Participants lack commitment or get demotivated because their goals appear too difficult to reach. Setting SMART goals can make that goal seem – and be – more achievable. Targets provide focus ...

Set goals that are realistic given your current ... but completing a 5K within that time frame could be.“ “A complete SMART goal might look like this: ‘By March 15th, I will run a 5K race ...

These perspectives are valuable and raise the bar for future research on goal-setting. Still, from a practical standpoint, I find the SMART framework is highly useable, teachable, and scalable ...