Happy New Year’s Resolutions (Weekly Challenger 12/29/2008)
Monday, December 29th, 2008Here are some interesting facts about New Year’s resolutions:
• Over one hundred million American adults make at least one New Year’s resolution.
• People who explicitly make resolutions are approximately ten times more likely to reach their goals than those who don’t.
• Resolutions dealing with exercise, diet, finances and organization are among the most common.
• Approximately 25% of New Year’s resolutions will be abandoned in the first four weeks of the year.
• Nearly 50% of the people who make a New Year’s resolution will keep it for six months.
If you decide to make a New Year’s resolution this year, what can you do to make sure you end up in the group of people that will keep their resolution rather than abandon it?
Start with making a good resolution, one that you really want to make, and not one that you think you should make. Keep your expectations reasonable. Have a plan. And expect some backsliding. It’s not unusual to fall off the resolution wagon as often as six times before finally succeeding.