Goal Setting courses and tutorials

A goal should make the next useful action clearer. Specific wording and milestones can help, but the chosen measure must reflect the actual purpose. Counting activity is easier than demonstrating progress and can sometimes distract from it.

Choose a useful starting point

Look for process-versus-outcome distinctions and opportunities to revise a plan. External constraints affect results. A SMART framework is a planning tool, not a reason to keep an inappropriate deadline when circumstances or evidence change.

Build on the lessons

Turn one learning ambition into a four-week plan with a weekly practice measure. State what would demonstrate skill and what evidence would make you revise the scope.

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