According to academics at the University of Scranton, about 45% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, yet only 8% actually achieve what they set out to accomplish. Most fail within less than a month.
Reasons for our collective failure are many. But some of the most common include: setting vague goals, making too many resolutions, an inability to turn what we say we’re going to do into a habit and not rewarding ourselves when we achieve our goals.
Not surprisingly, business leaders and....