OUR RESOLVE

To plan what you want to do 10 years from now is a joke. To not know what you want to do in the year ahead is a tragedy. Let us turn 2013 -14 into a year of Most and more…with SMART goals.

SPECIFIC: I want to perform better, I want to become richer, I want to become healthier aren’t specific goals. Your mind will come up with a plan of action, only if the goal is made meaningful, by making it specific.

MEASURABLE : We need ways by which we know we know we are progressing towards the finishing line. What cannot be measured cannot be monitored, what cannot be monitored cannot be controlled, what cannot be controlled cannot be directed, and what cannot be controlled cannot become progress. So the goal must be broken up into measurable components.

ACHIEVABLE : There are no ambitious goals; only ambitious time frames. Goals can be born from the heart, but the timeframes must be reasoned out by the mind. That’s why goals can be out of mind.

REALISTIC : Resources yield results. Results need resources. It is not about increasing the turnover from 50 to 100 crores, but can it be done with this team size, this factory space, this capital, this know-how, and in the prevailing market condition? A realistic goal is one wherein there is a specific and scientific correlation between resources and results.

TIME BOUND : Human beings are deadline driven animals. Your mind will not even start working unless you give it a deadline to work for…

MY RESOLVE : Let us turn the financial year 2013-14 into a year of humungous possibility with SMART goals.

Taken From INFINITHOUGHTS, March 2013 issue.