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Why do people believe in making New Year’s resolutions? Do we have to find a day to justify making time to reflect what is important in life?
Why is it so difficult for us to assess if we are on track with our work, personal or family goals? Is it the realization we might have to adjust our expectations, set higher goals or surrender to defeat?
I often wonder why some people make resolutions easier than others do. Also, why are some people are more successful. John M. Grohol’s, The Psychology of New Year’s Resolutions touts the usual New Year’s goals. What is more interesting and compelling about his article is the research about why some people set fewer goals than others and what the key success factors are to help you reach your goals.
If you are having trouble thinking about what to reflect on or how to make your New Year’s resolutions stick, here are seven places you can go for some help.
- New Years Resolutions 2002 – Pete Ippel reflecting in 2008 on his progress
- Resolutions for 2009 – Code Climber aka Simone Chiaretta celebrates the previous year’s accomplishments and sets goals for the coming year
- The 10 most common new year’s resolutions – is yours on here?
- New Year’s Resolutions are not written in stone - Mike Hoffman hits the nail on the head why we fail – goals need to be realistic
- 14 Tips for Resolutions That Stick in the New Year
- 20 Questions for Planning New Year’s Goals
- 5 Tips to Make Your Resolutions Stick
If you are not interested in making a resolution, but want to celebrate in style, you will find some great destinations here. Just send me a ticket.
Article by Lynn Dessert
Lynn Dessert is an executive coach and training expert on cognitive development and personal effectiveness - facilitating behavior change for individuals and teams. Clients consult her to design and deliver HBDI leadership development programs and career minded individuals engage her for personal development. Lynn is the author of Elephants at Work and owner of Leadership Breakthrough, Inc. specializing in Executive, Leadership and Career Development. Start your discovery process by contacting her at 585.249.5149 today.
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Thank you for including me in your post. I am working on goal-setting for 2010, and will be blogging about it in the next week.
All my best for a joyous and prosperous new year.
Pete