IV. Measurable Your goals must be measurable so you can judge your progress so you know when you have succeeded. Measuring progress is also an excellent motivator and enables you to correct your course when necessary.

V. Given Deadlines

Goals need deadlines. Otherwise, they will be shifted aside t

Effective goals share the following seven characteristics:

I. Owned by those affected m Goals which are defined by those who are effective are much more likely to be carried out with enthusiasm and commitment. People have a better understanding of a goal when they have participated in its development. They are also far more motivated to carry it out.

When people in organizations together develop goals consistent with their mutual success, they have taken the first step toward highly effective time management. They have created a standard for evaluating whether or not their is activities ake sense in whether or not their use of time makes sense.

II. Demanding Goals that are not demanding are barely goals at all. Nothing is more motivating than setting demanding goals that reflect your values and then figuring out how to achieve them systematically.

III. Achievable

Goals must be feasible enough for you to achieve them. If you set goals that are so unrealistic you have no hope of attaining them, you set yourself up for frustration and failure. However, if you have an "impossible dream" that you really want, don't abandoned it. Break it up into smaller, more realistic, attainable goals and begin achieving them, one at a time.

IV. Measurable Your goals must be measurable so you can judge your progress so you know when you have succeeded. Measuring progress is also an excellent motivator and enables you to correct your course when necessary.

V. Given Deadlines

Goals need deadlines. Otherwise, they will be shifted aside to

also far more motivated to carry it out.

When people in organizations together develop goals consistent with their mutual success, they have taken the first step toward highly effective time management. They have created a standard for evaluating whether or not their is activities ake sense in whether or not their use of time makes sense.

II. Demanding Goals that are not demanding are barely goals at all. Nothing is more motivating than setting demanding goals that reflect your values and then figuring out how to achieve them systematically.

III. Achievable

Goals must be feasible enough for you to achieve them. If you set goals that are so unrealistic you have no hope of attaining them, you set yourself up for frustration and failure. However, if you have an "impossible dream" that you really want, don't abandoned it. Break it up into smaller, more realistic, attainable goals and begin achieving them, one at a time.

IV. Measurable Your goals must be measurable so you can judge your progress so you know when you have succeeded. Measuring progress is also an excellent motivator and enables you to correct your course when necessary.

V. Given Deadlines

Goals need deadlines. Otherwise, they will be shifted aside t

se of time makes sense.

II. Demanding Goals that are not demanding are barely goals at all. Nothing is more motivating than setting demanding goals that reflect your values and then figuring out how to achieve them systematically.

III. Achievable

Goals must be feasible enough for you to achieve them. If you set goals that are so unrealistic you have no hope of attaining them, you set yourself up for frustration and failure. However, if you have an "impossible dream" that you really want, don't abandoned it. Break it up into smaller, more realistic, attainable goals and begin achieving them, one at a time.

IV. Measurable Your goals must be measurable so you can judge your progress so you know when you have succeeded. Measuring progress is also an excellent motivator and enables you to correct your course when necessary.

V. Given Deadlines

Goals need deadlines. Otherwise, they will be shifted aside t

e them. If you set goals that are so unrealistic you have no hope of attaining them, you set yourself up for frustration and failure. However, if you have an "impossible dream" that you really want, don't abandoned it. Break it up into smaller, more realistic, attainable goals and begin achieving them, one at a time.

IV. Measurable Your goals must be measurable so you can judge your progress so you know when you have succeeded. Measuring progress is also an excellent motivator and enables you to correct your course when necessary.

V. Given Deadlines

Goals need deadlines. Otherwise, they will be shifted aside t

IV. Measurable Your goals must be measurable so you can judge your progress so you know when you have succeeded. Measuring progress is also an excellent motivator and enables you to correct your course when necessary.

V. Given Deadlines

Goals need deadlines. Otherwise, they will be shifted aside to whatever seems pressing at the moment.

VI. Written

Goals should be written so they won't be forgotten. One person said "Out of sight, out of mind." Another reminded us that "The palest ink is better than the best memory."

VII. Flexible

Goals must be flexible enough to accommodate changing conditions.