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A new year beautifully symbolizes a new chapter opening in the book that is your life. But while so many people like you aspire to achieve ambitious goals, only 12% of you will ever experience the taste of victory. Sound bad? It is. 156 million people (that’s 156,000,000) will probably give up on their resolution before you can say “confetti.” Keep on reading to learn why New Year’s resolutions fail (and how to succeed).
新的一年美好象征著嶄新的生活篇章。許多人會立下雄心勃勃的目標，可最終能實現目標的卻只有12%。聽起來不盡人意吧？千真萬確。全球1.56億人等不及喝彩就放棄了堅持他們的新年計劃。為什么新年計劃總是失敗？怎樣保證計劃成功實現呢？請繼續往下讀。
Note: Since losing weight is the most common New Year’s resolution, I chose to focus on weight loss (but these principles can be applied to just about any goal you think of — make it work for you!).
注意：鑒于“減肥”是最常見的新年計劃，我重點以此為例。不過下面這些方法也適用于其他目標，試試吧！
1. You’re treating a marathon like a sprint
你把“馬拉松”當成了“短跑”
Slow and steady habit change might not be sexy, but it’s a lot more effective than the “I want it ALL and I want it NOW!” mentality. Small changes stick better because they aren’t intimidating (if you do it right, you’ll barely even notice them!).
循序漸進的改變或許不那么風光，卻比“立刻就要得到”的心態更奏效。小改變更容易堅持，因為它們不會讓你心生畏懼；而且如果方法得當，你甚至都難以察覺這些變化！
If you have a lot of bad habits today, the last thing you need to do is remodel your entire life overnight. Want to lose weight? Stop it with the crash diets and excessive exercise plans. Instead of following a super restrictive plan that bans anything fun, add one positive habit per week. For example, you could start with something easy like drinking more water during your first week. The following week, you could move on to eating 3 fruits and veggies every day. And the next week, you could aim to eat a fistful of protein at every meal.
如果你現在有很多壞毛病，最不可能的就是一夜之間煥然一新。想減肥嗎？那就別再搞什么速成節食和極端鍛煉計劃了。與其遵循毫無樂趣的嚴苛計劃，不如選擇每周養成一個好習慣。例如，你可以先從簡單做起，第一周只要記得多喝水就行；到下一周，你可以嘗試每天吃3個水果并多吃蔬菜；再下一周，你可以試著限制每餐的蛋白質攝入量。
2. You put the cart before the horse
你本末倒置
“Supplementing” a crappy diet is stupid, so don’t even think about it. Focus on the actions that produce the overwhelming amount of results. If it’s not important, don’t worry about it.
多吃垃圾食品很不好，所以想都別想。請選擇能帶來益處的計劃，至于不重要的部分，那就直接忽略掉吧。
3. You don’t believe in yourself
你不相信自己
A failure to act can cripple you before you leave the starting line. If you’ve tried (and failed) to set a New Year’s resolution (or several) in the past, I know it might be hard to believe in yourself. Doubt is a nagging voice in your head that will resist personal growth with every ounce of its being. The only way to defeat doubt is to believe in yourself. Who cares if you’ve failed a time or two? This year, you can try again (but better this time).
沒有行動意味著在起跑線上就輸掉了。如果你以前制定過新年計劃卻未能實現，我相信，你肯定很受挫。內心喋喋不休的懷疑會一點一點阻礙個人成長。說實話，你輸了一次還是兩次，又有誰會在乎呢？今年，何不再試一次？相信今年能做得更好！
4. Too much thinking, not enough doing
想得太多，做得不夠
The best self-help book in the world can’t save you if you fail to take action. Yes, seek inspiration and knowledge, but only as much as you can realistically apply to your life. If you can put just one thing you learn from every book or article you read into practice, you’ll be on the fast track to success.
如果不采取行動，就算世上最好的自助書也幫不了你。沒錯，你要尋求靈感與知識，可只有實際運用才能見效。如果你能把從書籍或文章中學到的知識加以實踐，那你離成功也不遠了。
5. You’re in too much of a hurry
你太急躁
If it was quick-and-easy, everybody would do it, so it’s in your best interest to exercise your patience muscles.
如果事情能又快又輕松地搞定，那么誰都能成功了。所以，你最好學會耐心。
