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Achieving Your Dreams: Setting SMART Goals for Success

Learn how to differentiate between dreams and goals, and understand the importance of setting SMART goals. Discover how to categorize your goals, create achievable timelines, and track your progress effectively for a successful life journey.

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Achieving Your Dreams: Setting SMART Goals for Success

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  1. Goal Setting

  2. If I could do anything, I would… • Create a list of goals you would like to achieve in your life time. • You will have 5 minutes to create this list. • A minimum of 10 goals (try to come up with more) • Think about… • Like to accomplish • Like to become • Like to improve • Qualities you would like to possess

  3. Goals vs. Dreams • An object or end that one strives to attain; aim. • A fond hope or aspiration.

  4. What is the difference between a dream and a goal? • Identify your • The word • to you • Goals are • You can see or hear the results by a certain time.

  5. SMART • It is helpful to define your goals in a “ ” way. • S • M • A • R • T

  6. Specific • A detailed set of Instructions to work on. • The more information you give, the more clear the final outcome becomes. • “I want to spend my entire Spring Break at Daytona Beach.” • Not “I want to do something fun over Spring Break.”

  7. Attainable • “I’ll save $15 a week from Thanksgiving until Spring Break.” • Not “I’ll win a weekly radio call-in contest to get the money to pay for my trip.” • Is the goal realistic?

  8. Measurable • “I need $120 for my share of the gas, hotel room, and food for the week.” • Not “I need some money for my trip.” • You can see or hear the results by a certain time

  9. Realistic • “I plan to drive from Omaha to Daytona in about 24 hours by using four drivers.” • Not “I want to drive from Omaha to Daytona in about half a day.”

  10. Time-bound • “I’ll have the $200 for my trip expenses saved by March 5th.” • Not “I want to save up enough money by early spring.”

  11. SMART Goal Timelines • Think of your goals as what you want to be, do, or have • In other words, where you want to go. • Part of setting SMART goals means they are and • Short-term vs. Long-term

  12. Timelines for Goals • Can be achieved in an hour, a day, or even a week • Things that can be done in a relatively short amount of time • Take longer to achieve • Not only do they require more time, they generally require more effort • Oftentimes, broken down into several short-term goals. • Short-term goals make achieving long-term goals more manageable

  13. If I could do anything, I would… • Categorize your list of goals into a time frame.

  14. My SMART Goals • Pick one or more of you goals from you personal list. • Create a SMART Goal chart to help you define you goals.

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