Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, I've never had a problem starting. I've started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can't I finish? According to studies, 92 percent of New Year's resolutions fail. You've practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals. For years, I thought my problem was that I didn't try hard enough. So I started getting up earlier. I drank enough energy drinks to kill a horse. I hired a life coach and ate more superfoods. Nothing worked, although I did develop a pretty nice eyelid tremor from all the caffeine. It was like my eye was waving at you, very, very quickly. Then, while leading a thirty-day online course to help people work on their goals, I learned something surprising: The most effective exercises were not those that pushed people to work harder. The ones that got people to the finish line did just the opposite- they took the pressure off. Why? Becaus
ISBN: | 9780525533313 |
Publication date: | 12th September 2017 |
Author: | Jon Acuff |
Publisher: | Portfolio an imprint of Penguin Random House Group |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 208 pages |
Genres: |
Business and Management |