Best Tips for Success with New Year’s Resolutions
Some people do succeed with New Year’s resolutions. The following steps (or similar) explain why.
- Choose a goal that excites you. Make it concrete. Assign a deadline. (For example, Learn conversational Italian by June 1, 2022, with a passing score of "A.")
- Write it down. Stay mindful of the resolution by placing reminders “everywhere” so you are continually prompted to act on it.
- Make an action checklist of very doable steps to the goal, and break all big steps into smaller steps. Spend time developing this list.
- Give yourself frequent rewards for completion of steps, but plan these rewards in advance.
- Optional: Telling others about your goal may produce positive pressure to succeed, but research on this idea is mixed. So, if it feels right, give it a try.
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Keith Stein | 1/5/2022
