Episode 331: Overcoming Failed Resolutions

• Scenario 1:  Chevalier has made New Year’s resolutions for 50 consecutive years. Every year he failed to complete any of the resolutions. Since, at this point it is a habit for him, do you think it is possible for him to overcome failed resolutions?

• Scenario 2:  Ollinas was spending his New Year’s Eve with a group of friends that encouraged each other to write their resolutions on leftover cardboard shipping boxes from a large online retailer which is named after a forest type. Ollinas doesn’t like to share his resolutions publicly. Should he join in on his friend’s escapades?

• Scenario 3: Iyer likes to create nearly impossible resolutions each year like becoming a state senator. She ended up dropping out of the race when it was discovered she built a website that sold counterfeit goods to achieve her previous resolution to sell 1 million products. Now, she’s thinking of moving to another country and building a company from the ground up. Do you think she should lower her aim for her New Year’s resolutions?