A new year beautifully symbolizes a new chapter opening in the book that is your life. But while so many people like you aspire to achieve ambitious goals, only 12% of you will ever experience the taste of victory. Sound bad? It is. 156 million people (that’s 156,000,000) will probably give up on their resolution before you can say “confetti.” Keep on reading to learn why New Year’s resolutions fail (and how to succeed).

新的一年美好象征着崭新的生活篇章。许多人会立下雄心勃勃的目标，可最终能实现目标的却只有12%。听起来不尽人意吧？千真万确。全球1.56亿人等不及喝彩就放弃了坚持他们的新年计划。为什么新年计划总是失败？怎样保证计划成功实现呢？请继续往下读。

Note: Since losing weight is the most common New Year’s resolution, I chose to focus on weight loss (but these principles can be applied to just about any goal you think of — make it work for you!).

注意：鉴于“减肥”是最常见的新年计划，我重点以此为例。不过下面这些方法也适用于其他目标，试试吧！

1. You’re treating a marathon like a sprint

你把“马拉松”当成了“短跑”

Slow and steady habit change might not be sexy, but it’s a lot more effective than the “I want it ALL and I want it NOW!” mentality. Small changes stick better because they aren’t intimidating (if you do it right, you’ll barely even notice them!).

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