College and Career 1.4 Get SMART Goals

attainable relevant realistic results oriented and time bound It should

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

Well having specific goals means making them is simple and

well defined its possible for example say you want to

get better grades this year Probably not a bad idea

especially if you have napped your way through one too

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

why coffee exists although getting better grades this year is

a good idea it would be even better if this

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

courses so think about each of them and figure out

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

setting goals Vagueness is definitely your enemy and the sniper

of specificity can really help you out Sounds like a

great video game waiting to happen right Sniper of specificity

To vagueness hunter anyway your goal should also be measurable

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

foot five and weigh three hundred pounds of gold could

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

achieved Thank you backto our great based goals We can

set the very measurable goal Getting a b in biology

with that measurable goal will be able to tell whether

we achieved it and should do some celebratory cartwheel or

whether we missed the mark and should eat some cupcakes

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

for those from her prison days at the end of

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

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

a d in gym partly because running even ten feet

makes you want to cough up a longer too well

Shooting for an a on the next exercise might be

a bit much and perhaps might make more sense to

shoot for a more attainable great like a sea gradually

working way up to a bead on an egg Remember

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

at least two some of the ours will be a

bit familiar A goal Being realistic is a lot like

it being attainable and a goal being result oriented is

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

the whole relevance thing Well set relevant goals means setting

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

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

set the specific attainable goal of getting a b in

biology there are tons of smaller goals You definitely should

be setting to get there Stuff like studying for this

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

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

your goals or time bound they have a deadline Well

time limits reinforce the seriousness of the task at hand

and motivate us to take action Well after all making

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

If it takes twenty years you need to still be

in high school If you ever want that sweet sweet

ribbon and a paper machine is taking you twenty years

well you might want to pick a new project by

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

be likely to achieve You might even give einstein a

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