HW 031: Goals and resolutions that work - a podcast by Jon K. Nielsen, M.Sc., expert and speaker on leadership and happiness at wo

Each year in January millions of people struggle to meet their New Years resolutions.

Struggle and fail. In this episode, Jon from http://happyways.com deconstructs goal setting and resolutions, and takes a different approach: Try with a theme or a direction instead of a fixed goal.

Recomended on the show:

The book "Goal-free living" by Stephen Shapiro:

https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Free-Living-Have-Life-Want-ebook/dp/B008NC0U4S

A short TEDx talk on 30-day challenges:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfBXjWm7hc

Martin Seligman at TED talking about positive psychology. This is where he drops the comment that you can loose 10% of your body weigth on any diet:

http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology

Do you have a comment or a question for Jon? Email him at: jon@happyways.com

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