Maybe You Need To Have A New Approach When It Comes to Setting Your Goals

Make SMART goals.

Not all goals are created equally.  In order to make progress, you should make SMART goals. SMART is an acronym for the following:

1. Specific
2. Measurable
3. Actionable
4. Realistic
5. Time-Bound

Michael Hyatt has a great podcast that breaks this idea down.   Here are my top 7 goals for 2013:

1. Finish reading the one year Bible by 12/30
2. Run/walk 4-5 times per week using “RunKeeper” and track calories using “LoseIt!” until 12/30
3. Pray together as a family everyday that I am not traveling until 12/30
4. Post new content to my blog every week until 12/30
5. Launch 4-Year Regional Strategic Planting Initiative by securing funding, creating infrastructure, and recruiting personnel by 8/30
6. Increase overall student participation in my area to 575 core students through planting, building, and affiliating by 12/30
7. Speak to 3 diverse audiences and influence these groups to be World Changers by 8/30

Notice that each goal is specific and can be measured.  Each goal starts with an action verb. Each goal has a date associated with it.  When I read this list, I get excited and know that I am becoming the person that God designed me to be.

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Excerpts from: The secret to making progress in your life by Linson Daniel