Stevea Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

It's New Year's. I just love New Year's. It's the time of year we stop and reflect on the year

ahead, and we set our resolutions. Those are the promises we make to ourselves so that our lives will get better,

stronger, and faster in the year ahead. We resolve to work out, lose weight, get a job,

stand up for ourselves, and maybe even start a company. Our resolutions are often major life

changes. At Bernice's urging, for example, Melvin has resolved to start showering once a week,

even if he doesn't need it. He's very excited at the prospect. If it works, he says next year

he might even start using soap. Most of us don't have a Bernice to give us our goals and keep us on track.

We must come up with our own resolutions.

If we come up with the wrong ones,

our chances of reaching them are only slightly higher than our chances of being hit by lightning

after saying to our friend,

if I'm lying about this, let me be hit by lightning.

We set resolutions like,

I'll get back to a 32-inch waste,

or I'll quit smoking,

or I'll take over the world

and live at Disney World free forever.

These are great goals, but they're only part of the story. These are outcome goals. They're very

inspirational. Who wouldn't want to live at Disney World? It's the only place in the world where it's

a status symbol to have your hotel room infested by mice.

Outcome goals like this inspire us so much, they provide all kinds of motivation.

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