6 Reasons The SMART Goals System Doesn’t Work

What once was a SMART system has become a seriously flawed and dated system that can’t relate to how people achieve their goals.

The SMART Goals system was one of the first subjects that I was exposed to when I first entered the self-improvement world. It was back in high school before I ever thought of running my own business or becoming a self-improvement writer obsessed with goals and goal setting.

In one of my classes, I was taught about this amazing goal-setting system called SMART goals. Little did I know that the first time I heard it, I’d be hearing about it constantly from that point forward, along with many other people out there.

Despite hearing about this system so often to the point it’s driving me insane, I can’t blame people for talking about this system and using this system.

But as I’ve been spending more and more time in the self improvement world and specifically looking up goal setting systems, the more I learn how terrible this system actually is.

I can say with confidence that most people’s goals will not work with the SMART goal system. The only time it makes some sense to use this system is in niche situations like reaching a well-defined target under a…