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Goals & Gorillas [How an ape made his dream come true]

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Were going to learn How to achieve our goals using the SMART technique

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Once upon a time

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a long time ago

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far, far away

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miles away from here

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there lived a gorilla.

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His name was Gorm.

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Gorm wanted to be a world- famous musician

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Now, the other monkeys

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when they heard this

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reacted with

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Polite smiles PityDisbelief But mainly

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laughter

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This upset Gorm.

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Now Gorm had a fairy godfather called Desmond

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Desmond had a strange dress sense

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and a tough view of the world

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And once Desmond had finished calling Gorm a fool he said

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Youve got to be SMART!

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So Gorm went to the library

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Not that sort of smart, fool! S.M.A.R.T

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What are the benefits of Desmonds SMART approach?

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Gorm went away and rethought his goal

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be a musician was not S.M.A.R.T

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Gorm made his dream more SPECIFIC I want to learn to play the bagpipes

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Gorm made his dream more MEASURABLE I want to reach Grade 1 on the bagpipes

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Gorm made his dream more ACHIEVABLE OK. Maybe not world-famous yet just a musician.

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Gorm could not make his dream more RELEVANT Musics all Ive ever loved

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Gorm made his dream more TIME-FOCUSED I want to reach Grade 1 on the bagpipes by the end of June.

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So this: be a world famous musician

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Had become this: reach Grade 1 on the bagpipes by the end of June

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Just thinking about his dream like this made Gorm feel like he could do it

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And with time, he did indeed achieve his dream

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Once upon a time