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Goals are part of our daily life, whether its your to-do list for the day or your 5 year plan! Its important to think about what you want to achieve from your goal in order to make it measurable.

I want to lose weight.

I want to run for longer.

I want to become stronger.

I want to travel more.

Each of these statements are goals but none of them are measurable.

To know if your goal is measurable, ask yourself "how will I know when I have achieved it?"

What Makes A Goal Measurable?

Goals are made so that we can progress from status A to status B. What if you don't know what status B is? How would you get there? How would you know once you have reached it?

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Setting a measurable goal means:

  • You know when you have achieved it

  • You can easily track your progress

  • You can map out a plan to achieve it

  • If you don't get there, you can easily back track and see where you went wrong.

Did you know?

Goals can be measured in different ways - time, weight, distance are just a few examples. Get creative, think about how you can measure your goal.

Making Goals Measurable

Lets revisit these statements. How would we turn them into measurable goals?

The key is a unit of measurement. Measurable goals should have something to count so that you are able to know where you stand and where you want to be.

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I want to lose weight.

I want to run for longer.

I want to become stronger.

I want to travel more.

I want to lose 10 pounds.

I want to be able to run 10 miles.

I want to be able to lift 50 pounds.

I want to take 2 trips a year to new places.

Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a measurable version of - "I want to be successful""

Take Action

Did you notice how the goals suddenly became clearer once we added a way to measure them?

Thank about one of your goals.

Can you measure it? How would you measure it? How far are you from it?

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