How not to abandon New Year's resolutions by January 12th like everyone else

Keeping your is a major challenge. According to researchers at the University of Scranton in the USA, 80% of people forget their resolutions by January 12, and only 8% manage to achieve their New Year's resolutions by the end of the year. What if, in 2024, we could change all that by overcoming the lack of motivation and method that explain their failures? Renowned life coach and author who drew all his wisdom from Hindu monks by living in a monastery for 3 years, shares his teachings for a healthy, sensible life in the various episodes of his podcast .

One of them reveals his personal action plan for achieving his goals, in 4 key steps. "Every new year represents a new chapter that needs to be written," he introduces. "If you write it unconsciously, you end up living a life you don't really want to live. You have to create something new, without perpetuating what has failed in the past." Grab your notebook and let's get started! "The first question to ask yourself once you've set a goal is: what do I need to learn to achieve it? The intention here is to know what to focus on, and to think about the learning behind the goal.

What skills do I need to acquire? What qualities do I need to develop? What habits should I change? For example, if you want to create more creative content on social networks in 2024, you need to learn about storytelling, editing, publishing... If it's eating more healthily, you may need to develop mental skills to lift certain blocks.

Simply saying 'I won't eat anymore' won't work if you don't have a concrete vision of the self development process needed to get there." "If we generally don't achieve our goals, it's because we accept too many things that aren't our priorities (and vice versa).

We need to clarify the criteria on which we say "yes", "no" or "maybe" to the opportunities that will arise this year. If your good resolution is to do more sport, you can say to yourself that you decline all proposals that take place during the time blocked for your session.

For me, my " " is every day from 8.30am to 9 am. I've identified one and only one reason why I might miss it (apart from family emergencies or personal problems): a press interview opportunity (which is an exception). Everything else is non negotiable. If your priority is to get up earlier, you must decline invitations to late night parties.

By not clearly defining these criteria, confusion takes over. If you're confused in your choices, you often end up lost and achieve nothing. And since we don't do it consciously, we need to set rules for ourselves." "Minute by minute, skill by skill. It's like climbing a ladder.

The goal is at the top, and the action plan lies in building each of the bars to get there. A common mistake when making good resolutions is to focus only on the last step of the ladder. However, you need to build the 1,2,3... or even 7 intermediate steps to get there. If you want to find a new job, we tend to think that you should immediately start looking for other job offers.

But that's not enough. You have to ask yourself: how? "I'll talk to people who are in the industry". And here again, how? "I'll ask my friends for their contact". How? "I'll text them now". If your ladder doesn't start with a step/activity you can do , it's not an action plan.

I'm going to the 3 times a week is not an action plan. I'm going to the gym to do such and such exercise(s), at this very moment: that's an action plan. The action plan can be broken down as such: when I'm going to do it, what I'm going to do, how I'm going to do it, with whom and (very importantly) why?" "Like the Chinese calendar, which associates an animal with each year, it's important to determine the leitmotif that will qualify 2024.

For me, 2018 was the year dedicated to social networks, 2019, the year of my , 2020, the year of my book. We need to point out what will guide our year, devoting all our attention to it and making it a priority. It can also be the year of your family, your passion, or the creation of your business. It has to be something simple.

And then there are the 3 to integrate into the next 12 months:.