Okay, I know you may have heard this, but I wanted to take a few minutes to give you a refresher on how to set a good goal.  One thing you have to realize is that there is a difference between dreams and goals.  Dreams are free – goals will cost you.  When you were younger (or maybe right now) you might have dreamed to be a professional athlete.  The thing is, you can lay around in your room all day long and do absolutely nothing while you are dreaming that dream.  But if you convert it into a realistic goal, then you will have to take action.  You would have to get up and go practice.  You would actually have to play the sport and find a coach and work hard enough to gain the skills you would need to compete on a professional level.

It is no different when we are talking about leadership issues or ministry goals or anything else in life.  We all have dreams.  The question is, are you willing to convert them into a goal.

So what does a goal look like.  In the field of coaching, we like to talk about SMART goals.  Let me break that down for you.  A SMART goal is:

S – Specific

M – Measurable

A – Attainable

R – Relevant

T – Time Specific

In the next few posts, we’ll break this down further.  So be thinking of something you want to do and let’s see if we can’t help you turn that dream into a goal that you can actually accomplish!