Why is it important that goals be measurable? Isn’t that the million-dollar question, Dear Readers?!! How else are you supposed to assess whether you are making any progress? Better yet, can you evaluate what’s holding you back so you can make noticeable strides and crush your goals? Dear Readers, keep reading to find out how to create a more fulfilling life amid the chaos we’ve been in, thanks to the global pandemic in the last two years.
Welcome to the JMS blog, your hub for the success tips to level up your brand.
As a reminder, this website answers all your branding questions. If it is your first time visiting, this blog is the brainchild of JMStrategy LLC (JMS), a boutique consulting firm that offers strategic solutions to strengthen your professional or personal brands. Now, without further ado, let’s dive into everything you need to know about making goals more measurable to crush 2022 like a boss!
Making progress requires transforming dreams into measurable goals.
Q2 is here! Dear Readers, are you struggling to accomplish everything you’ve set to do at the beginning of the year? Are you already feeling discouraged even though the CDC revised indoor mask guidelines giving thus a hint that brighter days are finally ahead?
At the beginning of every new year, there are a lot of talks about goal setting. We write down our wishes, make collages or vision boards about our dreams, and pray that this is the year that everything changes. Yet, as life in the new year keeps getting more and more bruising, talks of goal setting became a thing of the past to be perhaps revisited in 2023. Does this sound familiar to you, Dear Readers?
Let’s be honest! The last two years have been quite challenging for all of us. Here at JMS, we’ve received so many emails, DMs on social media, and letters from you, Dearest Readers, depicting the hardships you’ve overcome. Consequently, today’s publication is for all of you, Dear Readers, who feel at the end of your rope. Don’t give up! All you need is to reframe your approach to goal setting.
Dear Readers, your goals are not achievable because they are vague concepts without a clear path as to how you can accomplish them. As exciting as goals can be, they will not materialize just because you have made a wish. If it was that simple, why have you not been able to reach them so far, Dear Readers? Ok, so the takeaway is simple! Goals without a detailed roadmap of how to carry them out are meaningless.
When nothing is predictable, everything is upside down as, in times of crisis, having a detailed roadmap is the key to success. You’ll have to shorten your timeline the more disruptive the catastrophe is. So, Dear Readers, instead of planning your roadmaps on a quarterly or annual basis, shift to designing daily and weekly shorter outlines. Indeed, if the crisis lingers, it creates dynamic conditions that make it impossible to plan anything long-term. Rather than resisting and going against the grain, Dear Readers, accept it and lean into it. You’ll finally see real progress towards your goals! That’s how you crush 2022 like a boss! If you agree, leave a comment below!
When in crisis, here is how to design a roadmap to your measurable goals.
Can you deny, Dear Readers, that we’ve been battling a global pandemic that has turned our lives upside down like nothing we’ve seen in 40 years? Those who managed to keep their jobs are more burned out today than a year ago! We are brokenhearted as we’ve lost many loved ones prematurely. Many of us have had to relocate across the country and yet managed to feel lonelier than ever before. Who can have the strength to pursue goals? Dear Readers, that’s the most requested question we’ve received from you since we published our JMS Blogmas 2021 productivity series.
You might also like to find out How To Choose Your Top Goals For 2022?
OK, Dear Readers, this blog gets it. While working full-time, it is easy to believe that you do not have enough time to pursue your goals. And with this global pandemic, all you might have been able to do is survive! But the removal of masks and vaccine mandates across the nation signals that a return to “normal” living is imminent.
This blog believes that to focus solely on work-related objectives and dismiss the other aspects of your life is missing the point of living altogether. Indeed, we are multi-dimensional beings, Dear Readers! Therefore, our goals should encompass every facet of our lives!
Consequently, Dear Readers, you must shift your framework from goal setting to infrastructure building. Thus, a roadmap is an infrastructure you construct to realize your objectives. You know that saying life is about the journey, not a destination is true. The JMS team often hears clients lament that they cannot live with purpose because the endless pursuit of elusive career milestones consumes them.
So, Dear Readers, if you are continuously preoccupied with the chase of professional echelons, your minds are overly focused on work. That single-minded approach to goal setting stops you from cultivating other aspects besides work that helps you have a well-balanced meaningful life. In short, what truly matters, in the long run, is the quality of life you want to have on the way to achieving your goals, Dear Readers.
Therefore, Dear Readers, this blog invites you to put in place the following three-core infrastructure for your measurable goals:
ONE – Zero in on the essential.
Dear Readers, this single principle will help bring everything into focus rather than helplessly obsess over your career. Indeed, you should be able to determine what matters most to you (e.g., health, family, or friends) beyond the job that pays the bills. This renewed clarity will help you have the life of purpose you crave and eliminate the utter dissatisfaction you’ve been feeling lately. By removing nonessentials, you are investing your time into personal development endeavors. Dear Readers, is there a more productive manner to focalize your energy?
TWO – Curate daily routines around your measurable goals.
Dear Readers, this blog cannot stress enough the importance of curating a repertoire of habits to put in rotation daily to help you track any progress and give you the motivation to keep fighting for the meaningful life you want. While your full-time job holds an important role, Dear Readers, it is only one aspect of your life. You will find true fulfillment when all other facets receive the same level of attention. Dear Readers, do you know a more effective strategy to achieve your measurable goals?
THREE – Your measurable goals should fill your cup every day (yes, even amid a crisis).
Dear Readers, why should you defer your happiness to later? The one lesson we’ve learned in the last two years is that being alive is a gift that you can lose in a blink of an eye. So why tell yourself that in a distant day, you’ll find happiness. And in the meantime, are you supposed to be unhappy, resentful, angry, or even anxious? Why fall for the trap that “I’ll be happy when I accomplish XYZ”? Are you willing to spend fifteen years unhappy chasing whatever professional steppingstones you may not ever achieve?
And what is the exact cost of such a postponement, Dear Readers? So many clients come to us discouraged and regretful of the decisions they made five or even ten years ago. Of course, the JMS team is in the business of helping people navigate crises and prevent their brands from spiraling out of control into free fall. But you, Dear Readers, can also avoid such a predicament if you work to make your measurable goals fill up your cup every day.
Final thoughts on measurable goals.
There you have it! The JMS team thanks you, Dear Readers, for taking the time to read today’s publication. The JMS blog is here to inspire and encourage as you, Dear Readers, embark on the exhilarating journey to design the life of your dreams. This blog wants you to have the confidence to chase your dreams with reckless abandon!
As always, you can submit requests via the contact form. We will continue to publish weekly articles that answer your questions. As a small consulting firm, the JMS team feels lucky to have the ability to support clients across industries through any given crisis that rocks their daily operations. We want to do the same for you, Dearest Readers. We love creating articles that make you think, question everything you thought you knew, and change your life! Please share today’s article on social media with friends or colleagues who might need an extra pep talk!
Dear Readers, we want to hear from you!
Dear Readers, we strive to create better content for you. So, please don’t be shy and share your thoughts. Do you agree with our analysis, or do you think we are missing the point? Have you incorporated routines even when you are struggling with a crisis? Or are you too preoccupied with the business of surviving the daily grind of being alive? What do you plan to do differently this quarter to see progress in the quality of life you desperately want to achieve? Come back next week as we resume publishing our usual content around time, financial, and crisis management.
Leave a Reply