Despite our enthusiasm for a fresh start (especially after the holidays), New Year’s resolutions are often short-lived. If you want to make this New Year different, focus on why you do what you do instead of resolving to change your behaviors.

Check out this video: How to make this New Year different.In this video, I share a New Year’s story of my own, talk about why the usual resolutions aren’t always effective, and the key to making this year different.

Key points from the video about making this New Year differentNew Year’s resolutions often focus on actions and results – like going on a diet or joining a gym. They usually don’t succeed because they don’t address the underlying reasons you make the choices you do.

For example, being on a diet ignores the reasons you want to eat when you’re not hungry. It simply puts you in a restrictive mode of following the rules that eventually lead to deprivation and cravings. At some point you switch to overeating mode and revert back to eating in reaction to emotions or other cues.

That’s why it’s essential to recognize why you eat.

Now consider your own intentions and resolutions for the New Year. What do you want to be different? And are you trying to get there by only changing your behavior, or are you going deeper to understand why you do what you do?

Check out the next video for a way to make your intentions or resolutions more effective so you make changes that last.

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This article has been updated from a previously published version.

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