<p><span>Setting SMART Goals with built-in action-steps for getting clarity from ambiguity and vagueness</span><br></p><p>In this article you will learn the following</p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">36 Immutable steps for creating and setting SMART-goals</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-33 steps of Goal-setting process on how to convert your vague and ambiguous desires-wants-feels into SMART goals and implementable action-steps</b></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">3 stages [30+ steps] of how you can create pathways FOR YOUR SUCCESS OR accomplish any other large-GOAL position </b>[an illustration to show how you can the process of SMART goal-setting by converting your vague-ambiguous-confusing desires and wants<b data-redactor-tag="b"> on how to go about say becoming a business-head from your current entry-level executive</b>]</p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">All of us dream - many of us go for our dreams with concentrated-focused-determined efforts and purpose.</strong></p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">At times you may find that - although you put lots of passionate efforts - you were still unable to accomplish your dreams.</strong></p><p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">Many times having SMART-goals which has built-in action-steps - and those which can be actioned by anyone - becomes the distinctive-edge or differentiating-factor in how successful you are in making your large dreams real.</strong></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">36 Immutable steps for creating and setting SMART-goals</b></p> <ul><li>1.Identify - what all you want to have-want to be- want to do - in your personal, financial, health-wise, professional, social, relationships, emotional, fun-relaxation-vacations as well as in your spiritual arenas</li> <li>2.Now assign priority to all of these wants-desires-dreams</li> <li>3.Every goal to have different priority [meaning no two goals can have same priority]</li> <li>4.Now select the most critical and crucial 6-goals that you must accomplish on war-footing</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">5.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Now clarify your WHYs of these </b>crucial 6-goals<b data-redactor-tag="b"> using the following 8 questions</b></li> <li>I.What would happen if you don't accomplish these - list all the major negative impacts on your life</li> <li>II.How they will create meaning in your life</li> <li>III.How these goals resonate with your core-values</li> <li>IV.What price you are paying today for not achieving these</li> <li>V.List all the ways your life will get impacted positively and powerfully - if you achieve these - note down all long-term benefits</li> <li>VI.Why so far you could not accomplish these - include all your negative beliefs-mindsets-attitudes-habits </li> <li>VII.What detrimental habits of mind are making you stuck</li> <li>VIII.What belief-change will create magnanimous changes in your life</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">6.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">33 steps of Goal-setting process on how to convert your vague and ambiguous desires-wants-feels into SMART goals and action-steps </b></li> <li>I.Choose one thing that you must accomplish - this goal should be the for which there cannot be any more avoiding </li> <li>II.Identify all elements of this goal - which are individually exclusive and collectively make your goal complete and exhaustive</li> <li>III.Create a deadline - by say giving a specific date by which you should be able to accomplish each element</li> <li>IV.Working backwards - create milestones with specific date and element</li> <li>V.Now choose one element with its date of accomplishment</li> <li>VI.Again divide this element into subcomponents again create milestones with specific date</li> <li>VII.Identify all the resources that you have - it could only be a very strong urge to make it happen</li> <li>VIII.Identify all the resources that you need </li> <li>IX.Identify all the skills-competencies-qualification-knowledge-experience that you need </li> <li>X.Identify where all you need to crowd-source or out-source</li> <li>XI.Identify who all can be your mentors</li> <li>XII.Identify all the challenges that may prevent you from accomplishing all that you want</li> <li>XIII.Now using creative-problem-solving and innovative methods - find solutions for all points from VIth to XIIth</li> <li>XIV.Now put them into your schedule - by working backwards to get the action-steps from end-date till your today's action </li> <li>XV.Ensure that they don't feel like burden - ONLY - a little stretch</li> <li>XVI.You should be having fun and have to make sure that your life has got kind of balance between toil and fun</li> <li>XVII.Make learning and upgrading yourself as not only fun but your nature</li> <li>XVIII.Ensure that all the actions are these which are perfectly within your area of control </li> <li>XIX.Create a simple monitoring and tracking tool like 1-31 sheet</li> <li>XX.Then start living your that part of life - which you have scheduled and ear-marked for taking-actions - based on your TO-DO list</li> <li>XXI.Create priorities and spend your maximum time doing quadrant 2ndactivities of Urgent-important matrix</li> <li>XXII.NOW Start implementing and tracking</li> <li>XXIII.Shift anything that you could not do today to the next date you can accommodate</li> <li>XXIV.Be flexible to change your schedule as per newer priorities</li> <li>XXV.Learn to improvise and pivot when something is not working</li> <li>XXVI.Celebrate all your major milestones</li> <li>XXVII.Periodically review your longer term plans - add and modify them to incorporate your changing priorities in life</li> <li>XXVIII.Learn to build-up your resilience by - treating failures as inevitable time-to-time happenings - plus learn to bounce-back by restarting</li> <li>XXIX.Help