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– This is, again, it’s another cliche, yeah smart goals, it’s so, new age self-help book. Though I almost don’t like saying it. But this is what the science shows works. So, let me go all Tony Robbins on you, we’ll just go with it. So, smart goals, s-m-a-r-t, you’ll see slight variations, deviations, in what each of those stands for, Specific Measurable, Action-orientated, Realistic, and Time-based. This is where I’m going to answer your question with the but moderately difficult part. So is it specific? Is 100-kilo back squat specific? Yeah, because we know well either I do it, or I don’t do it. Is it measurable? Yeah, ’cause it’s 100 kilos. Is perfect squat snatch measurable? Perfect, for who? How do you define perfect? It’s impossible to define perfect, when it comes to this, has anyone in the world ever, in the history of Olympic weightlifting, done a perfect snatch? I wouldn’t think so. Okay? So we can adjust this as we go. Has to be measurable. It has to be action-orientated. I would like to win lotto this weekend. It’s a dream, yeah, but it’s not a goal, because I can’t actually impact the outcome of that. I can buy a lot of lotto tickets or something, but I can’t, it’s chance, I can’t impact the outcome of that. So you have to be able to have control. Can you control your snatching, can you control your run speed, can you control your strength? Yes you can, those things are controllable. It has to be realistic, but also moderately difficult. ‘Cause what they’ve found, again, you’ve got this sweet spot in goal setting, of this point where if the goal is easy, to go from a 47.5 kilo snatch to a 50 kilo snatch, I probably don’t need to spend a lot of time doing that. It’s going to happen. I could not snatch, and just do cleans, and maybe even just do pull-ups, or start eating differently and I’m going to hit that goal. 70 kilos. When do you think you’re going to achieve that by? End of the year? You think it’s doable? Yeah. Are you working hard on that, and you’re like I’m doing this daily? You have to be, who thinks that’s a pretty big goal, going from 47.5 to 70? Now I’m not saying you don’t do it, and I’m not saying that you won’t do it, and maybe, me thinking that that’s a bit of a stretch, is the motivation you need to go, I’m going to show Dan, and do it, which I hope it is. Tag me in the post when you get it. Alright. Thanks Dan for not believing in me. But it’s such, it’s a big stretch, and what happens sometimes when people have a real lofty goal, I want to write an 800-page novel, by the end of the year. In Latin. Okay? It’s such a stretch, that I’m not going to spend my time working on that. So if a goal is too easy, ehh, it will happen, I don’t need to focus on it. If it’s too difficult, it won’t happen, there’s no point in me focusing on it. So, the goals have to be, realistic but moderately difficult. So just on the moderately difficult side of realistic. Okay, is about where it’s sitting. This time-based element here is really important. Yeah, ’cause if it’s not time-based, you don’t know when you’re going to achieve it by. It’s like starting a running race, not knowing where the finish line is. So, we need to make sure that our goals tick all of these different boxes here. Super important that they do.
