What's your new year's resolution, Oh new year's resolution, I was just thinking about that: increased penis size. What's your sub God? What what's your? What's your new year's resolution, I am going to try to make more money than John yeah hello, everyone and welcome back to a new video Sean's, a name and today I want to look at why 80 % of New Year's resolutions fail by February. First and foremost, if you google, this statistic: you'll learn that there's no real reliable source to even back it up. Basically, every single article talking about this 80 percent figure relates back to an article US News posted by a guy named Joseph luciani.

All the way back in 2015, while this dude has some solid credentials, there's literally no case study done to prove that number. So that's your daily reminder to never believe statistics that you, google, without doing more research, AKA googling, some more but anywho, while the reliability of that 80 % figure may not be totally true. I think we can all agree that a ton of resolutions fail every year. So why is that the case? Well, I wanted to know myself, so I did tons of research and did a lot of reading up on some actual case studies done by psychologists and I pretty much narrowed it down and simplified it to three main things number one.

Your New Year's resolution sucks, let's be honest, most aren't defined nor clear and if I was a writer for a major company, I'd say that, according to my left, not eighty six point, four three percent of all New Year's resolutions - don't have measurable characteristics. They just aren't clear so, instead of creating a sucky New Year's resolution like I want to get into the gym more, I want to be healthier or my personal favorite, I'm gon na be sober this year, yeah, okay, Britney! We all know you can't give up those wine Wednesday's. Realistically, though, those goals are fine, as long as you define specifically what they mean to you, what does it mean to go to the gym, or does it mean to go once a day once a week once a month I mean? Apparently, it means to go once a year because everyone gives up on that resolution real quick, but if you set a definitive goal with quantitative characteristics, you will either pass or fail that goal. There's.

No, I kind of did this goal? No, you either did it or you didn't for me. I want to start a brand new youtube channel at the start of last year. Actually, the channel you're watching now and I set a goal to post one video a week for 52 weeks straight, actually made a video on that goal, link down below. If you want to check it out, but I did it, I didn't kind of do it.

No, I posted those 52 videos last year and I met my new year's resolution. I was apparently the 8 % of people who actually succeeded on their new year's resolution. Yeah isn't that stupid by the way eighty percent of people fail, while eight percent of people succeed. What happened to their twelve percent? No idea? Actually, that's, probably the part of the population that died last year, I'll repeat, pour some out for our fallen brothers but hands-down.

The biggest reason why most New Year's resolutions fail is because they suck so tighten them up and make them pass or fail. Number two is the fact that your goals are either too overwhelming or too discouraging. If all last year you sat on the couch eating potato chips and pop-tarts and you're like you know what this year, I'm gon na lose 60 pounds you're dumb. Why? Because that's a major lifestyle change! The changing of a digit on the calendar is not gon na make that change for you.

That's like me, starting this YouTube channel last year going. You know what I'm gon na create my channel on January 1 and by December 31. I want to have a million subscribers, that's ridiculous! I mean obviously not impossible, but it's incredibly challenging and you're, probably setting yourself up for failure like what happens when, on day 30 you're like holy smokes, I've only lost four pounds. There's no way, I'm gon na lose another 56 pounds by the end of the year, so you do what most people do and you quit and honestly I wouldn't blame you, because that is a major change.

That's gon na be incredibly hard to meet anyway. That's why I tend to structure my life and my goals in terms of smaller bikes of a bigger pie and that way they're just more realistic and attainable instead of trying to lose 60 pounds this year. Why not set a goal to lose 5 pounds a month? You're still gon na reach that 60 goal by the end of the year, but those 5 pounds every month is much more realistic and attainable, but number 3. You just aren't ready.

Why do you want to make the change in the first place? Is it something that you truly want, or is it something that someone else wants, or maybe something that society wants for you? I've met plenty of people who say they want to start living a healthier lifestyle, but once they actually learn what it takes and they start practicing a healthier lifestyle, they're like no I'm good or better. Yet people who say they want to make more money this year. Once they actually learn what they have to do, or, more importantly, what they have to sacrifice to make that kind of money they're like no. I don't really want to make that much money.

So if you aren't ready, you just aren't ready, don't try to lie to yourself in the form of a New Year's resolution. You really have to want it and honestly January 1st is just a day on the calendar. It's not like a reset switch on your body. You can set goals and make change on any day of the year.

That's why I like to work in 90-day years. I treated here like it's 90 days versus 365 days, because it allows me to reevaluate what I'm doing it allows me to make a change to set a new goal or to pop some champagne and celebrate a goal. Why wait a full year to do any of that stuff, you're just wasting tons of time? It's honestly the way to go way better lifestyle, but whatever that's my two cents? Oh, will you learn something from this video like the fact that statistics are lame but seriously set a goal that doesn't suck set an attainable goal and set a goal that you actually want? If you do those three things, your New Year's resolution will be way more successful. So do them, but you have to like button on this video and subscribe for some more great content this year.

Otherwise I'll see you in the next video and good luck with your resolution.