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HOW TO MAKE YOUR NEW YEAR’ S RESOLUTIONS < FINALLY > STICK!
Did you know that only 8 percent of people achieve their New Year’ s resolutions?
Did you also know that you can use scientific research to put yourself in that 8 % category?
Here’ s how:
Have an awesomely terrific, mind-blowingly good“ Why.”
The bigger and better your reason‘ why’ you’ re doing something, and the more you keep that‘ why’ in front of you, the more likely you will achieve your goal.
Your reason why is your best motivational tool, bar none. Start small and work your way up. Are you a couch potato ready to run a marathon on January 1 st?
Forget about it. Start with a 15 minute walk and work your way up to that marathon over the next few weeks or months.
Once you make it a habit, it’ s easier to stick to and easier to gradually ramp up the effort. Focus on one thing at a time. You want to exercise daily, remodel the house, start a business, change your diet, learn a new skill and begin volunteering all in the same week?
Forget about it. Pick your biggest, most important goal and focus on that first.
Once it becomes a habit, then start on your second goal.
In a year’ s time, you’ ll be astounded at what you accomplished. Blab your resolutions all over the place. Tell your family, your friends, the Internet at large, everybody.
Share your struggles and your successes, and turn your friends into your cheerleaders and accountability buddies.
Know that you’ re going to have setbacks and be ready.
What, you ate that entire bag of chips in one sitting? You didn’ t work on your business for an entire week?
Okay, this is where the men and women are separated from the boys and girls. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, do NOT waste a second on blaming yourself and refocus on WHY you are striving to achieve this goal.
It’ s never about how many times you fall- it’ s always about getting up one more time. Now get back to work. Want to get in shape? Then put your money on the line.
People who have a financial incentive to lose weight tend to lose 14 more pounds than those who don’ t.
Try http:// www. gym-pact. com /- attain your goals and you’ ll make money.
Don’ t get in shape and you’ ll pay.