So we're going to talk about how to set goals. It seems pretty abstract, but a lot of people who we work with their biggest roadblock is I don't know where to get started. And so there is no magical answer. It's actually a question. And I like to use a series of questions, and a little book by Dr. Zeus. And it's called, oh, the places you'll go.

So he says, you're off to great places. Today is your day your mounting is waiting. So get on your way. But how do you know where you want to go? And the question I want to ask you right now is where do you want to go? What do you want to do?

How do you want to feel? And why do you want these things? If you can answer those questions, that is the breakthrough. That is the way to set goals. Because at the end of the day, no one can tell you what your goals are. Okay, that's your work.

And that's the exciting part. This is your life. This is your ability to choose what you want to do. And it's so exciting. But it's so overwhelming. And when you start to practice this, and you start seeing your goals happen, you start seeing your dreams become a reality.

It blows you away you think, how is this possible? This is this is magic. This is This is unbelievable, because only a year ago, I said, I wanted to do this and now it's happening. And I have to tell you, my life since I've been doing this, it's unbelievable. I never thought I could be my own boss. And here I am five years later, and I'm working for myself.

It's It's magical. And it comes with hardships I tell you, but it's really truly magical. So I want to ask you again, where do you want to go? What do you want to do? How do you want to feel and why do you want those things If you want some extra inspiration, just get that Dr. Seuss book, oh, the places you'll go and give it a read. Because it's really something that is true.

And if you follow asking those questions, you're on the first step to setting your goal. So one of the other things, I want to let you know that when you're finished answering those questions, it's important to try and decide and flesh out what is that goal? What is it verbally? Can I say it and physically Can I write it down? And we say, still, we believe in SMART goals. And what SMART goals is that you see?

F stands for specific. M stands for measurable. A stands for attainable, R, it's relevant, and t is time bound. So those are a bunch of big words. But what does that actually look like? I'm going to take you through an example.

Okay, I have a client that they they shared with us. And the goal was and this was a good goal. I want to feel better at work. Now. That's wonderful. Goal who doesn't want to feel better at work?

But how are you going to do that? Your goal should be a roadmap for helping you achieve whatever it is. So we asked how can you dive deeper? Tell me more about this cool. Let's make this more specific. Let's make it more smart.

Okay, and that doesn't mean more intelligent. It means that acronym, Specific, Measurable, Attainable, relevant time bound. So I want to feel better at work. Well, that's not very specific enough. It's measurable, because you'll be able to tell you're either feeling better or you still kind of feel bad at work. It's not time bound.

There's no deadline there. There's no target that you're aiming for. It's definitely relevant. It's something that you feel is important to you. So let's take it one step further. And it says, Oh, I want to organize my office at work.

You see we work with people and and and dealing with decluttering and downsizing. So that's kind of why the school is going this way. So now we're more specific, ah, I want to feel better at work, but I need to organize myself at work in my office, the things in my office, now we're getting more specific. Now we know how to make myself feel better at work, it means I have to take some time to organize. But still, it's not time bound. And again, it is measurable.

But it can be more specific. So we encourage them to take one step further. Even better goal here, I want to sort out all of the papers in my office by September 30, and have a clear desk space. And that will that will make me feel good at work. Okay. You have just carved out the steps that you need to take in order to feel better at work.

And it is by taking time to organize and sort and declutter in the office space so that you can feel well so that when you come into work, you can sit down and have that clear desk. So this is a SMART goal. It's specific. It's measurable. Now it's not just measurable about how you feel but you'll be able to measure it is the desk clear or not? Papers sorted and organized or not, it's still relevant.

It's definitely attainable as long as we set aside the time to make sure that we're giving ourselves time to get organized to do the sorting. So we really encourage you, your your goal can be one sentence, but it might make it more challenging for you to achieve it if it doesn't cover all of the specifics. Okay? So when you're setting your goal, after you've answered those four questions, where do you want to go? How do you want to feel? What do you want to do and why do you want those things?

Then you're working on to Okay, now, what is it? What's the actual specifics of it and remember the smart acronym, okay, and then that's going to help you flesh out your goals. We're going to dive further into how to get goals done in the next video. So that's a lot of work I've just given you. When you finish that and you've got your goal ready, move on to the next video.