🍀 9P LUCK Strategy

Beyond SMART: A New Approach to Goal-Setting

I want to start with a note from my second brain about SMART Goals:

What?

SMART Goals is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. It's a framework used for setting clear and achievable goals.

Why?

Setting vague or overly ambitious goals can lead to frustration and lack of progress. The SMART framework helps you set goals that are both challenging and attainable, providing a clear path to success.

So What?

Using SMART Goals in your productivity system can lead to more effective planning, better time management, and ultimately, the achievement of your objectives.

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Now let me ask you, have you ever set SMART Goals?

Have you ever failed to achieve what was established with SMART Goals?

Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. And in a way, it's not even SMART Goals' fault. This just isn’t the best way to achieve objectives, and I'll explain why in this text.

Moreover, I’ll explain how we set goals. In 9POS, you don’t have SMART goals; you have LUCK goals because when you start setting goals, it seems like you have a special kind of luck in achieving them. But it’s not luck; it’s a complete and integrated method that I’ll teach you in this text.

But first, think about what it means to set goals. Goals are results you want to achieve in your life. Or as Chat GPT might say:

"Goals are specific and measurable results that a person or organization wants to achieve within a certain period. They represent clear and tangible targets that help guide focus, motivation, and planning of the necessary activities to achieve them."

And right after that, it will probably talk about SMART goals. In other words, we associate SMART with all the dimensions of a goal, and somehow, if we’ve defined all these dimensions, we will achieve that goal, right?

Well, wrong.

In reality, SMART doesn’t cover all the dimensions of a goal, and even the ones it does cover aren’t complete. Moreover, not all the aspects covered by SMART goals make sense. One of them, the most important, is time.

But this was to be expected; if our conception of time was distorted, there was no way we could get it right when it comes to goals.

So let’s start here: goals.