HappyWays Podcast | Happiness at Work | The art of loving your job, for employees and managers alike

HW 031: Goals and resolutions that work


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Each year in January millions of people struggle to meet their New Years resolutions.

Struggle and fail. In this episode, Jon from http://happyways.com deconstructs goal setting and resolutions, and takes a different approach: Try with a theme or a direction instead of a fixed goal.

Recomended on the show:

The book "Goal-free living" by Stephen Shapiro:

https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Free-Living-Have-Life-Want-ebook/dp/B008NC0U4S

A short TEDx talk on 30-day challenges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfBXjWm7hc

Martin Seligman at TED talking about positive psychology. This is where he drops the comment that you can loose 10% of your body weigth on any diet:

http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology

Do you have a comment or a question for Jon? Email him at: [email protected]

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