This is Steveer Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Goals! I just love goals.

In Hamlet, one of the most famous lines in theater history was written by Shakespeare.

The Goals, the Thing, with which to accomplish the agenda of the queen.

The line is from when Hamlet was trying to develop a new

laundry detergent to remove spots from fine clothing. It was one of the great moments in the

performing arts apparent even to someone like me who has no actual training in the history

of theater whatsoever. I just know genius when I see it. In prior episodes, we've discussed

the difference between outcome goals and process goals and when you should use each.

We've explained how to set goals to give you the life that you want, and we've explored goals from many angles,

but we've never actually reviewed the very basics of how to set goals.

So, just like we recently reviewed the very basics of how to use a to-do list, Today, it's back to basics with goal setting.

First of all, make goals specific. Bernice decided that her plant store, green growing

things one and two, needed an updated look. So, she called her team together and she said,

our new goal is to revamp the store. Bring me your proposals. The staff jumped to work and came back with

several proposals. Europa suggested that we install barbed wire around the outside to protect

against political dissidents trying to steal plants. Melvin was in favor of installing a server

farm, so in the event that civilization collapsed, the IT systems would still work. Now, these ideas have some merit,

in some alternate universe, but they don't really move the team any closer to anything useful.

That's because Bernice's goal is too vague. Reamp the store could mean anything. Having

listened to the Get a Done guy episode on Is Is Not List, Bernice quickly realizes

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