7 tweets · April 2022 · 11 likes · 0 retweets · read on Twitter
some interesting additions to SMART goals from @mcrittenden Present tense – not future tense Identity focused – who you are, not what you do Positive – never set a goal that a dead person can do better than you Expansive – leave room for growth critter.blog/2022/03/30/sma…
Some elements overlap with the CSI Approach that we use in our GCI workshops: eg positive = approach
Present tense I'm not 100% sure about this! It seems good for visualizing the target—you want to visualize *being* there—but might amplify pre-success failure by implying you should already be there.
Identity-focused Also not sure how I feel about this. You need to make sure your goal doesn't conflict with your existing identity, but any change should maybe be more abstract & done up-front directly rather than be the goal itself. eg using this:
Positive Totally on board here. I wrote a whole blog post about this recently. I like "never set a goal a dead person can do better"—you need to focus on your living system and how it's embodying the goal, live. malcolmocean.com/2022/02/toward…
Expansive Yeah this one's also good: not just a single target but a whole desirable region. Spacious.
Fwiw, here's the definition of goal that the @CompliceGoals app & the workshops use, which is also quite spacious: