How to Develop SMART Goals

The video emphasizes the importance of goals in directing attention, facilitating planning, and assessing progress. It introduces SMART goals, which are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound, as a framework for effective goal setting. The video also highlights the motivational power of deadlines and the satisfaction derived from achieving goals.

What is one of the primary functions of setting goals?

• To avoid planning

• To ensure failure

• To direct attention and focus

• To increase stress levels

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of SMART goals?

• Specific

• Flexible

• Measurable

• Achievable

Why is it important for goals to be specific and measurable?

• To make them less relevant

• To ensure they are impossible to achieve

• To facilitate planning and track progress

• To make them more challenging

What does the 'A' in SMART goals stand for?

• Ambitious

• Achievable

• Abstract

• Arbitrary

How can setting a deadline influence goal achievement?

• It decreases motivation

• It enhances motivation and performance

• It ensures goals are forgotten

• It makes goals irrelevant