Master-Minds Daily

Taking Massive Action Defining your goals gives you clarity and the motivation to reach them. However, it’s massive action that ultimately helps you achieve them. Massive action means taking full ownership of everything involved in accomplishing your goal. This includes your failures, bad decisions and problems. It means no more making excuses for why you can’t follow through with your action plan. It means being deliberate with your movements and connecting with your goals on an emotional level. But what should your massive action plan involve to ensure you achieve results and reach success? 1. Acquire knowledge.  Are you one of those people who pause from reading to look up a word you don’t know? If you are, that says a few things about you. First, you’re thirsty for knowledge. It also reveals that you’re not ashamed to admit to yourself when you don’t know something. And most importantly, you take action to educate yourself before proceeding. It should apply ...

S.M.A.R.T. goals are a relatively new idea. In 1981, George T. Doran, a consultant and former director of corporate planning for Washington Water Power Company, published a paper called, “There’s a S.M.A.R.T. Way to Write Management’s Goals and Objectives.” In the document, he introduces S.M.A.R.T. goals as a tool to create criteria to help improve the chances of succeeding in accomplishing a goal. The acronym stands for:  S – Specific When setting a goal, be specific about what you want to accomplish. Think about this as the mission statement for your goal. This isn’t a detailed list of how you’re going to meet a goal, but it should include an answer to the popular ‘w’ questions: Who – Consider who needs to be involved to achieve the goal (this is especially important when you’re working on a group project). What – Think about exactly what you are trying to accomplish and don’t be afraid to get very detailed. When – You’ll get more specific about this question unde...