Often in various trainings, I meet students who insist that
they study hard yet are not able to get the desired results. The reason is
simple.
They may be doing hard work instead of smart work.
Smart work is the ability to do a work systematically with
planning. It calls for a lot of
preparation before beginning the actual work. That means spending more time on
the drawing board. If one does that the actual time spent in studying would be
far less and the results would be spectacular.
Prepare a plan. The plan should also be smart. Here I am
using SMART as an acronym.
S- Specific.
-Since all of you are students, let us limit our discussion
to studies. We must not be vague. We should be specific about what we are going
to study. Quantify everything. For instance, instead of planning to study fluid
mechanics, be specific about what are you going to study in fluid mechanics and
when.
M- Measurable.
All our plans shall fail if we are unable to measure what we
are doing. So always set goals which are measureable. Instead of planning to succeed
in the corporate world, have a goal of say, becoming the Team Lead in an IT
company in some specific time.
A – Achievable
See that your goals are achievable. If you want to self study for ten hours a
day, it is not possible as you have to attend college as well. So this plan is
bound to fail.
R- Realistic
Keep realistic goals. You cannot become a Bill Gates
overnight. So always plan in such a way that your goals are realistic.
T- Time bound.
Again we should never have goals that are open ended. Most
of the plans fail because they are not time bound. Your aims in life also should be time bound. Doesn’t
matter if you fail to achieve them. You can always change the goal posts
according to the situation. Having a time bound goal will help you achieve more
than you had ever imagined.
If you have SMART GOALS , there is still no guarantee of
success. Success is the sum total of many factors. But it certainly takes you
closer to success.
Learn to work SMART-ly.
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