Resolution Repair SMARTER Goals for Success Sarah Auer, NSCACPT Director of Wellness, Lockton Benefi

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Resolution RepairSMARTER Goals for
SuccessSarah Auer, NSCA-CPTDirector of
Wellness, Lockton Benefit Company
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New Years Resolutions

• The New Year renews confidence and optimism.
• Roughly half of Americans who make resolutions
  are still following them a few months later.
• About 20 percent of Americans meet their New
  Years Resolution.

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Why is it so Hard?

• We set ourselves up for failure by making
  resolutions that are
• Too vague
• Out of reach
• When thrown a curveball, we demonstrate
• Low expectations
• Lack of commitment

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How to Succeed

• Set SMARTER goals and resolutions
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time-oriented
• Enthusiastic about them
• Rewards for success

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Two Common Resolutions

• Exercise more.
• Become more organized.
• Why is it so hard to meet these goals?

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Specific Goals

• What do you really want to achieve?
• Examples
• Exercise more jeans fit better
• Be more organized be able to find things quicker

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Measurable Goals

• How will you know if you have reached your goal?
• Examples
• Exercise more exercise at least four days per
  week
• Be more organized clean out and inventory three
  bedroom closets and basement storage area

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Actionable Goals

• What will it take to reach your goal?
• Examples
• Exercise more wake-up one hour earlier
• Be more organized one weeknight devoted to each
  closet, a weekend devoted to the basement

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Realistic Goals

• Will striving to reach your goal be more
  stressful than helpful?
• Examples
• Exercise more going from nothing or sporadic to
  30 minutes at least three days per week, not a
  half-marathon
• Be more organized the closets and basement, not
  the entire house

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Time-oriented Goals

• How long will it take you to meet your goal?
• What short-term goals will help you stay the
  course?
• Examples
• Exercise more exercise 30 minutes per day at
  least four days per week for two months
• Be more organized cleanout and inventory the
  bedroom closets and basement by the end of
  February

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Enthusiastic Goals

• Does the thought of working toward this goal and
  achieving it excite you?

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Rewards for Goals

• How will you congratulate yourself for meeting
  your goal, as well as the short-term goals along
  the way?
• Examples
• Exercise more new jeans
• Be more organized evening or weekend doing
  something fun (that you would not normally do)

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Improved Resolution

• I want my jeans to fit better. To make this
  happen, I will wake up one hour earlier to
  exercise at least four days per week over the
  next two months. When I meet this goal, I will
  buy myself new jeans.

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Improved Resolution

• I want to be able to find things more quickly. To
  do this, I will devote one evening to each of
  three bedroom closets and one weekend to cleaning
  out the basement storage area by the end of
  February. For achieving this goal, I will treat
  myself to a weekend visiting the museums I have
  always wanted to see.

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Be Persistent!

• We must always change, renew, rejuvenate
  ourselves otherwise, we harden.
• ¾Goethe