2017-01-02
54 分钟Hello.
Hello.
Hello, and welcome to the year 2017.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life project.
So today is a bit of a special episode.
Normally on a Monday, we have a long form conversation with a guest, and we will be back to that next week.
But I wanted to start the year a little bit differently this time.
So this is not your normal conversation.
This is a, this is a time of year where so many people hit pause and reflect on the year that's behind them and then really do some planning.
And they say, okay, this is what I want to happen in the year to come.
And they pick goals.
Sometimes we call them resolutions.
Sometimes we just call them goals.
Sad fact is, the vast majority of it, no matter what you call it, ends up pretty much out the window within a matter of the first few weeks of the year.
And within about a month and a half, almost all goals and resolutions, big and small, have failed in some way or been abandoned.
And the thing is, it doesn't have to be that way.
In fact, something like 85% of all New Year's resolutions are the same ones that have been made in prior years.
So the question is why?
Why do we fail at achieving things that we say we really proclaim, after thinking about it, that this is really important to me.
So what happens there?