Are New Year’s Resolutions a Mistake?

It seems like everyone says that you shouldn’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore, but I’m not sure I agree with that. I still find them helpful. Now, some are better than others. You need to make ones that are likely to succeed. And for sure you need to have the skills and tools to follow through. But if you can do that, they’re great. And that’s what I talk about in this week’s post: What I do in general and what I’m specifically doing right now to set myself up for a great year. Enjoy! SUMMARY The keys to making resolutions that work.The relationship between goals and your Inner Game.The core steps to starting the year on a good track. Listen/read to get the full message. ENJOY THE PODCAST HOT NEWS & DEALS! 1) Raise Your Inner Game hardcover is still available for FREE!* Comes with a 6-week online training ($97 value) and a private student forum. Learn more and order your copy today at raiseyourinnergame.com! (*The book is free. You pay $7 for s/h) 2) Limited Edition Raise Your Inner Game Medallion. Carry it in your purse or pocket. It’s an UP button for your Inner Elevator! Visit https://davidlevin.com/ryig/ to learn more and order yours. (FREE shipping!) 3) Check out our podcast, The David Levin Show. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-david-levin-show/id1401013964 WHAT I’M READING FINISHED: The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo. Wow. Really hard to get into that one. Took me over a week to get going. And still had a hard time keeping track of the different names. Just too foreign. But ultimately did get into it, and finished strong. Couldn’t put it down for the last day or so. FINISHED: All Systems Red. Martha Wells. Great new Sci Fi. Loved it from the first page. Short, though. Finished it pretty quickly. CURRENT: Starting on the next in the series. Artificial Condition. [ transcript ] Hey, it’s David Levin. Author of Raise Your Inner Game, co-author QBQ, the Question Behind the Question, Founder of Raise Your Inner Game Academy. We’ll start with a little housekeeping. Raise Your Inner Game ACADEMY for High School Athletes is coming along very well. Momentum is excellent. Planning to have some beta testers starting within the month. Super excited about that project. The free Raise Your Inner Game hardcover offer is still available. Free book, free video training, just pay $7 shipping and handling. It’s a great opportunity to get started making just really a huge difference in your life. Go to davidlevin.com or raiseyourinnergame.com to take advantage of that. If you haven’t subscribed to our podcast yet, The David Levin Show, would love to have you join us. Get these posts automatically in your podcast player. And that is it, so here we go. And it’s that time of year again. Resolutions time. A lot of people tell you not to make resolutions, and that confuses me a little bit. I guess they say that because we tend to just make them and then break them pretty quickly, which causes sort of a downward spiral. We beat ourselves up for being weak and then are less likely to try other things in the future. And I get that, but I still sort of like them. Now, I probably don’t make typical resolutions. I certainly don’t make plans for the whole year. No way to focus on something for that long. But I do like looking at where things are, how they’ve been going, and setting some intentions for the coming year. I think that’s helpful. Goals, in general, work for me, as long as they’re practical and measurable, and limited. Not just open-ended, like being more healthy. That’s never going to work. It’s too vague. But a good clear goal is super helpful. So my main goal coming up now is, and this is typical and boring, but I need to lose 10-12 pounds. For a bunch of different reasons. The biggest thing for me, and weight is just a part of this, is to get my sleep and energy back in line. You might know,

Are New Year’s Resolutions a Mistake?

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