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by hawktheslayer 1986 days ago
I attended training at my work where they changed M to Motivating, and I use that with all of my employees' objectives. One might say that if it's Relevant then it should be motivating, but when I ask them if it's motivating I often get an honest no. I find if the person doesn't like the goal despite it being SMART, then they tend to avoid it.

The other question I learned to ask for Attainable is "do you think there is an 80% chance or better you'll hit your date--if not it's good to dial the goal back.

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That’s a great suggestion. Thanks for sharing.

Did you encounter problems with removing M for Measurable in that case?

I just rolled the metrics into Specific and it seems to work