Fresh Starts Aren’t About the Date. They’re About the State.

About this episode

The episode discusses why New Year's resolutions often fail and explores the research on behavior change and the concept of fresh starts.

Why New Year's resolutions fail — and what actually makes behavior change stick. The SIDS research finding that changes how you think about timing and fresh starts.

People in this episode

Host: Asian Efficiency

Topics covered

• New Year's resolutions
• behavior change
• timing
• fresh starts
• psychology

Keywords

• New Year's resolutions
• behavior change
• SIDS research
• timing
• fresh starts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SIDS

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