New Year's Resolutions
Resolutions, anyone? From: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/are-we-outgrowing-war-a-car-park-for-women-fruit-fly-smack-down/article1414451/ The reason so many people fail to keep their New Year's resolutions is that they took the wrong approach – and were led astray by self-help books, according to British psychologist Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire. By comparing the techniques of successful and unsuccessful resolution makers, The Daily Telegraph reports, he noticed some differences, including: People who failed tended to dwell on the “bad things” that would happen if they did not achieve their goal. They were likely to remove temptation from their surroundings, adopt role models, fantasize about being successful and rely on will power. “Many of these ideas are frequently recommended by self-help experts but our results suggest that they simply don't work,” Prof. Wiseman said. “Because of the widespread nature of this advice, m