Rethinking Resolutions: Embracing Identity-Based Change

About this episode

In this episode, Christina Mattison discusses the shortcomings of traditional New Year’s resolutions and introduces the concept of identity-based change as a more effective approach to personal growth.

How many times have you declared a New Year’s resolution, only for it to collect dust by the end of January? Many of us are guilty of this - me included! In fact, only about 9% of people who create a resolution follow through with it. The problem? We often set unrealistic goals for ourselves that ultimately set us up for failure. In this episode I am sharing why I no longer set resolutions, and what I do instead. We are talking about embracing identity-based change inspired by the book ...

People in this episode

Host: Christina Mattison

Topics covered

• New Year’s resolutions
• identity-based change
• goal setting
• self-improvement
• personal development

Keywords

• resolutions
• identity
• change
• goals
• self-improvement
• personal growth
• failure
• success

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: the book

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