You’ve most likely heard of SMART objectives earlier than: Particular, Measurable, Attainable, Lifelike, and Time-bound. These ideas nonetheless maintain up in terms of purpose setting, however I prefer to take issues one step additional to make them extra actionable and dance-specific, and encourage our studio dancers to do the identical.
When setting my very own dance objectives, I break them into 4 classes:
1️⃣ Habits
2️⃣ Studying/Approach
3️⃣ Experiences
4️⃣ Outcomes
Why do I really like this strategy? It provides me a well-rounded imaginative and prescient for my dance yr. Whereas I nonetheless set result-oriented objectives (like putting at a contest), I remind myself that outcomes are sometimes out of my management. These objectives carry much less weight for me, however they’ll nonetheless spark motivation. Most of my vitality goes towards habits, studying, and experiences—the issues that I can management.
