What Are Long Term Goals and Why Do You Need to Have Them?
Goals are a crucial component in changing your life. But did you know that there are multiple different kinds of goals you can set? One of the most important ones…
4 Things to Remember That Will Make Setting SMART Goals Easier
Setting SMART goals means making your goals Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic, and Time-Bound. But there are some downsides to this system that you need to be aware of. Looking at…
What are SMART Goals and How Will They Help You?
Almost every time you hear someone mention goals, the idea of SMART goals comes up. But what are SMART Goals and why should you care? “SMART goals” is a goal-setting…
15 Examples of SMART Goals That Will Give You Inspiration
Every time I say “goals” the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind is SMART goals. But nobody really knows how to set them, let alone what the acronym even…
4 Benefits of a Weekly Review and How to Have One
One of my favorite goal-setting and achieving tools is a weekly review. It will help you “sharpen the saw” as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Teaches. But what…
3 Things You Must Do Immediately After Getting Excited About New Big Goals
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how good it feels to set big goals. I remember clearly the moments when I realized I wanted to go to graduate school,…
How to Plan for the Future Even When It’s Uncertain
To say 2020 has been a wild year would be an understatement. It’s showing us all why uncertainty is so intimidating. But I’ve also been thinking, how can you and…
What Word Math Is and Why I Do It
In many of the articles on this site, I begin with a section that I like to call Word Math. If you’re wondering what this is and where it came…
What Lead & Lag Indicators Are + How They Improve Your Goals
I've been setting goals for over 17 years, but in the last couple of years I've discovered something that's skyrocketed my success rate with achieving goals. They're called lead and…
3 Quick Ways to Make Achieving Goals Inevitable
A couple of weeks ago, I published my big goal-setting how-to guide, and I can’t stop thinking that something was missing from it. I realized that finding, refining, and tracking…