By now you will have thought of a rough goal or 10 that you have for the future.

Now lets turn your goal(s) into a SMART goal!!

Firstly we need to make your goal Specific. In order to make your goal specific you need to look at the 6 W’s (Some of you may remember this from story writing when you were a wee tot beginning school).

Who
What
When
Which
Where
Why

Lets take a simple everyday goal such as “I want to get into shape”…

Now looking at the 6 W’s lets make it a bit more specific!!

Sally wants to loose weight by Christmas 2008 so she can fit into her favourite dress for the annual Christmas party.

I have found that just by adding why you want to achieve your goal is a huge motivator to keep pressing on when times get tough, often if you quit your why is not strong enough and needs to be reevaluated.

I have found that each of the 6 W’s leads into the rest of the criteria for SMART goals, so spend a bit of time in this area crafting your goals and the rest of the goal setting process should be relatively smooth.

Ready, Steady, Set your Specific Goals!!