S.M.A.R.T. Goals Made Simple - 10 Steps to Master Your Personal and Career Goals

by S.J. Scott

How to Set Professional and Personal Goals That You Actually Achieve Do you often set goals that you never seem to reach? We're all filled with dreams and aspirations. Most long for fulfilling relationships. Some desire personal freedom. Others want fame and success. And some strive for profitable businesses. Wherever your ambitions may lie, goal setting can get you there. On the other hand, the wrong goal can leave you feeling frustrated and unmotivated. When you set a goal that's too lofty, it's easy to give up when your dreams don't turn into reality. We all have important milestones we'd like to reach. The trick is to create a plan and commit to it. Setting S.M.A.R.T. goals can help you do this. TAKE Focus on S.M.A.R.T. Goals and Get Real Results It's easy to set S.M.A.R.T. goals. Simply write down a desired outcome on a piece of paper and create a deadline for achieving it. The hard part is taking action. As you know, the Internet is full of books that talk about setting goals. The problem? Most don't talk about the daily actions (or habits) required to achieve them. In the book, "S.M.A.R.T. Goals Made Simple", you'll get a ten-step plan for setting and achieving your goals. Unlike other titles, this book will teach you how to turn any idea into an actionable plan. Not only will you get an overview of S.M.A.R.T. goals, you'll also get a blueprint for turning them into daily routines. S.M.A.R.T. Goals Made Simple -- 10 Steps to Master Your Personal and Career Goals "S.M.A.R.T. Goals Made Simple" contains a detailed blueprint of how to turn any major life goal into a doable daily plan. You will learn how Understand what makes a good S.M.A.R.T. goal Identify what you truly want to achieve Set goals for all 7 areas of your life Focus on three-month goals that are achievable Follow 5 steps for turning S.M.A.R.T. goals into habits Schedule the completion these habits with a weekly review Use mind mapping to identify every step for achieving a goal Track the daily progress of your goals Overcome five obstacles to S.M.A.R.T. goal setting Review your goals (the right way) and make sure you're staying on track Stay motivated by using the power of accountability Goal setting doesn't have to be difficult. You can achieve any major goal by following the right plan. And "S.M.A.R.T. Goals Made Simple" can help you do this. Would You Like To Know More? Download and start working on your goals today. Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy button.

Genres: Business, Self Help, Productivity, Nonfiction, Psychology, Personal Development, Ebooks

116 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 19, 2014

About the author

Wall Street Journal bestselling author SJ Scott wanted to be Luke Skywalker when he grew up.

Unfortunately his complete lack of physical grace and introverted mannerism's kept the earth from having their own Jedi Knight to battle the Sith menace.

Steve “SJ” Scott was born and raised in New Jersey. After finishing college with a degree in psychology he knew he needed to further his education or work on his latte making skills.

During a short stint in US Air Force, Scott was able to get his Master’s in business and then moved on to conquer the business world.

Scott then spent a couple of years working for a company not unlike the company depicted in Mike Judge’s film, “Office Space”. After doing his share of “TPS” reports, Scott swore he would never work for anyone but himself.

He spent the next few years making this happen. Making a decent living online and eventually pivoting to writing books, blogging and even podcasting.

Scott has written over 30 books, most of them in the "self-improvement" genre. An area that he is personally passionate about.

His books have been published in 12 different languages. So he is well on his way to world domination. However, in his heart of hearts he knows he will soon have to venture out into the universe and defeat the Sith menace.

Reviews

[Denzil Miguel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Step by step guide for creating effective goals

I've known about creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals for a while but S.J. Scott has added so much value to my existing knowledge about setting, achieving, and reviewing my goals. This book is a great resource for anyone looking to improve their life. Having effective goals gives you a North star in your daily grind.

[Karen Hodges · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read, the content was simple and easy to follow. There wasn't anything particularly new in the content, but it was a good reminder of best practice when goal-setting.

[Mind the Book · Rating 2 out of 5]

Utprovning för Ledarskap & Organisation-kursen. Med tvekan godkänd.
Upphör aldrig att förvånas över hur mottagliga 17-19-åringar är för den här typen av "if you can dream it, do it"-slogans av diverse gurus.

SMART-modellen tycker jag mig känna igen från Per Måhls föreläsningar tidigt 2000-tal. Att ett må(h)l ska vara Specifikt, Mätbart...

