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How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

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Behavioral economist Katy Milkman explains why most New Year’s resolutions fail and shares how science-backed strategies can build habits that last.

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Why do most New Year’s resolutions fail? And how can science help
us stick to them? Behavioral economist Katy Milkman joins Science
Quickly to explain the “fresh start effect,” the motivational boost
we get from temporal milestones such as the arrival of a new year,
birthdays or even Mondays. She shares how to build habits that last
and reveals why enjoying the process is key to real change.
Recommended Reading: How to Change: The Science of Getting from
Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy Milkman. Portfolio,
2021 New Year’s Resolutions Are Notoriously Slippery, but Science
Can Help You Keep Them Choiceology, a podcast hosted by Katy
Milkman Katy Milkman’s substack E-mail us at
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