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# How To Create SMARTER Goals For Your Music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-to-create-smarter-goals-for-your-music/
- Published: 2014-01-08T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-01-08T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: Are you looking to start the new year by setting new goals? Before you set the bar, be sure you're being smart about what your trying to achieve. It's important. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/how-to-create-smarter-goals-for-your-music.html]
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Marketing, Music Think Tank, Startups & Funding, Classroom, Goal, Holiday, List of Firefly characters, New Year, Reading, Simon Tam, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Are you looking to start the [new year](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%5FYear?ref=hypebot.com) by setting new goals? Before you set the bar, be sure you're being smart about what your trying to achieve. It's important to set specific goals that are measurable, attainable, and relevant and that you're realistic about the timeline in which you can achieve them.

To get your new year started off in the right, set SMARTER goals. **[Simon Tam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5FFirefly%5Fcharacters?ref=hypebot.com)** tells us how on [MusicThinkTank.com](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-create-smarter-goals-for-your-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)

"*Unless you have a target that you are reaching for, you’ll just continue down random pathways hoping to get somewhere. How will you know what successful looks like if you haven’t defined success for yourself? You need to begin by creating (or revisiting) your goals.*"

\[[Continue Reading](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-create-smarter-goals-for-your-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)\]

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