Smart Goals

Goals are a part of everyday life. From gaining the strength to get out of bed in the morning to winning that blue medal around your neck, everybody has made a goal once in their life. Sometimes it can be as easy as saying you’re not going to eat that last cupcake on the platter in front of you or as hard as saying “Hello” to that special someone in your life that you find adorable, either way you have made a goal. It’s also important to remember there is short term goals and long term goals. Short term goals are easier to achieve and can be very helpful in leading up to your long term goals. We can even classify our goals into personal goals, academic goals, and professional goals, as well as others.

A goal is a target you want to achieve in your life. They are important for many reasons. The purpose of a goal is to motivate yourself and it gives you directions and keeps you forward. Having goals in your life gives a clarity on your end vision, and allows you to focus . The goals help you achieve your highest potential.They make you stretch beyond your normal self and reach new heights. Also if the goal doesn’t challenge you, it won’t be able to change you.

Interdepartmental communication and medical errors have both been proven as causes of harm to patients in health care settings. When there are gaps in communications between nurses changing shifts or patient transitions from one department to another, medical errors can occur and cause harm to patients. Even though there has been improvement in recognition of these problems and actions taken to reduce communication gaps and medical errors, there still needs to be more work, especially in individual facilities.

Everyone has aspirations, some tend to be more steadfast, others last only a short amount of time. A goal is something we aim for, something that we try our best to keep a firm grip on.

During the implementation of my health plan I was able only partially meet SMART goals and objectives. My goal was to reduce exposure to harmful noises (higher than 85 dB) to less than 8 hours a day. In order to meet that goal I was using an app on my phone to measure noise level I was exposed to. In the situations where it was possible I was either reducing volume or using protective devices (earplugs and noise cancellation headphones) to reduce harmful effect of noise. I was able to meet my goal only in well controlled environments where I was able to control intensity of noise. For example - when I was driving car alone I could reduce music volume in the car. However in almost all other activities, like during lectures, during walks outside and in movie theaters, I could not control intensity of noises and could not avoid those activities. So in reality it was very difficult to fully implement my health plan.

my servant leadership practice. A SMART goal is: (a) specific, (b) measurable, (c) achievable or attainable, (d) realistic or relevant, and (e) time-bound or time-based (Daft, 2014).

development and support my weaknesses. My first goal is to obtain my MBA from Western

A goal setting is best practice framework for setting goals. A SMART goal should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.

There are many goals that I have in my current life, some are more important than others, but I am committed to accomplishing the ones that will have a greater impact in both my professional and personal life. I am very optimistic that I will reach these goals with self-discipline and dedication. Below are my three main goals:

My smart goal My goal is to shave off twenty seconds off my mile run. My current time for my mile is nine minutes and 40 second. Goal time is nine and twenty second. My goal will be accomplished by increasing cardiovascular strength. I will measure my progress by doing a test run on Saturday see how mile had change. This goal was relevant to me because it helps improve my overall efficacy in sports and daily life. It will increase my strength and endurance make my progression in sports healthier and safer.

To start, I was able to fulfill at least one of my smart goals. The smart goal I was able to do today was learning what an operating room educator did. I had never realized how much they did till that day. Here id just some of the list of responsibilities they have to do: attend meetings with other educators twice a month, do it projects that are focused on improving the hospital, and observe the floor for areas of improvement. A perfect example for the areas of improvement was her creating a new boarding pass. The reason she created this was to ensure the correct signatures were in place on all the paperwork due to them having issues with people not signing said paperwork. This caused the insurance companies being unable to charge the patients,

Introduction: The acronym SMART is used to call attention to the five components of well-written goals. The SMART acronym is basically a checklist for creating concrete goals that can guide you in success. As you work through the “SMART goal setting” learning activity, you will be asked to create concrete goals, first based on scenarios given to you and then personal goals for your own life. Developing concrete goals is critical to managing your life as well as your finances. Keep in mind that a well-defined goal is

A SMART goal is simply a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-oriented, and has Target dates. One of GM’s SMART goals was its strategic plan to reduce the total number of auto platforms from 30 in the year 2010, to 24 in 2014, and to 14 by the year 2018. This goal is SMART because it is very specific; reducing the number of auto platforms from 30 to 14 within 8 years. It is measurable in the sense that GM set specific points for these goals to be achieved. By setting a 4-year interval (2010-2014, 2014-2018) within this goal, GM seeks to measure the level of success of this goal. By measuring its level of success, its attainability can also be determined. GM’s primary objective behind this objective is to make a lot of savings on it huge engineering budget by building vehicles all over the world that are made from the same basic parts and assembled in plants that use the same type of tooling. This objective therefore makes the goal result-oriented since it gears the company towards achieving its vision. GM also sets target dates for which these goals would be implemented. Specific years for the implementation of these goals are indicated.

To be useful, the stated objectives should meet several criteria which are known as SMART objectives. [Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed]

As it was described somewhere in this unit, SMART goals are good tools to be used in the realization or achieving our plans SMART stands for: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bounded. A smart goal will evidently decrease negative emotions such as irritation, upset or disappointment but instead will