Mid-Year Goal Setting

Set some goals, will ya!?!

When it’s time for goal setting, as it is now for mid-year 2023, I’m always reminded of my mom.

My mom was always after me, “Set some goals! How will you know when you’re there if you don’t know where you’re going?” and other such witticisms meant to inspire and motivate — delivered with all the subtlety of an six-year-old boy high on the sugar from three heaping bowls of Fruity Pebbles.

She’s long left us, but I can still hear her animated tones and my exasperated teenage reply, “OK MA! I’ll set some goals. GEEZE!”

So, mom, this one’s for you. I’ll be setting goals for the rest of 2023 using the OK MA! model.

As you make your mid-year goals, for work or for life, make sure they are:

OK

Obvious — Goals need to be clear and easy to understand. Easy for you to remember, and easy to translate into everyday language that results in action.
Known — Objectives relegated to the back page of last year’s notepad will remain there, forever. Your goals need to be present, promoted, and popular in your planning and daily lexicon.

MA

Measurable — How will you know when you’ve arrived if you don’t know where you’re going? Goals need to have measurable increments and specific action steps to inspire continual progress.
Attainable — Stretch goals are fine, but the real motivation is derived from a sense of purpose when your goal is in sight and reachable, inspiring that one extra push to get you there.

Did you celebrate YOUR SUCCESS?

Meanwhile, let me ask. In the first half of the year, did you take time to celebrate little victories along the way?

REFLECTION is your REWARD for a job well done — even if you’re the only one that ends up recognizing it.

And don’t forget those milestones; take a moment to recognize your efforts when you reach each important waypoint on the journey. Large things are accomplished in small steps, don’t diminish the journey, and your motivation, by not appreciating how far you’ve come.

Good luck as you chart your course for the rest of 2023. Make my mom proud — set some goals, will ya!?!

NEXT TIME:

The only difference between CAN and CAN’T

is ‘T

I should get paid for this.

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This post was previously published on MEDIUM.COM.

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