Do you want to make a successful change? Learn how to develop SMART goals. How SMART are your goals? When you are developing goals, whether they are for personal learning or achievement, clients or care plans you need to be sure they are SMART. Writing SMART goals takes some time, but it increases your chances of success because you can clearly see and understand where you are headed. SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant/Realistic and Time-limited. This concept has been used for more than three decades in business, psychology and education literature to promote behavior change. It is an evidence-based approach to promoting practice changes. Each component of SMART goals in promoting performance improvements has been studied and supported by literature. To be specific your goal needs to be clear and detailed enough for everyone to understand it. To be measurable your goal needs to be quantifiable. Make sure you avoid being vague. Ask yourself, How will you measure the results? What changes will you see? To be attainable you need to be able to achieve the goal. It needs to be realistic given your current abilities and resources. To be relevant your goal needs to be linked to your role in the work setting or your personal life if it is a personal goal. Some forms of this acronym replace "relevant" with "realistic." It is also important to consider if each component of your goal is realistic. Placing a time limit on the goal is ...
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