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Originally Posted by darthangel  Everybody knows goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely. Everyone knows that deadlines are needed and you need to take action daily to realize your goal. |
I disagree with that advice. I tried setting S.M.A.R.T. goals, and it just didn't work. I sat around and did nothing to achieve them. I found the SMART approach to goal setting to be totally ineffective in practice.
Goals are important, but I found a much more effective approach to goal setting and wrote an article about it a while back:
How to Set Goals You Will Actually Achieve
When I was first launching StevePavlina.com, I set a goal to create the best personal development site in the world. That isn't very specific or measurable. How do you define
best? I also had no deadline for it... and no clear plan. But somehow the goal was very motivating to me. I took a lot of action and got fantastic results from pursuing it. The goal inspired me when I thought about it.
That's all you need -- a goal that inspires you to get moving whenever you think about it. If SMART goals do that for you, great. If SMART goals don't work for you, dump them.