S for Specific

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Day 2 of 2012 and we are trying hard to make the most of those resolutions. As I said yesterday they should be goals not resolutions. We want to create SMART goals for 2012 so we can stick to them and make them last. Today we are looking at the S in SMART. The S stands for specific. Your goals need to be specific, they can't be general and vague in nature or you will quickly forget about them and not reach that goal.

How exactly can you go about turning your resolutions into goals? First go ahead and write down everything you want to be a resolution for 2012. Remember yesterday I told you to have a Word document ready. Here is the first steps:

• Go ahead and write those resolutions (goals) down.
• Read them over a few times.
• Identify which ones need some re-wording. Maybe all of them do.
• Make sure they are specific.

For example if you want to lose weight for the year and you have made a resolution to say lose weight. That resolution isn't going to get you out of January. Re-word it so it is specific. I plan to lose 20 pounds by April 1st. Now that is a specific goal.

Go ahead and re-word your resolutions into specific goals and let me know how you did. I'll be back tomorrow and we can tackle the M in SMART. Happy goal setting.