Stephen J. Kosmyna

Using the S.M.A.R.T. goal criteria for establishing your short and long term goals has the potential to limit you if you don't take the time to really understand the meaning of each component here. S.M.A.R.T. goals shouldn't limit you, they should help you break down your big dream outrageous goals into bite size pieces so you can rapidly and truly achieve the extraordinary. There is an abundance of information out there regarding S.M.A.R.T. goals. Content is being churned out by HR departments, universities, and other think tanks and bloggers; some of it good and a lot of it not so good.For a long time I spoke about how S.M.A.R.T. goals are not always smart and how they have the potential to limit you and give you a false sense of accomplishment. Since my company, LMI-USA actually owns the registered trademark on S.M.A.R.T goals, I thought I would take a deep dive here and explain why this is still true and how you can blend in S.M.A.R.T. goals to help you make quantum leaps in the direction of your big drea