Fifty Plus: Wishful Thinking is Not a Plan
Wishing we had more will power to save for retirement, to lose extra pounds, or to write that book we’ve been planning to do for years usually doesn’t help us achieve the goals that are important to us. Some motivational bloggers do tell us is that we need to have SMART goals – specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. Using a SMART plan as a basic guideline makes sense for many personal goals, but I also find that breaking down larger goals into their component parts also makes sense.Small Steps Towards a Larger GoalFor example, most people hope that they…