Why Your New Year's Resolutions Fail
We've had the honor of working with Cooper Strategic on a project to illustrate some really amazing books by Robert Cooper. As a by-product of this, we've been delving into the neuroscience behind success.
This idea of habits was part of a discussion with Robert about 'speed to target' and how to get the most organizational change with the least effort.
We are all controlled by our habits. We can intend to do something, or "try", but success won't happen if the action is in conflict with our existing habits.
I encourage you to think about your life and all the things that you intend to do, but never quite make happen. You'll see that there is almost always a conflict with an existing habit.
This is why New Year's Resolutions tend to fizzle and die. It's not enough to add new habits - you have to replace old ones. Sometimes that requires us to confront some unpleasant truths about how we spend our time - but it's worth it.
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I also recommend a great book by Charles Duhigg entitled The Power of Habit. It shed insight on existing habits and how to add/replace them with better habits. Great read and really aligns with this post.
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8 年...and also use your family and friends to high light the habits that might not be clear to you ...as a habit! Some "clothes" I might not see as outdated, old or just damn ugly
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9 年Certanly true, there has to be a place to put your new habit, there are so many okd ones aren't there. Make room for the new one, throw out the old one first like cloths in your closet.
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9 年Great insight. Replace an old, outdated, or lazy habit with a new more productive one. Map out all your habits on your calander. Include all the things you do every week. You have plenty of time to do all the things really value.