VAPID

See also: vapid

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VAPID (not comparable)

  1. (mnemonic) An acronym for remembering undesirable characteristics for goal-setting: vague, amorphous, pie-in-the-sky, irrelevant, delayed/disassociated.
    • 2016 August 13, Sonnie Bailey, “Do you have VAPID goals?”, in Wealth & Risk[1], archived from the original on 29 January 2019:
      One of the things that Paterson talks about is VAPID goals. He says that “VAPID goals are what we often set if we’re not thinking about it”.
    • 2017 December 21, “Yule Update: SMART vs VAPID goals”, in Chamomile Has A Blog[2], archived from the original on 15 April 2021:
      SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely goals, whereas VAPID goals are Vague, Amorphous, Pie-in-the-sky, Irrelevant, Dissociated goals.

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