Ugh, I swear if I read another life-coach blogpost talking about “SMART goals”, I’m going to stab myself in the eye with a plateful of ikan bilis. 

Today, SMART is THE cliche of the personal development world. It’s the equivalent of a student ending his essay with, “…And then he realised it was just a dream.” It makes us all roll out eyes.

All my life, I’ve been setting SMART goals like “Get a six-pack by the time I graduate” or “Get promoted by the end of this year.” Sometimes my readers email me with questions on their SMART goals like, “How do I grow my portfolio by 2% every month?” (Uhm, I don’t know. Join a drug cartel?)

In the past, I used to believe that SMART goals were the only types of goals you should set. But lately, I’ve started to wonder if there could be another, better way of ...