Setting Actionable SMART goals

All of us dream - many of us go for our dreams with concentrated-focused-determined efforts and purpose.

At times you may find that - although you put lots of passionate efforts - you were still unable to accomplish your dreams.

Many times having SMART-goals which has built-in action-steps - and those which can be actioned by anyone - becomes the distinctive-edge or differentiating-factor in how successful you are in making your large dreams real.

36 Immutable steps for creating and setting SMART-goals

1.?????Identify - what all you want to?have-want to be- want to do?- in?your personal, financial, health-wise, professional, social, relationships, emotional, fun-relaxation-vacations as well as in your spiritual arenas

2.?????Now assign priority to all of these wants-desires-dreams

3.?????Every goal to have different priority [meaning no two goals can have same priority]

4.?????Now select the most critical and crucial 6-goals that you must accomplish on war-footing

5.?????Now clarify your WHYs of these crucial 6-goals using the following 8 questions

???????I.???????????What would happen if you don’t accomplish these - list all the major negative impacts on your life

?????II.???????????How they will create meaning in your life

???III.???????????How these goals resonate with your core-values

??IV.???????????What price you are paying today for not achieving these

????V.???????????List all the ways your life will get impacted positively and powerfully - if you achieve these - note down all long-term benefits

??VI.???????????Why so far you could not accomplish these - include all your negative beliefs-mindsets-attitudes-habits

?VII.???????????What detrimental habits of mind are making you stuck

VIII.???????????What belief-change will create magnanimous changes in your life

6.?????33 steps of Goal-setting process on how to convert your vague and ambiguous desires-wants-feels into SMART goals and action-steps

???????I.???????????Choose one thing that you must accomplish - this goal should be the for which there cannot be any more avoiding

?????II.???????????Identify all elements of this goal - which are individually exclusive and collectively make your goal complete and exhaustive

???III.???????????Create a deadline - by say giving a specific date by which you should be able to accomplish each element

??IV.???????????Working backwards - create milestones with specific date and element

????V.???????????Now choose one element with its date of accomplishment

??VI.???????????Again divide this element into subcomponents again create milestones with specific date

?VII.???????????Identify all the resources that you have - it could only be a very strong urge to make it happen

VIII.???????????Identify all the resources that you need?

3 stages [30+ steps] of how you can create pathways FOR YOUR SUCCESS OR accomplish any other large-GOAL position [an illustration to show how you can the process of SMART goal-setting by converting your vague-ambiguous-confusing desires and wants on how to go about say becoming a business-head from your current entry-level executive]

1.?????In this example I am taking a hypothetical working executive - who is a graduate or even school or college drop-out and is of 24 years with experience of about 3 years at the entry-level job

2.?????This person has a dream of becoming the plant or business head of a reasonably good organization say of

3.?????Let us put some measurable elements in this dream - say this person wants to become a General-manager/Vice-President in say next 15-20 years’ time

4.?????Stage 1 Now let us identify all the elements of professional growth - the following are must - given randomly

???????I.???????????Qualifications - let us assume Technical and management both are needed

?????II.???????????Experience of progressively rising roles and responsibilities

???III.???????????Exposure of handing multiple disruptive crisis and changes

??IV.???????????Expertise which brings out this person’s strengths-values-leadership?- these have to be seen when going through their track-record - through real time milestones and accomplishments

????V.???????????Demonstration-of?and continuous polishing of essential soft-skills - like - creativity-innovation, problem-solving, risk-taking, accepting-accountability, decision-making, taking-initiative, being a team-working, conflict-resolution, communication, professionalism, negotiation, values that this person stands-up for etc.

??VI.???????????Knowledge - enhancing knowledge and awareness about what is happening your business and industry as well as in other field

?VII.???????????Borrowing the best practices of other fields and global-best organizations into your

VIII.???????????Creating a powerful and positive personal-brand

??IX.???????????Getting a mentor and God-father

????X.???????????Becoming visible - in the eyes of senior-leaders, in the professional-circle - in the sight of the movers-shakers, being on the radar of big-consultants - through being active in professional forums by presenting, giving-talks etc.

For complete article please read "How to set smart goals with built in action steps" in the blog section of Success Unlimited Mantra - link in the 1st comment