1. Identify two or more goals for yourself, that you will be stating as SMART goals.

   1. These goals should be identified from the purpose maps you made earlier which were derived from your why statements from PW 1. We recommend something that you wish to achieve in the next 6 months or so.

   2. We encourage you to at least have one goal that is fellowship related, highlighting what you hope to gain out of the fellowship (so the time will also need to be within 2 months). E.g. you can talk about a skill that you hope to develop within this program

2. Apply the guidelines on developing and writing SMART goals. Additionally use this document to find further information on developing your goals into SMART goals. Document and Guidelines are given below please read it throughly

3. State your goals in the PW document.

4. With each goal describe components that make it Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound as shown in the guidelines

5. You will also be bringing these goals to the next in-person session!

GUIDELINES

Guidelines:
Specific What is the desired result? (who, what, when, why, how) How are you going to do it?	The SMART goal should be very specific in terms of what you want to achieve. It should state the objective very clearly.
Measurable How much progress do you need to make? (quantify it)? How can you measure progress?	The SMART goal should be measurable such that you can clearly define if you have achieved it or not.
Attainable/Achievable What skills and resources are needed? Can it be broken down into individual tasks? Is the goal within your reach?	The SMART goal should be challenging, but not impossible given your resources and situation. You should have the resources/skills you need mentioned or write where to get them from.
Relatable Does the goal fit in the overall long-term goal that you have for yourself Is it realistic?	The SMART goal should be in line with your larger long-term goal. It should be something that helps you achieve that long-term goal. It should also be realistic, not something impossible.
Time-bound What is the deadline? Is the deadline realistic?	The SMART Goals should include the time within which you intend to achieve it. You should mention the deadline for achieving the goal.

Step by step Example to make a goal SMART
Specific What is the desired result? (who, what, when, why, how) How are you going to do it?	I will improve my communication skills. - not specific Make specific by writing what exactly needs to be improved: I will improve the quality of my written english in my reflection blogs
Measurable How much progress do you need to make? (quantify it)? How can you measure progress?	I will improve the quality of my written english in my reflection blogs. - not measurable Make measurable by quantifying progress: I will improve the quality of my written English in my reflection blogs by getting a full 10 marks on at least 2 of them
Attainable/Achievable What skills and resources are needed? Can it be broken down into achievable tasks? Is the goal within your reach?	I will get a full 10 marks on at least 2 of my reflective blogs. - doesnt explain how it will be achieved State individual tasks that need to be completed to achieve goal: I will write down 500 words each day in English (reflecting on what I did well during the day and what I could have done better) to improve the quality of my written English in my reflection blogs by getting a full 10 marks on at least 2 of them
Relatable/Realistic Is the goal do-able? Moreover is not easy or ridiculous	I will write down 500 words each day in English (reflecting on what I did well during the day and what I could have done better) to improve the quality of my written English in my reflection blogs by getting a full 10 marks on at least 2 of them. - The goal is doable, and easy and can be achieved

DOCUMENT

Stating your goals as SMART goals means that when you were writing these goals down, they have to be written as per the SMART guidelines which are shared in the online course as well as in the PW. Once you have written down your SMART goals, you also have to explain each component Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relatable and Time Bound in context of your goal to ensure that the stated goal is in fact SMART.

WHAT NOT TO DO:

What most of the fellows do is that they state the same goal which is not written as SMART and then separately explain each component whereas you would have wanted to write the goal as a SMART goal for e.g.

I will improve my communication skills - this is a goal but it's not stated as a SMART goal. If you read it, there is no indication whatsoever of it being measurable or time bound. To do that you will need to explicitly make it Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relatable and Time Bound.

Let's use the aforementioned example and do it step-by-step

How to make it Specific? Write down which communication skill you want to improve so here is it again:

I will improve my written communication - is it specific now?

Written communication is still quite broad, which aspect of written communication do you want to improve, is it your speed of writing, your grammar/punctuation? Is it the use of examples? Metaphors? Is it fiction writing? Blog writing? Let's assume that you want to improve the way you write reflection blogs so make this explicit:

I will improve the quality of my reflection blogs

But now the other 4 components are still left. Is it measurable? Can you read this goal and understand how you will measure the improvement? For this you will need to add a measurable quantity which you can decide for example:

I will write down 500 words each day in English reflecting on what I did well during the day and what I could have done better - now it covers both S and M, only A R T are left now.

Attainable - if you read the goal, writing 500 words and reflecting on things you did well and could have done better everyday is totally achievable. Furthermore, you have all the resources needed to complete this as you have basic understanding of English language, a laptop or a pen & a piece of paper. If you said that I will write down 500 words in Chinese each day, when you dont even know Chinese, that is not achievable as you dont have the skills needed to complete it. This part you can just describe or explain by mentioning relevant resources, skills that you have which can help you achieve this goal and if the goal is actually realistic.

Relatable - again this has more to do with describing the component, if your communication skills are weak and your reflection needs improvement especially in the form of blogs then definitely this goal is relatable as you want to improve it. Note that this should also follow in line with your why statement and purpose map you made earlier so it should be relevant to that.

Time Bound - we have written that we want to write 500 words and include specific reflections on what we did well and what we could have done better but we havent put a time restriction on it. How long do we want to do this? So lets add that:

I will write down 500 words each day in English reflecting on what I did well during the day and what I could have done better till the 31st of December 2077.

Once you have written this you can easily describe each component of SMART in this goal.

Now compare this with what we wrote at the start:

I will improve my communication skills

VS

I will write down 500 words each day reflecting on what I did well during the day and what I could have done better till the 31st of December 2077.

Which one is better?

2)

1. Pick one of the goals from Part A that you have developed into SMART goals

2. Write down the first three tasks that you need to do immediately in order to achieve this goal

3. Now, whatever the first task is that you wrote down, you have to complete that task during the present week

4. Then complete the second task and then the third in the second and third week respectively.

   1. Dont try to write about something you might have done previously.

5. Write a blog about your #JustStart experience. While writing your blog, you can take help from the following questions:

   1. What is the project/goal that you have worked on in your #JustStart project?

   2. Why do you have this goal?

   3. What were the challenges that youve faced in the past towards achieving this?

   4. What was your experience completing these tasks during the week?

   5. What were the challenges that you faced this time?

   6. What did you learn from this experience?

   7. What are the next steps?

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