There’s surely nothing wrong with making a commitment around the New Year to get into better shape or to eat healthier or to make a positive life change. It is a natural reflection point to stop at the beginning of a new year to consider what you hope to get out of the next one. But the problem lies in only having a self-improvement mentality on one holiday a year, followed by a few weeks of rapidly decreasing follow through.

Setting a real and meaningful vision for action requires taking and planning action long before New Years Eve happens to roll around on the calendar again. It requires having a fleshed out vision in mind of the change you seek, as well as a clearly articulated list of tasks that are oriented toward helping you reach your destination.

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Summary: 

New Year’s Eve. It’s a time for champagne, confetti, and, of course, making wild promises to yourself that are often forgotten by the time February rolls around. 

Just why is it so hard to maintain commitment to those promises we make to ourselves at midnight? Why is it that we keep going through the same routine year in and year out? We pledge to hit the gym, to drink more water, to save more, to wake up earlier – and yet we quickly hit the wall and get discouraged.

The answer may lie in our approach to making big changes. If we are serious about enacting change in our lives, it’s not enough to make a promise – we must make a plan. And it surely can’t just be an annual event if we hope to reach real progress.

Listen to learn how you can maintain a commitment to self-improvement and growth throughout the year – even if you aren’t watching the ball drop at a party.