GOAL SETTING
Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality.
The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that can, so easily, lead you astray.
Top-level athletes, successful businesspeople and achievers in all fields all set goals. Setting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation. It focuses your acquisition of knowledge, and helps you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the most of your life.
By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you'll see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind. You will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your own ability and competence in achieving the goals that you've set.
Always try to be S.M.A.R.T. about setting goals for yourself.
- S pecific. ‘Swim faster’ shouldn’t be your only goal. Define it.
- M easurable. Have a criteria for success so you can track your progress.
- A ttainable. Is your goal something you can reasonably accomplish given where you are today?
- R ealistic. Commitment is absolutely critical to achieving any goal. Are you willing to commit to the goals you’ve set?
- T ime-bound. Have an end date. Deadlines drive action.
Here is a link to the CKA Goal Sheet to help our athletes started with setting goals for themselves:
Below are a few links to some articles on Goal Setting to help you understand the importance of Goal Setting and help you start the process.
