If you are a constant reader of this blog, you would agree that we talk quite a lot about personal productivity. How you can get the very best results you desire from the limited resources available to you.
The main secret to personal productivity is self leadership and management. This is a post for another day. We want to focus on a sub theme of self leadership which is goal setting.
I actually believe that the starting point to a productive life is goal setting. It is important to always begin a thing with the end in mind.
A picture is worth more than a thousands words. So I would lead you through some goal setting infographics.
Goal setting amongst many other things appear to be an every day discussion yet a lot of people still get it wrong.
From research, the best kinds of goals are SMART GOALS.
Let's examine a more specific example of what form SMART GOALS should take.
Here is a statistical fact of the effect of setting smart goals.
There are several things we can set goals for and the image below represents three categories.
I want to believe that at this point, you understand what smart goals are. If you do not know how to go about writing your goals, the next image will guide you step by step.
At this point, you should have had your goals written, so you can move on to the possible ways to achieve them.
There are some other goal setting blog resources I recommend you read by awesome bloggers
The Beginner’s Guide to Goal Setting by Michael Hyatt
Personal Goal Setting: Planning to Live Your Life Your Way by Sarah Pavey