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It’s that time of year when we toast the possibilities and potential of a new year. A time for renewed determination for improvement. A time to say to yourself, I want to make this a better year and I resolve to __________.
Before you fill in the blank and make a potentially false promise to yourself, make sure the Champagne has worn off and ask yourself:
Research shows that 45% of Americans usually set New Year’s resolutions but only 8% are actually accomplished. *
If you’re like most people, your resolve lasted less than three weeks. It frequently fades as we get sucked back into the same routines and habits of previous years. This is a struggle for the ages as Benjamin Franklin defined it in the 1700s.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” – Benjamin Franklin
After a few years of unsuccessful attempts, many abandon establishing resolutions admitting: They just don’t work for me. Or they’ve become an annual joke that allows us to laugh off our lack of resolve and rationalize our state of insanity.
New Year’s Resolutions can become a superficial toy of prideful underachievers.
In absence of a process for commitment to your resolutions, is there any wonder why most people’s attempts meet with failure?
In your personal life, professionally and in your organization, what do you have the potential to achieve in the coming year?* The University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology study, March 2012
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One Response
Tom, thank you!
Clearly, “resolutions” cannot be made casually to be effective. If one truly wishes to accomplish things in life one must follow a clear structured process. Key here is to start before 12/30,31 of the year.
Best…Scooter