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 of SMART goals? This is an acronym that stands for five important 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 will you 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 take action on? Is it something that's in your powers of control? If it is then you can do something about it and it makes a good goal. If not, you can't do much about it so do not waste your time on it.
Realistic
Is your goal pragmatic? Is it something you can realistically do? If you are 300 lbs. overweight and want to go into the Olympics next year, I am sorry chum, you do not have a chance, unless they make eating an Olympic sport. Whatever it is it has to be pragmatic to you in your consciousness.
Time sensitive
Is you goal time-sensitive? This implies has it got a deadline. When you set a deadline you dramatically speed up the method of your attainment of that goal. Without a cut-off point your achievement can just move more and more 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 of SMART goals? This is an acronym that stands for five important 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 will you 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 take action on? Is it something that's in your powers of control? If it is then you can do something about it and it makes a good goal. If not, you can't do much about it so do not waste your time on it.
Realistic
Is your goal pragmatic? Is it something you can realistically do? If you are 300 lbs. overweight and want to go into the Olympics next year, I am sorry chum, you do not have a chance, unless they make eating an Olympic sport. Whatever it is it has to be pragmatic to you in your consciousness.
Time sensitive
Is you goal time-sensitive? This implies has it got a deadline. When you set a deadline you dramatically speed up the method of your attainment of that goal. Without a cut-off point your achievement can just move more and more 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.