Yes, it’s that time of year again. New Year’s Resolutions!
Essentially new year’s resolutions are simply goals or habit changes, but they are used by more people because they are somewhat of a tradition. The problem with new year’s resolutions is that they fail so often. The intention is right, but most people fail to adopt the right strategies. All in all, you do want them to work all year long (and preferably after that too!).
Steve calls on us to start planning ahead, instead of waiting for the last minute. Over at Change Your Thoughts, you can download a guide to make your New Year’s Revolutions, and a 21 minute talk about it too. Need more inspiration?
One of the popular resolutions is to lose weight. It made it to the top 5 list of WebMD, both for men and women. Aaron over at Today is that day, points out very well that you may need to shed some (mental) baggage, before you can make it work this time.
For business you can check IttyBiz for a series of marketing tips for small companies, to get more business (Naomi did some mind reading for you there). And how to make your business resolutions stick is another great article, that happens to be very applicable for personal goals also.
Bloggers (or writers actually) can find inspiration for resolutions at the Publishing Spot. And if you happen to be in personal development, Ian stated his resolutions on his blog as well, although there are a lot of self-sabotaging words in that list.
And finally, you can check 7 highly effective resolutions at the Ririan Project. Still not enough, check out the ToDoList-blog for tips to find resolutions. List parties! Yeah 
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Goal Setting College
Sun 2007.12.16
Hey Lodewijk,
Thanks for the link and the roundup on the resolutions articles!
Cheers,
Ellesse
Aaron - Today is that Day
Mon 2007.12.17
Lodewijk,
Thanks for including me in such a great list of resources for people to kick off the New Year!
Also, I see that you’ve got a defined goal for your blog for the upcoming year – that’s great! I have no doubt that you’ll reach it!
Jason Boog
Mon 2007.12.17
Thanks for including me on this list. What an inspiring collection of links. I’ll keep reading…
Cheers,
Jason Boog
Lodewijkvdb
Wed 2007.12.19
You’re all most welcome. You have all written great articles, well in advance.
And Aaron…that goal is for this year…not for 2008
Audacious ain’t it?
Akemi
Thu 2008.01.17
Oh, the new year’s resolutions. . .
I made one this year and even posted it on my blog, Gratitude Magic. It is to grow by helping others grow. For myself and my blog.
I also wrote something that may interest you:
Why Our New Year’s Resolutions Fail