5 Reasons Resolutions Fail (Why They Don't Work and What You Should Do Instead)

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Education, Productivity, Influence, Teamleadership, Self-improvement, Selfdevelopment, Achievement, Business, Intentionality, Management, Personaldevelopment, Selfleadership, Leadership

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🗓️ 2 January 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Millions of Americans admit to making New Year’s resolutions. Most of us can stick it out a few weeks, but fewer than half are still going after six months. Less than 10 percent are ultimately successful. In this episode, we’re going to explore five reasons resolutions commonly fail—and what you can do to finally gain ground in the upcoming year. For more information, visit leadto.win. Presented by LeaderBox See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Lead to Win is brought to you by Leader Box, a monthly reading experience curated by Leaders,
0:06.6	Four Leaders.
0:07.8	Learn more at Leaderbox.com.
0:11.8	New Year's resolutions are as old as time.
0:15.0	Researchers at the Wharton School say people are more likely to tackle their goals immediately
0:19.0	following salient temporal landmarks, such as the start of a new year. They call it the fresh start effect.
0:25.0	Unfortunately, it doesn't last very long.
0:28.0	Hashtags like Resolution Fail start trending on social media just days, even hours, into the new year.
0:36.4	One person tweeted on January the 1st, New Year's resolution, get back on a normal sleep schedule,
0:42.2	blown.
0:43.0	Thanks, X-files on Netflix.
0:45.1	H-tag Resolution Fails.
0:47.5	Here's another.
0:48.6	Got ready for the gym,
0:49.8	pack my gear, and went for a purger instead.
0:53.1	H-tag resolution fail.
0:56.0	Don't judge me, joked another.
0:57.8	I'm just sitting here with my wine and box of chocolates
1:00.7	trying to fill the void like everyone else.
1:03.0	H-tag Resolution fails.
1:05.0	According to the University of Scranton,
1:07.0	millions of Americans admit to usually or sometimes making New Year's resolutions.
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