Did you participate in the New Years Resolution Quitting Day?
Jan 17, 2024
Why do we even bother with new year's resolutions when 78% of people (out of a study of 1500) who make a new years resolution will fail them in the year, and a third will fail it by the end of January?
And get this, the most most frequent day of the year to quit your new years resolutions being January 12 – national quitting day!
We have a formal quitting day! Isn’t that insane?
With these stats we may as well call it the “new years resolution that we have no intention of doing”.
There must be something seriously flawed in our approach.
So, today I’m NOT going to do the normal thing - give you a resolution template, or a 10-point plan to document and capture exactly what you want to do this year.
Instead, I want to ask you one simple question…
What can you be obsessed about this year?
In other words, what are you passionate about? What would be that thing that got you out of bed? What would inspire you the most (i.e. be the scariest even?)
Think about it… if you were obsessed with just 1 thing this year, you wouldn’t need to muster up the energy to do it.
You wouldn’t need to get inspiration from others, you would have this innate inner burn to do this thing, this obsession.
What is it for you?
When I started the Career Accelerator Program, over five years ago, I sent a survey to customers, and found that their lack of clarity on what they wanted was the biggest thing that held them back from taking action.
Without clarity, searching for jobs, writing a resume, and interviewing is a huge hurdle. But when you know exactly what you are looking for and you have a clear pathway, actions are easy - even fun!
Another example is your health. If you’re holding onto a few extra holiday kilo’s it can be excruciating getting back into eating healthy and getting fit.
But if you got obsessed with one thing, like if you love netball, as an example, you might find yourself joining a team. You build fun friendships, and you practise your skills and agility. Any weight loss or extra fitness would simply be an outcome of loving netball.
What a win!
What I want you to do today is really think about 1 thing you can be obsessed about this year. Something that will light you up.
It could be upgrading your job or finding a new one. Changing careers. Starting a new hobby. Once you find that one thing that will really light you up, taking actions will naturally come.
To get you started, grab this FREE DOWNLOAD: 20 questions to work out what you really want.
