Replace your SMART goal with a PACT
PACT stands for Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, and Trackable—the four factors that make for great goals:
- Purposeful. Your goal should be meaningful to your long-term purpose in life, not just relevant to you right now.
- Actionable. A good goal is based on outputs you can control.
- Continuous. It’s important that the actions you take towards your goal are simple and repeatable.
- Trackable. Not measurable. Stats can be overrated and don’t apply to lots of different types of goals.
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A system without a goal is like a marathon without a finish line. But a system with a bad goal will result in a bad outcome. Traditional goal-setting methods use the SMART framework. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely. Sounds great for small, short-term goals, but not so much for ambitious, long-term ones. If you have one or several ambitious goals—such as learning how to code, studying a new language, writing a book, growing a newsletter, becoming a designer—you may want to consider making a PACT as an alternative to SMART goals.
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