“It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.”– Pat Summitt\n\n“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert Einstein\n\n“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.”– Michael Korda\n\nGoal setting is a task that is often overlooked until the New Year, when people decide to set resolutions. However, these resolutions are nothing more than wishes and are far from what we would call “goals”. Hence these “so called” goals have very little chance of being realized. Just ask any fitness club owner when the greatest number of sign-ups occur and when the greatest number of drop-outs occur. Clearly, these “resolutions” don’t work!\n\nSo just what does work?\n\nWhen it matters and you really want to accomplish your task, you will want to use tried and true goal setting techniques. Among the more successful methods is the SMART method of setting goals. SMART=Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time-sensitive.