As we approach the last day of 2016, and are ready to step into the New Year 2017, one thing that most of us want is to change.

We are all fond of making New Year resolutions, that involve setting ourselves goals for a new and improved us. The favorite one is losing weight, followed by making more money, reducing stress, drinking less, quitting smoking etc.

Most people stick to their resolutions for a week or two, but then slowly let go of their resolutions. My informal research over the years has shown that it is mainly due to their inability to change their habits. People go back to doing exactly what they were doing before they made the resolutions. Then when they are unable to get the results they are looking for or fail to see themselves moving towards their goal, they decide that they will be unable to achieve their goals and just give up.

This is the wrong approach. To change anything, it is important that we change our actions. For example, if we are wanting to lose weight, a common sense approach tells us we have to eat less calories and exercise more. If we are unable to do both, or at least one, it would be near impossible to lose weight. 
Let us take the other resolution of earning more. It will require that you pick up a side job, work as a freelancer or upgrade your skills in your current area of work and look for a promotion in your current company or even a new job.
As you will see from the examples above, the key to achieving the required results is changing what you have been doing till date. There is no way that you can continue doing the same thing as always and get a different result.
Remember that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
Wish you all a Happy New Year.
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