If you don't have a specific goal, then you are largely wasting precious time. When you have a concrete goal with a passionate desire behind it then everything you do toward that target will be far more effective. Simply by setting the goal you're 10 times as likely to hit it.
Have you heard about SMART goals? This is an acronym that stands for 5 vital pieces of goal setting.
Specific
Is you goal explicit? The straightforward question worth asking yourself if will you know the precise moment you have finished your goal? If your answer is yes, great. If its no, then your goal isn't specific, and you will not know the proper actions to take to hit it.
Measurable
Is your goal quantifiable? How are you going to know when you are closer to your goal then you are now? If you can measure it you can track your results. And with tracking comes improvement.
Actionable
Is your goal actionable? Is this a goal you can do something on? Is it something that is within your powers of control? If it is then you can be proactive about it and it makes for a good goal. If not, you can't do much about it so do not squander your time on it.
Realistic
Is your goal practical? Is it something that you can realistically achieve? If you're 300 lbs. oversized and desire to enter the Olympic Games next year, I'm sorry buddy, you don't have an opportunity, unless they make eating an Olympic sport. Whatever it is it has got to be practical to you in your brain.
Time-sensitive
Is you goal time dependent? This means does it have a deadline. When you set a cut-off point you seriously speed up the process of your accomplishment of that goal. Without a cut off point your accomplishment can just move much further away.
If you cover these five points when for any exercise or sport related goals you have you'll achieve much more.
Have you heard about SMART goals? This is an acronym that stands for 5 vital pieces of goal setting.
Specific
Is you goal explicit? The straightforward question worth asking yourself if will you know the precise moment you have finished your goal? If your answer is yes, great. If its no, then your goal isn't specific, and you will not know the proper actions to take to hit it.
Measurable
Is your goal quantifiable? How are you going to know when you are closer to your goal then you are now? If you can measure it you can track your results. And with tracking comes improvement.
Actionable
Is your goal actionable? Is this a goal you can do something on? Is it something that is within your powers of control? If it is then you can be proactive about it and it makes for a good goal. If not, you can't do much about it so do not squander your time on it.
Realistic
Is your goal practical? Is it something that you can realistically achieve? If you're 300 lbs. oversized and desire to enter the Olympic Games next year, I'm sorry buddy, you don't have an opportunity, unless they make eating an Olympic sport. Whatever it is it has got to be practical to you in your brain.
Time-sensitive
Is you goal time dependent? This means does it have a deadline. When you set a cut-off point you seriously speed up the process of your accomplishment of that goal. Without a cut off point your accomplishment can just move much further away.
If you cover these five points when for any exercise or sport related goals you have you'll achieve much more.
About the Author:
Logan Christopher teaches people sport mental training, which includes anchors, visualization, goals setting, and much more. For a free report on athletes mental training click here.
