*Betchaican* the Wiseman way - WEEK 43
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I love the idea because its a great opportunity to think of a small repetitive action, that can improve our lives or make us more successful.
However unless you can improve your odds, you only have a 50% chance of keeping it up till the end of January , and the likelihood that you'll keep it up all year is just 10%. Now I hate to fail, as I'm sure you do, so I thought I dig around and see if I could find us some help.
The help I found came from a year-long study of 3,000 people by Professor Richard Wiseman (University of Hertfordshire, England)
Richard found that men were 22% more likely to succeed when they set goals for themselves, such as losing a pound a week rather than just saying they wanted to lose weight. Richard says "Think through exactly what you will do, where you will do it, and at what time." for example instead of planning to go to the gym twice a week you should plan to go at 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Richard also found that women were 10% more likely to succeed if they tell other women, they can tell friends or family. Richard says women might be reluctant to tell others about their resolutions, but benefit from the social support provided by friends and family once they have made their goals public.
As a final comment for both sexes Richard found that if you revisit a past resolution then this dramatically reduced your chance of success. So try and find something new to target or at least find a new approach to the old problem you want to action.
If you need an more encourage there 's new site on the internet called www.betchaican.co.uk
It allows you to make a record of your resolution, you can promise yourself a reward if your successful or make a donation to charity if you don't. Not only that, but you can nominate 'bet-buddies' . If you want to encourage someone else, you can challenge them to achieve a goal with you as the provider of the reward! So why not give it a go and best of all its completely free!
So I'm off to set a New Years resolution, which for once I might actually be able achieve
Will you? Till next week betchaican.
David Gardner
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THE MUST HAVE
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The Automatic Millionaire -David Bach Discover you Strengths - M Buckingham Richard Branson's Auto biography Brilliant Memory - Dominic O'Brien Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Freakonomics - Stephen Levitt Getting Things Done - David Allen The Machine That Changed the World Watching the English - Kate Fox
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Can't See the Wood for the Trees
Bluebird - A pint of Ale & water speed record
Visualising an Argument with Alien Bowling
Old Friends lead to New Thoughts
Space Shuttle designed on a horses backside
The Mexican Boatman & "Harvard MBA".
3 Blind Men & An Elephant
Someone Everyone Anyone
No-one
12 Questions to
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The Bee Can't Fly but No-one told the
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The Maverick Mindset of
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Three Men and a Boat
Stop
Two Cannibals & a Beautiful Girl
The Meaning of Life
What was your name again?
Two Frogs
Is Common Sense Possible
An Architects Vision
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