If you’ve ever made an undefined New Year’s Resolution (like, for example, “lose weight,”) and not achieved it, you already know that goals need to be specific and quantifiable to have any hope of achieving them. That means you need to stop thinking about your goal weight as a vague hope and start treating it as you would a business objective – complete with a clearly defined strategy and quantifiable results. You already know your goal weight but try to think beyond the scale. Do you want to lower your cholesterol? Reduce your blood pressure? Fit into that old pair of jeans? Give yourself specific, measurable goals along the journey and you’ll be better poised to achieve them.