Understanding New Year's Resolutions

The video explores why New Year's resolutions often fail and how to make them successful. It highlights the importance of setting specific, small, and trackable goals, as well as structuring environments to reduce reliance on willpower. The speaker shares personal resolutions for 2020, including reducing news consumption, writing daily, and deleting social media apps. The video also promotes Audible as a tool for developing good habits.

What is the speaker's first New Year's resolution for 2020?

• To stop going to news websites

• To read more books

• To exercise more

• To eat healthier

According to research, how much more likely are people to stick to resolutions made on January 1st?

• 15 times more likely

• 20 times more likely

• 10 times more likely

• 5 times more likely

What is a common misconception about making big changes in life?

• That no effort is needed

• That changes happen overnight

• That big efforts are necessary

• That small efforts are enough

What does James Clear's 'Atomic Habits' suggest about improving habits?

• Avoid setting any goals

• Focus on multiple goals at once

• Improve by 1% every day

• Make drastic changes quickly

Why is it important to write down your goals?

• It makes them easier to forget

• It decreases the likelihood of achieving them

• It increases the likelihood of achieving them by 40%

• It has no impact on achieving them

What is the speaker's second New Year's resolution for 2020?

• To read more books

• To write in a daily planner every day

• To exercise more

• To eat healthier

What is a major problem with relying on willpower for resolutions?

• Willpower is infinite

• Willpower is a finite resource

• Willpower is unnecessary

• Willpower is always reliable

How can people with better self-control manage their willpower effectively?

• By relying solely on motivation

• By structuring their environments

• By exercising it more

• By ignoring it

What is the speaker's third New Year's resolution for 2020?

• To read more books

• To eat healthier

• To exercise more

• To delete social media apps from the phone

What does the speaker use to track progress visually?

• A digital planner

• The everyday calendar by Simone Giertz

• A wall calendar

• A smartphone app