SMART Goals Setting - Assignment Example

A is a single grade higher than B and the goal is therefore realistic. The goal is timely because it will take two months (Rouillard 47). To raise the performance of the rugby team that I coach, from ten touchdowns to twelve, I will train with them on the field for two hours once a week starting next Friday till the last Friday of April 2014. I and the team is the who, training is the what, the field is the where, two hours once a week is the when, touchdowns are the which, and raising the performance is the why.

Fifteen touchdowns are measurable, training for two hours once a week is attainable, building a capacity to add two touchdowns in one month is realistic, and starting next Friday until the last Friday of April 2014 is my goal’s time bounds (Rouillard 47). To become a more sociable neighbor than I have been, I want to make one new friend in our new neighborhood every month starting in April 2014 so that I will have eight new friends by December 2014. In this goal, I am the who, making is the what, our new neighborhood is the where, every month is the when, a new friend is the which, and become a more sociable neighbor is the why.

Making one new friend monthly and eight friends by December is measurable. The goal to make one friend monthly and eight friends in eight months is attainable. It is realistic that a person can make one new friend monthly and eight months is enough time for it (Rouillard 47). To expand our campus entrepreneurial club by ninety members in the next three months, we will conduct a massive campaign on campus using a press, posters, and social media to recruit prospective members. We are the who in this goal, the campaign is the what, the campus is the where, more members are the which, and expand is the why.

Ninety members are measurable and recruiting ninety members in three months is attainable. This goal is realistic because it can be broken down to recruiting thirty new members every month to get ninety in three months and the time limit of three months shows the goal’s time bounds (Rouillard 47). The reason why I am setting these goals is to ensure that I grow in a variety of dimensions including academic, vocational, social, and corporate. This all-rounded growth will impact many aspects of my life so that I will not be a good student and a poor neighbor, coach, and entrepreneur.

Holistic growth will benefit me by boosting my self-esteem and provide me with many opportunities to extend meaningful help to those near me because they will not resent me. This growth will help me develop the character I have always desired thereby helping me to lead a more fulfilling life (Rouillard 47).