James LimExecution & Direction Coach for Ambitious Overthinkers

Why your New Year motivation is going to be your downfall!

Name: Why your New Year motivation is going to be your downfall!
Uploaded: 2021-01-02T00:14:11+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: James Lim
Description: Short motivational/self-help monologue (YouTube transcript) warning that high initial New Year motivation often causes failure. Speaker advises…

2 Jan 2021 · 1 min

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Short motivational/self-help monologue (YouTube transcript) warning that high initial New Year motivation often causes failure. Speaker advises reflecting on why a goal matters, building an achievable step-by-step plan tailored to personal strengths/weaknesses, and designing a plan robust to inevitable slip-ups.

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Feeling motivated to start this year. Well, here's why. That motivation could be your downfall and the solution. Making New Year's Resolution Stick Day one. You feel positive, excited and hopeful. This year will be different. Maybe you've bought a fresh new journal. Eager to start? I'll push harder. You say this is the trap. It's like sprinting at the start of a marathon. Run faster. Is that really your plan? How did that work out last time? So what can you do first? We often rush into our goals based on what we should do. Reflect why you want to do it. Does it really matter to you? Then focus on building a structure that will help get you there. This is the key. You need to build an achievable step by step plan designed around who you are. That's right. Your strengths and your weaknesses. Ignore how other people do it. Your plan needs to be robust to account for the inevitable slip ups. If you want help constructing this day too.