I thought about a personal goal I have, a goal that is easily forgotten, in part, because it's a tough goal. Then I realized I had not created a way to assess that goal. Assessment is definitely a good way to monitor your goal work and attainment.
As you consider the means of assessment, it's also important to assess the regularity of those assessment steps. Will you assess daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly? And, how will you chart your success and will you do anything to celebrate incremental progress and ultimate attainment of your goal.
The more specific you are about your goal work and assessment, the better chance you have of meeting that goal. I'll be thinking about that today.