How To Make S.M.A.R.T. GoalsPart II-Measurable

You’ve made your goals Specific. Now it’s time to make them Measurable.

Goals fuel success and this blog series is dedicated to providing you with the best opportunity to achieve those goals by making them S.M.A.R.T. SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound. These together create a goal that is carefully planned, clear, and trackable – all of which are needed to set yourself up for success.

As we learned in the S.M.A.R.T. Goals Part I, being specific creates a concrete mission statement that keeps you focused and provides a finish line.

Now it’s time to move to the second step: Measurable.

MEASURABLE
Having and following concrete numbers gives a stable platform to work with. Tracking these numbers can really help answer a lot of the questions posed in Part I and provide a clear destination to work towards.
Measurable can be broken down further into two categories: time and performance. Time is focusing on how long a certain goal will take, while performance is the numbers being tracked while trying to complete the goal.
“I want to run a sub 5.0 40-m dash time for varsity tryouts in three months.” This specific goal gives a measurable number to reach as well as a timeframe to complete it in. By tracking the performance numbers over the course of those three months, we can also measure improvement growth.
Having a goal that is measurable creates a tangible goal that can be seen and felt, making it real.
For more information on how to make S.M.A.R.T. goals, check out the rest of the series here:
2. Part III – Achievable
3. Part IV – Realistic
4. Part V – Time-Bound

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