Measurable Results (SMART)
Goals that are not measurable are vague and often unattainable. Goals should have a measuring stick so that as you progress you know your winning or staying the same and yes maybe even losing. This gives you the focus to adjust.
So moving forward we understand that it is indeed smart to establish goals to help with the attainment of a better life, for ourselves and those we love.
We covered the importance of specific goals and today we move on to being measurable when designing and implementing our goals.
I sports we understand the word measurement imagine playing a game with out borders or rules. Playing and changing the rules as we go along would be very frustrating if we didn't know the goal or a way to win. Imagine that as you went to the field and were asked to just win.
So in life we have rules and we understand the basics but sometimes we lose our way and forget how to win. Thats what goals do in some way. A goal can realign us so that we have the ability to win
However always make your goal measurable.
Don't just say I want to make more money. How much more money? What am I willing to do and how often.
When you want to lose more weight. Questions like how much do I weigh now and how much do I want to lose by when. Be specific and measure your goals.
I want to go back to college. Make it specific as to what classes and what you hope to attain by going back to school and what it would mean to you short and long term. Then make it measurable as to what steps would need to be taken to enroll, prepare, study, improve etc., when going back to school for that improved education.
Make your goals measurable. Take out your measurement stick and hold it and align it so that you know what your working to attain.
Don't allow your goals to be theory. Make it real and make it specific and measurable.
That is the only SMART way to do it. : )
Just some thoughts and as always smiles sent to you this day and everyday.
New Affirmation for the Month of March ..... Use it daily and feel the change in you.
I walk with confidence and understanding towards success. Born into a perfected state I strive to achieve my intended purpose, to love, to share and care for self and for others that come in contact with me. I choose to be happy and share laughter. Making a difference in another persons life for the better gives positive and ever flowing energy into my world. I am focusing on my goals, the this moment goal, this day, my weekly goals and monthly goals I achieve because of my spirit and focus.
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Quote of the Day
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
: o ) Galileo Galilei
Today in History (on this date)
1639 – Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.
1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
1925 – Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
1938 – World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
1943 – The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
1964 – American Kitty Genovese is murdered, reportedly in view of neighbors who did nothing to help her, prompting research into the bystander effect.
1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
2008 – Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time.
1964 – American Kitty Genovese is murdered, reportedly in view of neighbors who did nothing to help her, prompting research into the bystander effect.
1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
2008 – Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time.
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Daily Prayer for March
Thank you for another day in the world you created.
May my spirit inspire, inflate and bring joy and peace to another.
May I always speak my gratitude into the world and share my appreciation.
Guide me today to be wiser, more kind, help me to see deeper into this hurting world and perhaps give a bit of kindness to it.
May I always appreciate the nature that surrounds me.
The wind, the sunshine and the plants and trees that surround me.
Help me to understand that the energy around me is both helpful and strengthening.
In your word I seek peace and solace.
Thank you for another day.
Amen
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