Editing SMART criteria (section)

=== Career goals ===
A [[Michigan State University Extension]] study highlighted the effectiveness of the SMART goal-setting approach. It showed that individuals who wrote down their goals and outlined action steps had a 76% success rate in achieving them, especially when they shared weekly updates with a friend. This was compared to a 43% success rate for those who didn't document their goals, indicating an advantage to the structured approach of SMART goal-setting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-26 |title=Achieving your goals: An evidence-based approach |url=https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/achieving_your_goals_an_evidence_based_approach |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=MSU Extension |language=en-us}}</ref>