Brian Tracy (speaker) explains common reasons people fail to complete annual goals/resolutions (goals too big, not relevant, unrealistic deadlines, impossible to measure, not personally wanted) and then recommends using SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time‑bounded) to fix those flaws. He breaks down each SMART element with examples and personal anecdotes (e.g., reducing an income-doubling goal to a 20% increase in six months), emphasizes writing goals down and journaling, and ends with CTAs to download a 14-step goal-setting guide and engage in comments.
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Hello, I'm Brian Tracy, and today I want to talk to you about why your 2019 goals resolutions might have failed. Set peace of mind as your highest goal and organize your entire life around it. Are you wondering why your 2019 goals and resolutions might have failed? You decided to do things at the beginning of the year and it's the end of the year and you didn't make it, or to complete them. When it comes to achieving success, one of the most important steps that you can take is setting good goals. It's also important to recognize, though, that not all goals are created equal. So what is a goal? A goal can be any objective that you set for yourself and push yourself to achieve. Sometimes that goal may be small, like waking up an hour earlier than you normally do, and sometimes it may be larger, like earning a promotion. While having goals of all kinds is almost always beneficial, at least to some degree, there are a few drawbacks to regular goals. For one, they're often arbitrary, meaning that even if you achieve your goal, it may not really end up providing any significant benefit to your life. Keeping your drive fired up and your mindset positive is crucial to staying focused on them. Regular goals can be difficult to measure and gauge, making it hard for you to determine whether or not you are making any real progress towards your goal. Unless these goals are time bounded, it's too easy for them to end up in a state of limbo where they are never really abandoned and yet never really achieved either. For example, lots of people have good intentions to publish a book because they feel it will make their life or someone else's life better. But for whatever reason, they never take the first step toward their goal, which should probably be to learn how to write a book and get it published. Some of the common reasons you fail in completing your goals are one. Your goals were too big and so you became discouraged and gave up on them. Your goals were not relevant, they weren't that important to your life anyway. You just thought that they were nice goals to have, or your goals had unrealistic deadlines, you wanted to accomplish them too fast. Your goals were impossible to measure, as you had kind of general goals like happiness and success, or you didn't really want to achieve that goal anyway. Maybe somebody else thought it was a good goal for you, but it didn't align with your major definite purpose, your big goals in life. So enter smart goals which are able to address all of the flaws associated with regular goals in order to provide you with a set of goals that will give you the maximum possible benefit Smart goals are goals which are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bounded. The specific criteria is easily remembered by using the acronym smart. Implementing SMART SMART goals will allow you to actually achieve a new year's resolution heading into the new decade. Now let's break down the smart goals mentioned. S is for Specific Good goals are not ambiguous. You need to have a clear, concise goal that you can set your sights on. Einstein said that if you can't explain your goals to a six year old child and have the six year old child explain it to another six year old child, then you are probably not clear about your goal in the first place. M is for measurable Tracking the progress of your goal is an important part of keeping you motivated. If you want to pay off your debts or lose weight, track every day and keep a record of everything that you do and your progress. A is for achievable Far too many people fall into the trap of setting impossible goals for themselves instead of impossible. Your goals should be challenging, yet achievable. When I started setting smart goals, I set a goal to double my income in six months and nothing happened. So I reduced the goal to increase my income by 20% in six months and it worked perfectly. So make sure that your goal is an achievable goal and then you can start to increase the goal. Make it bigger and bigger. The second to the last letter R is for relevant. Not all goals are as worthwhile as others. Unless your goal is relevant to your overall plan for your life, achieving it may not accomplish anything. And the last letter T is for time bounded effectively. Smart goals must have a target time attached to them and sub goals or sub times. A good friend of mine once said that there are no unrealistic goals. There's only unrealistic deadlines. When considering how to write smart goals, it's a good idea to write down each of these criteria. Then write a sentence or two about how your goal fits each one. S M A R T if you can write a goal that fits each of these criteria, you'll have a smart goal that is sure to be much more beneficial than a standard goal and will activate our friend the Law of Attraction. Stay focused on your goals with a good journal. Not only will writing down your thoughts and progress in a journal help you to keep focused on your goal, it will also serve as a reminder of why you need to stay motivated. I believe personally that goals that are not in writing are merely wishes or fantasies. They have the same power as cigarette smoke in a large room following through on the smart goals you set will always be more challenging than setting them. But if you remain dedicated and follow a well thought out strategy then you can certainly achieve each and every goal that you set. You can't hit a target that you can't see and you can't achieve a goal that's not smart. Download the free 14 step goal setting guide to see how to get started now. I'd love to hear from you. So my question today is how will you implement Smart goals in 2020? Leave a Comment below and I'll be sure to follow up with you. Thanks for watching. And remember, if you want to change your future, take action and take action now. If you enjoyed this video and you feel it was valuable in teaching you you about goal setting, subscribe to my channel like this video and share this video with your friends. Don't forget to click the button on the screen for a free gift. Thanks again for watching.
