{"id":10738,"date":"2009-12-30T08:23:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T15:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2009-12-30T08:23:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T15:23:05","slug":"making-new-years-resolutions-is-easy-its-keeping-them-thats-hard-how-people-are-getting-year-round-results-from-their-year-end-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10738\/making-new-years-resolutions-is-easy-its-keeping-them-thats-hard-how-people-are-getting-year-round-results-from-their-year-end-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Making New Year’s resolutions is easy. It’s keeping them that’s hard. How people are getting year ’round results from their year-end goals."},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> comes more than resolutions. More, even, than sheer resolve. A set of specific tactics and techniques to fulfill your New Year’s resolutions enduringly.<\/p>\n

It is no secret that the odds against keeping a New Year’s resolution are steep. Only about 19% of people who make them actually stick to their vows for two years, according to research led by John Norcross, a psychology professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

But those discouraging statistics mask an important truth: The simple act of making a New Year’s resolution sharply improves your chances of accomplishing a positive change\u2014by a factor of 10. Among those people who make resolutions in a typical year, 46% keep them for at least six months. That compares with only 4% of a comparable group of people who wanted to make specific changes and thought about doing so, but stopped short of making an actual resolution, says a 2002 study of 282 people, led by Dr. Norcross and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My resolution is to read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From The Wall Street Journal comes more than resolutions. More, even, than sheer resolve. A set of specific tactics and techniques to fulfill your New Year’s resolutions enduringly. It is no secret that the odds against keeping a New Year’s resolution are steep. 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