Why 99% of New Year’s Resolutions Fail

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

For the first 54 years of my life, I didn’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions. Now I understand why they are important. The end of the year is the best time to track the progress that we’ve made in the pursuit of our potential. It is essential to reflect on our progress at the end of the day, week, month, or year so we can pay close attention to how our habits and progress are compounding, whether it be positive or negative. The best way to track our progress is by taking inventory of our values EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. We must take inventory of the values (personal, experiential, giving, and receiving) that make us who we are now, and then imagine the person we want to become. For me, gratitude, empathy (forgiveness), accountability, and effective communication (inspiration) are at the forefront of everything I do. Taking inventory of our values is helpful when making decisions because we can determine if those decisions aligned with our values. We must also acknowledge that our values tend to change over time. We must not be afraid to be a hypocrite and admit when our values are different from what they were in the past. We are all hypocrites, but not all of us are humble enough to admit it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have everyone happy new year?
0:01.6	And I love this episode because I'm going to talk about
0:05.0	once again, how I don't know what I don't know.
0:07.9	Maybe there is a reason to celebrate new years.
0:11.5	Although the daily practices sure are powerful.
0:14.3	Learn this and more on this episode of The Playbook.
0:17.5	This is The Playbook.
0:20.9	Welcome to the end of the year, training.
0:22.8	Welcome to the takeaway of the year.
0:25.7	And I can't think of something better to talk about
0:28.6	than the reconciliation of time at the end of the year.
0:32.0	I've spent so many years teaching people values
0:35.8	to give them the meaning of the inflection points,
0:39.5	to give them the meaning of the defining moments
0:41.7	of their life, or even historical references
0:44.7	that they've been able to do.
0:45.8	And with those values of gratitude
0:47.2	and with the accountability and effective communication,
0:49.8	you're now able to align the meaning of your past
0:53.0	to a trajectory that you want in the future.
0:55.3	So many people live in the past
0:57.4	and worse off than living in the past.
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