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Well-Formed Outcome: “How to make Smart Goals even Smarter”
Here we build on the SMART approach by making you use all of
your senses in designing your goals by fine tuning them to be more than
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timed. This process delves
deeper by requiring you to answer and series of questions that help to become
aware of the reasons for your desired outcomes then imagine them as already
accomplished.
It helps you to understand your true motives for what you want
and what you need specifically to achieve them.
Your outcome should meet the
following criteria:
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Is the goal stated
in the positive?
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Is it
self-initiated, maintained, and within my control?
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Does it describe
the evidence procedure?
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Is the context
clearly defined?
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Does it identify
the needed resources?
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Have I evaluated
whether it is ecological?
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Does it identify
the first step I need to take?
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What time-frame am
I working with?
1 - State your outcome in
positive terms: What “do” you want? . . . or what would you rather have
instead?
2- Is it self-initiated,
maintained and within your control?
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Am I doing this
for myself or someone else?
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Does the outcome
rely solely on me?
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Does this require
me to depend on someone else for it’s achievement?
3- Does it describe the evidence
procedure? (When will I know I have achieved my goal?)
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How will I know
that I am getting or producing the outcome?
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What will I be
doing when I get it?
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What will I see,
hear, and feel when I have it?
4- Appropriately contextualized?
(Clearly defined in specific terms)
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Where, when, how,
and with whom do I want it?
5- Does it identify the
resources needed? (What will you need to achieve it?)
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What resources do I have now?
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What resources do
I need to acquire?
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Do I have evidence
of achieving this before?
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What happens if I
act “as if” I have the resources? (helps shift beliefs that may be holding you
back)
6- Check the goal to insure it
is ecological. (In relationship to other areas of your life)
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What is the real
purpose for why I want this?
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What will I lose
or gain if I have it?
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What will happen
if I get it?
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What will happen
if I don’t get it?
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What won’t happen
if I don’t get it?
7- What is the first step?
(Everything begins with the first step)
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Take your action
plan and break it into chunks
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Create defined
steps within each chunk
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Determine which
ones require other ones first
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Create a
structured, sequential process
8- Create time frames for
achieving each step or chuck (stage)
Once you have a believable vision of your desired outcome,
commit to taking consistent action to accomplish it. Pick certain points along
the way where you step back and carefully evaluate your progress. Make any
adjustments or modifications that you need to based on new information or
changing circumstances.
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