{"id":28121,"date":"2016-12-14T04:45:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T10:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=28121"},"modified":"2016-12-14T04:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T10:45:08","slug":"shouldnt-bother-making-new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/shouldnt-bother-making-new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn\u2019t Bother Making New Year\u2019s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year\u2019s resolutions are as old as time<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re very effective. It only takes a day or two into January before the #resolutionfail<\/em> hashtag starts trending on social media.<\/p>\n\n

Roughly 200 million Americans make New Year\u2019s resolutions at least some of the time, according to research<\/a> by the University of Scranton. But the same research says most of us are wildly unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Many of us only stick it out a while. A quarter bomb in the first week. A third don\u2019t make it past the first month. Fewer than half are still plugging away after six months. Only 8 percent<\/em> of us are actually successful.<\/p>\n

More Than Numbers<\/h3>\n

Some industries count on our failure. Fitness centers, for instance, sell year-long contracts knowing most of us won\u2019t actually show up. Their business model depends<\/a> on most members getting distracted, overwhelmed, or uninterested after a few visits.<\/p>\n

But this is about much more than numbers. It\u2019s about people\u2019s dreams. Here were the top 10 resolutions people set in 2015, according to the Scranton research:<\/p>\n