Measurability and Attainability: Two Tests Every Goal Must Pass
The second principle of the smart goals is their measurability. You need a measurement index to determine if the goal is achieved after reaching a certain level of that criterion. For example;
The goal is to study the top 20 books in the field of management and business.
The goal is to provide service to 450 customers.
The goal is to sell the product to 3000 people.
The goal is to monetize 1 million dollars from sales. Cases similar to the ones above indicate that the goal is defined by a specific criterion and in a certain size, and the extent of its realization is measurable.
Depending on the type of goal and your decision, the criteria and indicators considered for measuring the goal might be different. But it should be mentioned that without a measurement index, you can never evaluate your success on the way forward to achieve your goals.
Be when you are realistic setting your goals. To measure the attainability of a goal, you must be able to find the answer to the question regarding how you are going to achieve that goal. Once you determine how to reach the goal, you can identify the obstacles and afterward, specify the possibility of achieving the goal. When setting your goals, in your mind you believed that they were realistic, but now you need to consider the possibility of achieving them based on objective facts. You may say, for example, “I want to emigrate through investment by the next five years.” After studying the process it will take for the goal to be achieved, you are realizing that the whole process requires $1.5 million for you to achieve your goal; therefore at this it is essential, you reconsider that goal attainability if you do not have that actual amount of money.