SMART Goal Setting

The Fall goal we are setting in Health Class needs to finish by

• December 31

• December 16

• December 25

• November 30

This Fall goal is:

• a big secret

• not to be shared with anyone

• something you SHOULD share

• unimportant

What's wrong with this SMART goal: "I will do 25 push-ups."

• It's not SPECIFIC - WHAT will the person do?

• It's not MEASURABLE - HOW MANY?

• It's not TIME-BASED - WHEN will this happen??

• It's not ATTAINABLE - nobody can do 25 push-ups!

Fix this SMART goal: "I will do 25 push-ups."

• There's nothing wrong with it.

• "I will do 25 push-ups 25 times."

• "Every day for the next two weeks, I will do 25 push-ups a day."

• "For the next hour, I will do 4,000 push-ups."

What was wrong with: "For the next hour, I will do 4,000 push-ups."

• It's not Measurable - we don't know how many push-ups to do

• It's not Specific - we don't know what the person is trying to achieve

• It's not Attainable - no one can do 4,000 pushups in an hour.

• It's not Time-based - we don't know when it will happen

"By September 30, I will have breathed and slept every day." is a SMART goal, but

• it will be very hard to achieve

• it is lame, poses little challenge, and will not make you a better person

• it's almost like it is too smart, like all that is required in life is breathing and sleeping

Why is setting goals important? Why is the "I can / So I can / I am successful when I can" important?

• It's what 5th graders do and not 4th graders.

• It is something that Mrs. Andrews expects us to do.

• Goals aren't important; most successful people don't have them.

• You need to know what your goal is to achieve it!

SELECT TWO - This Fall goal:

• HAS to be academic or health-related.

• should make you a better person.

• HAS to be about sports.

• should be really, really easy.

If we asked Frederick Douglass about it, he would say your monthly goal should require you to ______________ to achieve it.

• give up

• sleep

• struggle

• play

If we asked John F. Kennedy about your monthly personal goal, he would tell you to choose something:

• easy

• worthless

• hard

• priority