Do you know what I think of when someone mentions New Year’s resolutions to me?   I think of Goals.  People that make New Year’s resolutions, have Goals.  If you don’t have a resolution for 2010, then in my opinion you are without Goals.  In other words, you have given up and you have resigned yourself to one of two ideas:
1.  You are perfect and there is no further life planning that you wish to do.  
2.  You’ve given up and therefore there is no point in setting Goals.
 
When thinking about the topic for this blog piece I returned to my business training.  A fundamental part of strategic planning is setting Goals for the company in the following year.  Why not use this same method in our personal lives?
One of the most popular goal setting tools is the SMART method.  SMART stands for:
Specific
Measureable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-based