[Teejay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good information if you're new to SMART goals or just looking for a process to move forward with them. Nothing ground breaking here, and nothing that can't be gleaned from reading websites or articles online ... but it's a solid 10-step (plus sub-steps) and a quick and easy read that's worth your time if you're interested in the topic.

[Jennifer Lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Action Guide

This book is a great action guide for those who are committed to achieving more. Just follow the steps, get an accountability partner or two, and you're on your way. I will definitely recommend this book to clients.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very useful condensed information

Very useful, but it was quite repetitive and need be a book at all. There were many allusions to Getting Things Done though, to the extent where I felt like I should have bought that instead.

[Xergio · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good little book

Very practical, clear language, and motivational! The book provides a very clear path to set up goals and it seems like a very doable system, not the convoluted program that others offer. It is a very fast read.

[Estalin Peña · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting

It's a very well design guide towards completing goals. Detailing every step you should take for reaching your goals and even telling you how to react if any unexpected thing happens in the way.

[Ami J. J. Sanghvi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A super informative, helpful, encouraging, and thorough read. I wasn't sure if I should just use internet articles for more info when I bought this book, but now I'm super glad I purchased it and gave it a chance. Learned a lot, and it's already been so helpful!

[Yojana · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information was not presented in clear manner... Too many steps involved in each one of the 10 major steps... The only thing I learned from this book is concept of making yearly goals and dividing it into quarter ones.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smart goals made clear

I love SJ Scott and his writing. His books are always full of actionable steps to be attained for a specific goal. This book really gave me tips as to how to make my goal making process more effective.

[Arianna Bullock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple , Practical & Useful

This book was a short and simple book but it’s a step by step guide on how to put your SMART goals into action. I enjoyed it!

[steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review of basic knowledge

Nothing that’s new but had a few good points on breaking down goals into 1 year then 3 month periods.

[GREGGORY J PARKER · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straight forward and clear. Good refresher on the basics.

[Ngoc Tran · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Han Tran · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of ordinary thing

[Alonso Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! I love how I can make goals out of everything and focus my time on my, again, goals! It is simple how we can work on making different habits that will patch the road into our goal! Focusing on the goal will help us feel that we are achieving something! We are putting the efforts on the making and achieving the goals and even if we don't achieve them, we put all the effort and that is all that matters. We learn on the way, we improve on the way, and developing habits is honestly really difficult but following the guide of the author, we could make it!

[Edwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

This is a great book to get you started on goal setting. The author uses many examples to show the readers how a smart goal looks which I think is helpful

[james · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, anh? ... maybe, but maybe not. Proper goal setting is going to involve some discussion of deeper levels of psychological motivations. You're going to talk about fear, suppressed feelings, what do you really want out of life, etc. Scott does talk about these things but his explanations are a little rough going. They seemed like topics he found himself forced to write about, so you, forced to read about. These parts of the book were not enjoyable. Also, his coverage of outcome goals vs performance goals was a little shallow. Reading his examples of each left me wondering which was which. A simple internet search of the subject does a better job of explaining. (I know this is a harsh review). One last thing, if you're going to set goals for yourself in these so called logical areas of your life, be imaginative. His examples, like praying 10 minutes every night before bed, volunteering at soup kitchens and actually setting time aside to tell your significant other that you love him or her seemed to lack all spontaneity. Mind mapping should lead to goals much more interesting and personally satisfying. My opinion.
A simple book shouldn't be 10 steps of this, followed by six steps of this and 7 steps of this and on and on and on. That's not a simplification, that's a tedious blood letting. This is a powerful subject and it didn't get treated so.

[Richard Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like many of Scott’s books this one was fairly clear and concise, although in places it was a bit repetitive. He makes it clear from the start there is no magic formula to achieving your goals and there are no short cuts. It takes hard work and dedication to be successful. This book provides you with a solid general 10 step framework to help get you started. Of all the books available on this topic this is a pretty good one to start with.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, straight forward review of the goal setting process.

[Sami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you

It is really helpful. It has some important and useful points. I recommend reading this book then go to your goal

[Brooke Keene · Rating 1 out of 5]

Would give this book 0 stars if I could. A useful framework that could have been summarized in a single article.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise and helpful.