“Oftentimes we have goals and dreams, but SMART goals let us move toward those with intentionality,” Williams said. To get a better sense of what SMART goals are, take a look at each letter of the ...

Achievable goals are crucial, too, because if you have parameters that you just can’t match then you’re going to get stressed, you’ll let yourself down, and you’ll hinder your colleagues too.

Every company in existence has set its share of SMART goals (most commonly defined as Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound), and that's fine. But too often they can act as ...