Achieving your goals

Do you strive to be excellent in all that you do?…Can you set and achieve goals?…And do you take the initiative to find solutions?…These are important hallmarks of people who are…emotionally intelligent and are part of managing yourself.…Let's look at three foundational skills.…First is your achievement drive.…This is the ability to set and achieve…goals, persist through challenges, and strive to be excellent.…Most of us know how to set goals. The challenge can be in achieving them.…I highly recommend using the smart goal technique,…where each goal has the following five qualities.…

It's specific, meaning that you get clear about…the details of who, what, where, and how.…It's measurable, meaning that there's a clear way to see progress.…It's action-oriented, meaning that you have the ability to do…something as opposed to it being in someone else's hands.…It's realistic, meaning that it can be…accomplished with the time and resources available.…And finally it's timely.…Meaning that it has a clearly stated deadline,…