others become winners</li> <li>XXX.Work for causes - to gain different perspectives</li> <li>XXXI.Keep the company of people who are smarter and more accomplished than you</li> <li>XXXII.Find ways to add value to your Mentors - big-time</li> <li>XXXIII.Dream bigger and bigger and then go an implement them </li> <li>XXXIV.Develop a mindset to challenge your status-quo, raise your levels of excellence , your levels of accomplishment and you levels of capabilities - fun and thrilling</li> <li></li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">3 stages [30+ steps] of how you can create pathways FOR YOUR SUCCESS OR accomplish any other large-GOAL position </b>[an illustration to show how you can the process of SMART goal-setting by converting your vague-ambiguous-confusing desires and wants<b data-redactor-tag="b"> on how to go about say becoming a business-head from your current entry-level executive</b>]</li> <li>1.In this example I am taking a hypothetical working executive - who is a graduate or even school or college drop-out and is of 24 years with experience of about 3 years at the entry-level job </li> <li>2.This person has a dream of becoming the plant or business head of a reasonably good organization say of </li> <li>3.Let us put some measurable elements in this dream - say this person wants to become a General-manager/Vice-President in say next 15-20 years' time</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">4.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stage 1 Now let us identify all the elements of professional growth - the following are must - given randomly</b></li> <li>I.Qualifications - let us assume Technical and management both are needed</li> <li>II.Experience of progressively rising roles and responsibilities</li> <li>III.Exposure of handing multiple disruptive crisis and changes</li> <li>IV.Expertise which brings out this person's strengths-values-leadership - these have to be seen when going through their track-record - through real time milestones and accomplishments</li> <li>V.Demonstration-of and continuous polishing of essential soft-skills - like - creativity-innovation, problem-solving, risk-taking, accepting-accountability, decision-making, taking-initiative, being a team-working, conflict-resolution, communication, professionalism, negotiation, values that this person stands-up for etc.</li> <li>VI.Knowledge - enhancing knowledge and awareness about what is happening your business and industry as well as in other field </li> <li>VII.Borrowing the best practices of other fields and global-best organizations into your</li> <li>VIII.Creating a powerful and positive personal-brand</li> <li>IX.Getting a mentor and God-father</li> <li>X.Becoming visible - in the eyes of senior-leaders, in the professional-circle - in the sight of the movers-shakers, being on the radar of big-consultants - through being active in professional forums by presenting, giving-talks etc.</li> <li>XI.Having a great social-media and professional-media presence - which shows the caliber-capacity and potential</li> <li>XII.Becoming a great professional and social networker - developing a circle-of-influences</li> <li>XIII.Pro-actively seeking challenging and tough assignments</li> <li>XIV.Becoming a problem-solver by giving suggestions and actively helping to solve problems which are plaguing the business</li> <li>XV.Helping juniors grow by mentoring and coaching them</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">5.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stage 2 Now let us take one element out of above 15 - acquiring appropriate qualifications to be able to reach the desired position of power in the stipulated time</b></li> <li>I.Identify do you [say] need a technical qualification - which one - this has to be the line of the future</li> <li>II.Identify do you [say] need a management qualification - which one - this has to be the line of the future</li> <li>III.Identify do you [say] need any add-on qualifications or certification - which one - this has to be the line of the future and it must add unparalleled-value to you at present as well</li> <li>IV.Identify the skills that you need to develop - take the feedback of your mentors and seniors</li> <li>V.Identify which knowledge you need but lack</li> <li>VI.Identify which are your strengths which will help you acquire these qualifications, certifications and skills</li> <li>VII.Now identify - how you want to achieve this - while working and going for online-part time OR going for full time qualifications by taking a sabbatical from your job</li> <li>VIII.Go through your circumstances - will you be under tremendous financial-strain - if you go for qualifications</li> <li>IX.Find out ways - you can get sponsorships, scholarships and free-education</li> <li>X.Identify the institution and mode you will go</li> <li>XI.Choose the institutions from - job-prospects after talking with their current-students, alumni and professors</li> <li>XII.Register with the institutions and courses - which will add maximum value </li> <li>XIII.Now - very - important - identify which of your habits-attitude - may pull you down - these you need to work on to manage if you can't eliminate them completely</li> <li>XIV.Create a schedule that support your additional need of time - to give you enough time for studying</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">6.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stage 3 - now you need to implement - from point II onwards the steps outlined in 33 steps of Goal-setting process on how to convert your vague and ambiguous desires-wants-feels into SMART goals and action-steps </b></li></ul><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>#howtosetSMARTgoals, #convertyourvagueandambiguousintocrystalcleargoals, #howtohaveSMARTimplementableactionsteps, #goalplanningandactionsteps, #creatingpathwaystosuccess, #setSMARTgoalswithbuiltinactionsteps<span class="redactor-invisible-space"></span><br></b></div>