Six Ways to Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick In 2016
Rabu, 30 Desember 2015 - 07:33 WIB
Six Ways to Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick In 2016
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JAKARTA - We should choose “New Month’s Resolutions” every 30 or 31 days instead of New Year’s resolutions once a year. Knock off a few important steps early in the process. As a new year approaches and you contemplate becoming part of the 45 percent of Americans who usually set New Year’s resolutions, you can either set yourself up for success or failure.
No one wants to attempt a positive change in his or her life, only to dump his or her goal in a few short weeks. But 24 percent of people fail to keep their resolutions every year.
We don’t know about you, but we don’t want to join the ranks of people who celebrate January 17 as “Dump Your Resolutions Day.” It doesn’t have to be that way. You can actually use the start of a new year to make significant changes that can make a lasting impact on your life.
Forbes gives you six ways to achieve your New Year’s resolutions in 2016, check it out:
1. Set short term goals.
Maybe we should choose “New Month’s Resolutions” every 30 or 31 days instead of New Year’s resolutions once a year.
2. Try breaking down a larger goal into shorter periods of time.
Why not shorten the timing of your resolution to what suits your particular goal rather than something that fits neatly on the calendar?
3. Write down your goals and share them with a friend (or two)
In a study on goal setting at the Dominican University of California, one group of study participants wrote their goals down, broke them into action steps, and shared them with friends. This group’s success rate was high. 62 percent had achieved their goals or were halfway there, compared to the 43 percent who only thought deeply about the goals and rated their difficulty and importance.
4. Taking it a step further of the goal-setters
Sent weekly updates to a friend, 76 percent were at least halfway to achieving their goals. Consider keeping a journal with your goals for 2016 and reviewing them weekly. Enlist the support of friends or colleagues, share your plans with them, get feedback and meet at regular intervals to share your progress.
5. Create momentum.
6. Knock off a few important steps early in the process.
For example, say your resolution is to get on track for retirement. If you have a pretty good idea that you are behind in your savings, don’t wait until you have completed an exhaustive and thorough analysis. Bump up your contributions right away — even if it’s only a little bit.
No one wants to attempt a positive change in his or her life, only to dump his or her goal in a few short weeks. But 24 percent of people fail to keep their resolutions every year.
We don’t know about you, but we don’t want to join the ranks of people who celebrate January 17 as “Dump Your Resolutions Day.” It doesn’t have to be that way. You can actually use the start of a new year to make significant changes that can make a lasting impact on your life.
Forbes gives you six ways to achieve your New Year’s resolutions in 2016, check it out:
1. Set short term goals.
Maybe we should choose “New Month’s Resolutions” every 30 or 31 days instead of New Year’s resolutions once a year.
2. Try breaking down a larger goal into shorter periods of time.
Why not shorten the timing of your resolution to what suits your particular goal rather than something that fits neatly on the calendar?
3. Write down your goals and share them with a friend (or two)
In a study on goal setting at the Dominican University of California, one group of study participants wrote their goals down, broke them into action steps, and shared them with friends. This group’s success rate was high. 62 percent had achieved their goals or were halfway there, compared to the 43 percent who only thought deeply about the goals and rated their difficulty and importance.
4. Taking it a step further of the goal-setters
Sent weekly updates to a friend, 76 percent were at least halfway to achieving their goals. Consider keeping a journal with your goals for 2016 and reviewing them weekly. Enlist the support of friends or colleagues, share your plans with them, get feedback and meet at regular intervals to share your progress.
5. Create momentum.
6. Knock off a few important steps early in the process.
For example, say your resolution is to get on track for retirement. If you have a pretty good idea that you are behind in your savings, don’t wait until you have completed an exhaustive and thorough analysis. Bump up your contributions right away — even if it’s only a little bit.
(rnz)
