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What's so great about being smarrrt? Yes, we're aware we spelled it with three R's. Oh, just bear with us. You'll see.


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Thank you We sneak in as a society we value

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people who are smart Einstein isn't just revered for having

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fantastic hair you know it's important that our goals be

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smart too not exactly einstein smart but rather they need

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to meet the standards of the smart acronym specific measurable

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attainable relevant realistic results oriented and time bound It should

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be smart goals but not everyone can roll They're ours

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Well having specific goals means making them is simple and

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well defined its possible for example say you want to

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get better grades this year Probably not a bad idea

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especially if you have napped your way through one too

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many tests And seriously one really is too many that's

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why coffee exists although getting better grades this year is

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a good idea it would be even better if this

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goal were more specific You're probably in a bunch of

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courses so think about each of them and figure out

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specific grades you'll shoot for in each one when you're

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setting goals Vagueness is definitely your enemy and the sniper

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of specificity can really help you out Sounds like a

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great video game waiting to happen right Sniper of specificity

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To vagueness hunter anyway your goal should also be measurable

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and no we don't mean they should stand about six

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foot five and weigh three hundred pounds of gold could

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be measured that can help us determine whether it's been

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achieved Thank you backto our great based goals We can

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set the very measurable goal Getting a b in biology

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with that measurable goal will be able to tell whether

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we achieved it and should do some celebratory cartwheel or

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whether we missed the mark and should eat some cupcakes

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of shame We're pretty sure martha stewart has a recipe

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for those from her prison days at the end of

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the day goals should be attainable It's good to be

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ambitious but you should know your limits So you're getting

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a d in gym partly because running even ten feet

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makes you want to cough up a longer too well

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Shooting for an a on the next exercise might be

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a bit much and perhaps might make more sense to

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shoot for a more attainable great like a sea gradually

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working way up to a bead on an egg Remember

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rome wasn't built in a day Come on it took

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at least two some of the ours will be a

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bit familiar A goal Being realistic is a lot like

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it being attainable and a goal being result oriented is

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a lot like it being measurable but what's up with

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the whole relevance thing Well set relevant goals means setting

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small goals that'll help contribute to the achievement of your

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bigger goals You got to start somewhere Even if you've

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set the specific attainable goal of getting a b in

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biology there are tons of smaller goals You definitely should

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be setting to get there Stuff like studying for this

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week's quiz and starting your science fair project Pay that

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cool paper mache volcano isn't gonna make itself finally when

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your goals or time bound they have a deadline Well

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time limits reinforce the seriousness of the task at hand

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and motivate us to take action Well after all making

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a great science fair project won't do you any good

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If it takes twenty years you need to still be

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in high school If you ever want that sweet sweet

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ribbon and a paper machine is taking you twenty years

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well you might want to pick a new project by

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setting smart goals You'll have specific measurable goals that you'll

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be likely to achieve You might even give einstein a

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run for his money especially if you can have him 00:03:15.078 --> [endTime] in the fancy hair department there

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