The first Toastmasters meeting of the new calendar year is always a fun one, and predictable in the way that Linkedin often is. It is filled with inspirational exhortations to imagine your future, create new possibilities, and most importantly, to set goals for the...
So, how’re your New Year’s resolutions going? It’s the end of the second week of January and mine, such as they were, are doing just fine. You see, I haven’t deployed them yet. Why? Well that’s a good question…
It’s that time of year again, when we dust off our trusty New Year’s resolutions, shine them up a bit for the year ahead, and away we go. If New Year’s resolutions were true measures of our resolve, then only a small percentage of us (4% …yes you read that right, 4%) would be considered to have any resolve at all!
But what if that is because we are doing it all wrong? Read on to discover how to start 2021 on the right foot… (Hint: finish on your left.)
Full disclosure: I cannot even remember when I have made my last New Year’s resolution.
Why? I look at New Year’s resolution a bit like I look at dieting. Like many a predictable teenage girl, I have dieted, possibly three or four times. Then I stopped, because I had watched myself one time too many not sticking to the actions needed to stay on track after the dieting. My own personal research was 100%, clear cut.
I reckon it must have been the same with my New Year’s resolutions. Why would I repeat something year after year, when I don’t even believe in it the minute I do it?
You, on the other hand…