Robert Mallon

Over the last several years of coaching people, I’ve figured out that there are eight different categories in life that you can set goals for:

Career
Spiritual
Educational
Financial
Physical
Family
Social/Relational
Fun/Recreational

Let’s discuss each, so that you know what we’re talking about. 

Okay folks, in session 11 we did a little practice on writing our goals.  We looked at a “Not-S.M.A.R.T.” goal and found six things that were incorrect with it.  Then we re-wrote the goal and turned it into a S.M.A.R.T. goal!
Remember the S.M.A.R.T. goal acronym:
S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Attainable
R = Realistic
T = Time [...]

We’re finally here!  I am very proud of you for sticking in there and learning all that you’ve learned about goal setting so far.
If you’re just joining us, please make sure that you go to my website (Robert Mallon), look on the right side of the page, and review the lessons on Goal Setting Tips.  [...]

Today, we want to focus on four small, but important suggestions about setting goals.  I’ll go through these quickly.

ONLY ONE SENTENCE.  When you write a goal, I want it to be only one sentence.  Many people make the mistake of making their goals too long.  Your goal should be short so that you can remember [...]

TaDAH!!!
We’re finally here!  Over the last four posts, we’ve gone into detail about the first eight steps of our goal setting progress.  Today we will tackle the ninth and final step:
SEND WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS!
So what does that mean?
You may have heard of the study that Yale conducted on goals, which said that only 3% of [...]