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Success Requires a Change of Mind, Not New Year’s Promises

You Need Action, Not Wishful Thinking

Gustavo Razzetti
Better Humans
8 min readDec 20, 2017

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Avoid wishful thinking. Jump into action instead. Pic by Paul Bence.

Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” ― Neil Gaiman

It’s lying season again.

Before December is over, half of those reading this piece will write their New Year’s resolutions. But only 8% of will succeed. The problem is not making resolutions, but to turn the habit of breaking promises into a tradition.

Don’t lie to yourself. That’s what happens when you set unrealistic goals or lack a clear plan to achieve them. Wishful thinking undermines your personal development. Avoid turning failure into your new normal.

You are the product of your broken promises. Before making new resolutions, reflect on your past attempts. The list is not the problem, your lack of method is.

This article doesn’t include the formula for success. But a framework to help you change from within.

Five Reasons Why Resolutions Fail

“For last year’s words…

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Gustavo Razzetti
Gustavo Razzetti

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