Comments on: One Resolution to Rule Them All http://workawesome.com/productivity/one-resolution-to-rule-them-all/ Work Better. Live Better. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Lund (Alaska) http://workawesome.com/productivity/one-resolution-to-rule-them-all/#comment-11707 Michael Lund (Alaska) Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:11:24 +0000 http://workawesome.com/?p=1577#comment-11707 The trick is to make a resolution about something small - something you don't really care about. This makes it easy to keep, and boosts confidence for the next thing you want to do. One year, I gave up soda/pop/cola. Why? I knew it wasn't healthy, and there were other alternatives - like water or juice. It didn't really matter if I broke it, but then again, that made it easier to keep. I'm three years without a soda, although I do drink the occasional root beer. In the middle of last year, I decided to give up "store bought cookies". A while before I gave up french fries. Most people can't make a major life change without compensating for it somewhere else. Smaller changes aggregate to an overall improvement in your lifestyle. The trick is to make a resolution about something small – something you don’t really care about. This makes it easy to keep, and boosts confidence for the next thing you want to do.

One year, I gave up soda/pop/cola. Why? I knew it wasn’t healthy, and there were other alternatives – like water or juice. It didn’t really matter if I broke it, but then again, that made it easier to keep. I’m three years without a soda, although I do drink the occasional root beer.

In the middle of last year, I decided to give up “store bought cookies”. A while before I gave up french fries.

Most people can’t make a major life change without compensating for it somewhere else. Smaller changes aggregate to an overall improvement in your lifestyle.

]]> By: Anne http://workawesome.com/productivity/one-resolution-to-rule-them-all/#comment-2542 Anne Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:45:07 +0000 http://workawesome.com/?p=1577#comment-2542 Sounds so much more realistic this way. Sounds so much more realistic this way.

]]> By: Luis http://workawesome.com/productivity/one-resolution-to-rule-them-all/#comment-2425 Luis Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:25:23 +0000 http://workawesome.com/?p=1577#comment-2425 I'd like to feature your One Resolution to Rule Them All in our employee newsletter. How do I go about getting permission? I'd post you link, ofcourse. Luis I’d like to feature your One Resolution to Rule Them All in our employee newsletter. How do I go about getting permission? I’d post you link, ofcourse.

Luis

]]> By: Paul Letourneau http://workawesome.com/productivity/one-resolution-to-rule-them-all/#comment-2086 Paul Letourneau Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:56:35 +0000 http://workawesome.com/?p=1577#comment-2086 Great post. I completely agree that keeping a focus on something major for a full year will definitely help in the long run. After all, if your doing that every year than you can change a lot of major things about you over the next 5, 10, 20, 50 years. Great post.
I completely agree that keeping a focus on something major for a full year will definitely help in the long run. After all, if your doing that every year than you can change a lot of major things about you over the next 5, 10, 20, 50 years.

]]> By: @brandscaping http://workawesome.com/productivity/one-resolution-to-rule-them-all/#comment-2085 @brandscaping Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:36:27 +0000 http://workawesome.com/?p=1577#comment-2085 Brings to mind the cliche - a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Great post, too often I'm guilty of trying to change everything at once, instead of just one component at a time. good read - love the "annual albatrosses" @brandscaping Brings to mind the cliche – a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
Great post, too often I’m guilty of trying to change everything at once, instead of just one component at a time.

good read – love the “annual albatrosses”

@brandscaping

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