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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2026 · 8 MIN

Rethink Your Resolutions This Year | HBR Ascend

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Rethink Your Resolutions This Year | HBR Ascend 5 Jan 2022 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ There’s a lot of advice out there about resolutions. Here are our tactics—backed by research—for actually taking them on. 00:00 Let's do resolutions right 00:56 Create "fresh starts" 01:37 Reframe to make it fun! 02:28 Break goals into micro habits 03:44 Evaluate your resolutions 04:33 Consider the negative risks Articles Cited: To Achieve Big Goals, Start with Small Habits https://hbr.org/2020/01/to-achieve-big-goals-start-with-small-habits What Separates Goals We Achieve from Goals We Don’t: https://hbr.org/2017/04/what-separates-goals-we-achieve-from-goals-we-dont Before You Set New Goals, Think About What You’re Going to Stop Doing https://hbr.org/2018/02/before-you-set-new-goals-think-about-what-youre-going-to-stop-doing "Goals Gone Wild" HBS Working Paper https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/09-083.pdf Produced by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio, Christine Liu, and Elainy Mata Video by Andy Robinson Assistant Camera by Briana Gil Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen Player Follow us: https://hbr.org/ascend https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbrascend https://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/ https://twitter.com/HBRAscend https://www.instagram.com/hbrascend Copyright © 2021 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. #2022 #NewYearsResolutions #Motivation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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