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Your New Year’s Resolutions Are Already Broken
Because you don’t know how to set goals effectively… yet.
You should set SMART goals. Be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. You should set goals that stretch you but not too much. You should you should you should…. doesn’t it get boring hearing so many principles about goal setting over and over again?
How many times have you set your “resolutions” only to give up on them mid-January?
I remember last January I thought it would be fun to discuss our yearly goals as a Family at the dinner table once a week. The first week everyone gave some great responses — not drinking soda, no social media, eating healthier.
But by the second week, I got blank stares as I asked everyone how they were doing. Nobody seemed to care anymore.
It was as if they had all given up.
How many years has this been your story?
Finally committing to that weight loss plan, only to give up after the first donut comes within eyesight. Maybe you do make it a few weeks but that donut starts to wear you down and you eventually give in.
