Resolutions

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"Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever."
-Mark Twain

My Thoughts
We are now almost two weeks into the new year. Are you making progress on your resolutions? Most people will give up on their resolutions within the first week or two of the new year. Almost all will give up by the end of the month.

Why does this happen?

I had the opportunity to be on the radio on New Year's day for an interview. The main topic was, of course, about resolutions. The host asked me my thoughts on resolutions and my response was quite simple. Don't set them. That's right, stop setting resolutions.

Why?

The main reason is that you are establishing a pattern of failure. You are sending a signal to your subconscious mind which states that "I don't follow through on what I say I will do.". This is not a good pattern to develop because it can spread to other areas of your life and as you get older you may find that you don't finish things that you say you will or it may take you much longer to accomplish things.

I think the other main reason for giving up on resolutions is people usually put down things that they don't feel like doing.
Think about it for a minute: Lose weight, Quit smoking/drinking, Learn something, etc...

None of them sound exciting and they are vague (not to mention that the first two are negatively worded).

So what's my recommendation?

Set one to three things that you really want to accomplish this year. These things should get you excited and scared at the same time. What is it that you would really like to do this year? Think big.

Let's look at losing weight. You set a resolution to lose weight. First problem is the word lose, second problem is it's vague, and the third problem is it's not very exciting.

How could you change it?

Be specific, make it positive, and think big. It also helps to write it down in the present tense. Ex: I am so happy and grateful now that I am at (enter ideal weight here). Put a date on it and start taking action. For the exciting part, that's up to you but you could find images of the type of body you'd like to have and use those images to help you visualize.

You may be wondering what my goal is for this year....or maybe you're not but I'll tell you anyway :)

I (and two other business partners) will be starting a gym. Not just any gym, but a gym that will completely change the fitness industry in Korea.
This is something that I initially started in 2008 but due to many factors I was not able to fully make it happen until now. 

I encourage all of you to look at what you'd like to accomplish this year.

I wish you all the best.