":"2010-01-19T13:48:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T13:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:41:14","slug":"goal-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/goal-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Personal Goal Setting<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Goals, Not Resolutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a marketing manager at <a title=\"Why not subscribe to our Energy Blog? ;o)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utilitymasters.co.uk\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Utility Masters<\/a>, I&#8217;m quite used to setting business goals.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t subscribe to the notion of New Year&#8217;s Resolutions because they seem to be used most commonly to rationalise failure later in the year.\u00a0 They are also so woolly as to be useless &#8211; how exactly do you define sucess against your &#8220;<em>be a better person<\/em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>get fitter<\/em>&#8221; resolutions?<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I decided to set myself some personal goals instead this morning, using good old-fashioned business cliches.\u00a0 Objectives have to be <strong>SMART<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>S<\/strong>pecific &#8211; stating exactly what you intend to achieve<\/li>\n<li><strong>M<\/strong>easurable &#8211; so you know\u00a0what defines\u00a0achieving it<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>chieveable &#8211; so you actually have a chance<\/li>\n<li><strong>R<\/strong>ealistic &#8211; make sure you can do it &#8211; it can be hard, but you&#8217;ve got to get there<\/li>\n<li><strong>T<\/strong>imed &#8211; when will you aim to do it by?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, the box that&#8217;s been published in my sidebar this lunchtime is my own measurement of how I&#8217;m doing this year.\u00a0 My main goals are two events I intend to complete this year, plus a fundraising target for the Hospice where my Mum was so wonderfully cared for.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be tracking my cycling and running this year, for you all to poke fun at by way of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know what you think, and offer any additions that you think will help me in 2010. 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