A 2007 study by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of the study's participants were confident of success at the beginning. Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting, (a system where small measurable goals are being set; such as, a pound a week, instead of saying "lose weight"), while women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends.
Quoting Frank Ra (author of the new year's resolution book "A course in happiness": "Resolutions are more sustainable when shared, both in terms of with whom you share the benefits of your resolution, and with whom you share the path of maintaining your resolution. Peer-support makes a difference in success rate with new year's resolutions". - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year_resolution
Almost one month is over. Did you make a new year resolution? Did it stick so far?
If you were able to keep your new year resolution so far, congratulations. Keep up the good work. Maybe, you can share your success stories and inspire others.
Contrary to popular belief, will power, determination or external motivation will help only to some extent.
But working on your belief system will make it happen naturally and without any struggle or effort on your part.
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