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    How to Set Goals

    You’ll Actually Achieve


    Experts share strategies you can use to ensure you
    accomplish what you set out to do. | By Amanda Loudin

    Whether you want to run a marathon, whelming and backfire. “It’s better to small, and it won’t motivate you,” he
    FROM LEFT: JUSTIN LAMBERT/GETTY; WESTEND61/GETTY

    eat more healthfully or just get off the have a systematic approach and iden- says. “Each individual must figure
    couch a little more, “for the majority tify the one or two that are the most out the goal that gets them moving.”
    of people, setting a goal is one of the important,” Smoll says. To stay accountable, give yourself a
    most useful behavior change mech- timeline that you can achieve, recom-
    anisms for enhancing performance,” Making your goal specific can help mends Fryer. “That will motivate you
    says Frank Smoll, professor of psy- you follow through on it; research to take action.”
    chology at the University of Wash- suggests that narrowly defining a goal
    ington. “It’s highly individual,” he helps you clarify the tasks necessary Create a plan of attack
    says—there’s no one way to achieve a for reaching it. “You should define Whenever you set one goal, you should
    goal. But these goal-setting strategies your goal discretely enough to meas- actually set two: a process goal and
    will help you stay the course. ure and use it effectively,” Smoll says. product goal, Smoll says. Aiming for
    a 4.0 grade-point average would be a
    Pick a specific, realistic goal
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    It should also be realistic, says Zander product goal: the ultimate objective.
    People often start setting goals with a Fryer, founder of the coaching com- A process goal would outline the steps
    little too much gusto, trying to over- pany High Impact Coaching. He’s a it takes to get there. While the product
    haul many aspects of their life at once. fan of the Goldilocks-sized goal. “If goal gets all the attention, the process
    But that can quickly become over- it’s too big, it will scare you off; too goal is equally vital.

    3
    TO STAY
    ACCOUNTABLE,
    GIVE YOURSELF
    A TIMELINE
    THAT YOU
    CAN ACHIEVE.

    Write down a plan for how you’ll go


    about achieving your end goal, iden-
    tifying specific strategies. If a hockey
    player wants to get 5% faster, for
    instance, “a productive achievement
    strategy could include skating 10 addi-
    tional sprints after practice each day,”
    Smoll says. Honing your patience will be helpful enjoyment,” he says. But finding joy
    as well. “Remind yourself that achiev- in showing up for the work is essen-
    Jason Bahamundi, who has completed ing a goal takes persistence, drive tial throughout the whole process and
    eight Ironman races and 30 ultramara- and resilience,” Fryer says. “Set your shouldn’t be left for the end. “Before
    thons, sets a process goal before every expectations that it will be harder and you take on a goal, visualize the pro-
    race. “I think a lot about the training, take longer than you expect.” cess and how it makes you feel,” Stul-
    the timing and the cost of what I’m berg says. “If you become tight and
    undertaking,” he says. “If I can think That means recognizing when you constricted, it’s probably not the right
    about the challenge and then work might need to stop and catch your goal or time. If you feel open and curi-
    backwards, I’m successful.” breath. Bahamundi knows how to ous, that’s a good sign.”
    guard against mental fatigue by build-
    Be accountable to ing breaks into his process, particu- The process won’t uplift you all the
    yourself and others larly when he’s preparing for long time, so it’s important to mark the little
    Setting the goal is the fun part. Sticking events. “I train hard for three weeks achievements en route to the big prize.
    to it is tougher. “You will hit barriers at a time and then take a full recovery “As you make progress along the way,
    and fears,” Fryer says, so accounta- week,” he says. Cycling through work celebrate each of the smaller steps,” says

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    bility is important, especially at the and rest can help you avoid burnout in Smoll. “I like the saying ‘Yard by yard is
    beginning. “Having a mentor, a partner any endeavor, whether you’re aiming hard, but inch by inch, it’s a cinch.’ Self
    or social accountability will help when to lose weight, improve a relationship validation is very motivating.”
    you reach a sticking point.” or launch a big career change.
    When you do reach the finish line,
    Fryer recommends choosing some- Find joy in the process you might just find that the process—
    one who you don’t want to disappoint, Savoring how it feels to chase your not the product—was the real prize.
    paying for a mentor or accountability goal is useful for maintaining motiva- “I know that every day I’m out there
    partner, or finding someone with sim- tion long term, says Brad Stulberg, a working is putting me in a better
    ilar objectives through a professional performance coach and co-founder of position to be successful on race day,”
    or social media group. This person the Growth Equation. “Most people Bahamundi says. “The race is my
    can help by defining clear expecta- cycle through three stages: the grind celebratory lap for all the hard work
    tions, focusing on performance and of putting your head down and doing I’ve put in.” ■
    monitoring progress. the work, anger and fear of failure, and

    4 TIME FOR HEALTH

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