What are the guidelines for setting goals?

Answer 1

The four main goal setting steps are to writing down the initial goal, writing down daily progress towards that goal, talking about it with someone else to stick with it, and going through the actual plan. Many people try to tackle goals all at once, but it is easier to break them up into steps like these.

Answer 2

I was taught to follow the SMART rule for setting goals. Goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-targeted.