Rainey recommended using the SMART method when setting a New Year’s goal. SMART equals Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time Bound.

If you're going to set SMART Goals, you deserve to know the truth about their limitations. Every company in existence has set its share of SMART goals (the SMART acronym most commonly defined as ...

A new year is a good time to evaluate priorities and set goals for the coming months. Although New Year’s resolutions are notoriously hard to keep, the sentiment behind them is admirable—a desire to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Murphy covers leadership, hiring and employee engagement. SMART goals aren’t making your employees better—they’re making them ...

The new year is the optimal time to make significant changes to your life and pursue new hobbies. It’s a do over, a 365 day groundhog experience. Though this experience is one that in my opinion ...

We all know that feeling. You’re all fired up for a few weeks after setting a goal, such as “get in shape,” “write a novel,” ...

Caroline Njoroge speaks to a few individuals on their experience in setting this discipline, what makes it work for some and not for others and the secret behind making goalsetting work this time ...

When it comes to creating a training plan, many experts and coaches create goals that are defined as SMART—which stands for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-based. However, a ...