SMART Goal Setting for Beginners: A Workbook to State Your Goal and Plan This Week

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SMART Goal Setting for Beginners: A Workbook to State Your Goal and Plan This Week

Anyone who can only write a fuzzy goal like I want to speak English uses this beginner-friendly SMART goal setting workbook to state one clear goal and plan the actions for this week. The whiteboard lays out Will, Can and Must in three columns to narrow the list to one goal, a radial diagram of the five SMART conditions, a four-step backcast from one year to this week, a frame for the rewritten goal, a table that contrasts fuzzy and SMART wording, and three frames for keeping the habit. The task board has four columns - write it out, fix with SMART, this week and review - and starts with 4 parent tasks and 12 subtasks, all not started. If you do not know how to set goals, filling in Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound in order gives you a goal that another person reads the same way. Unlike an OKR board for company-wide goal management, this workbook is built for one person setting a personal goal.

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3. Backcast - one year to three month... 4. The goal rewritten with SMART 5. Rewriting examples - fuzzy versus ... 6. Put it in the calendar first 7. Log it where you can see it 8. How to restart when you stall SMART Goal Settin... How to use: (1) N... The rewritten goal Rules and the SMA... Where you stall a... What you noticed ... 1. Will / Can / M... Will (what you want) Write three things you want to doe.g. run meetings without an interpreter / save more money / get fit enough to run again Add one line on why you want ite.g. because I want to deliver on next year's overseas trip. It feeds the R check in frame 2 Circle the one that matters most and carry it into frame 2e.g. pick meetings in English. Leave the other two written down and park them for now Can (what you can do) Write what you can already doe.g. I read English email without a dictionary. Speaking stops at my self-introduction Write the time and money you can spende.g. 30 minutes in the evening on weekdays and Saturday, up to 35 dollars a month for materials Starting from zero or almost there changes the A amount in frame 2e.g. if you can read, you can put the time into listening and speaking Must (what you have to do) Write the circumstances you cannot avoide.g. an overseas trip is already set for April next year Look for a date already in your calendare.g. the trip is April 2027, so it is a candidate for T in frame 2 The goal where all three columns overlap is your own axis, and overlap is what keeps you goinge.g. Will meetings, Can reading and Must the trip all point to English 2. Sharpen it wit... Run a meeting in English S Specific Can you say what you will do in one sentence?e.g. speak English becomes run a 30-minute meeting wi… M Measurable Can you confirm it with a number?e.g. run three 30-minute meetings A Achievable Does it fit your current level and free time?e.g. four sessions of 30 minutes a week fit into the … R Relevant Does it connect to your own purpose?e.g. to deliver results on next year's overseas trip T Time-bound Is the deadline written as a real date?e.g. by March 31, 2027 One yearPut the five sharpened conditions into one sentence. The clean copy goes in frame 4. e.g. by March 31, 2027, run three 30-minute meetings in English without an interpreter. Three monthsWrite in one sentence where you stand a third of the way in. e.g. run one 15-minute meeting in English, about a third of the yearly time and count. One monthBreak it into an amount you can count monthly. Three of four weekly sessions counts as done, so use 12 a month. e.g. take 12 online lessons and collect 30 phrases you could not say. This week - 7 daysUp to three actions you can start today. e.g. choose the material / book four lessons / block 9 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The rewritten goale.g. by March 31, 2027, run three 30-minute meetingsin English without an interpreter. The five conditions checkedS run the meeting / M 30 minutes x 3 / A four sessions of 30 minutes a week /R for the overseas trip / T March 31, 2027 Read it back with someonee.g. ask another person to read it. If they take the same meaning it is done.If not, go back to frame 2 and fix only the condition that slipped. Fuzzy version SMART version Language I want to speak English- nothing says what done looks like By March 31, 2027, run three 30-minute meetings in English without an interpreter Exercise Exercise more- no frequency and no amount, so skipping goes unnoticed By December 31, 2026, walk 30 minutes three times a week and lose 3 kg Money Save more money- no number that counts as success By August 31, 2027, save 150 dollars every month to reach 1,800 dollars e.g. block 30 minutes from 9 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday A goal with no time slot always loses to the rest of your calendar If 30 minutes will not stick, cut it to 15 Decide the place too. e.g. open the material as soon as you sit at the desk e.g. move a card to done every time you finish a session Count the sessions each week. Three out of four is a pass Count only the days you did it. Skipped days are not counted At month end go back to the five conditions and fix the numbers if they are too much Two weeks with no movement means the amount is wrong, not your willpower e.g. cut four sessions a week to two and win back the feeling of finishing If it still will not move, rewrite Relevant, the reason you are doing it Record a decision to stop as well. It is material for choosing the next goal
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Write it out 16 items

List your goals
Sharpen with SMART
Down to this week
Build the habit
Write 3 goals
Add why in one line
Pick just one
Make it specific
Add a number
Set a date
Year to 3 months
Set monthly amount
List 3 tasks now
Choose where to log
Block day and time
Check at month end

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