How to Make a New Year's Resolution?
Are you making a resolution in the new year?
在新的一年来临之际，你是否正在制定新年愿望呢？
Warning: More than half of all resolutions fail, but this year, they don't have to be yours.
警告：有一半以上的新年愿望都失败了。但今年，你的新年愿望不会失败。
Here's how to identify the right resolution to improve your life, create a plan on how to reach it.
以下是如何确定合适的新年愿望，以改善你的生活，创建计划，以及如何实现它。
1、Pick the Right Resolution
1、选择恰当的新年愿望
You'll give yourself your best shot at success if you set a goal that's doable —and meaningful too.
如果你设定的目标是可行的，而且是有意义的，你就会给自己创造最好的成功机会。
A lot of these resolutions fail because they're not the right resolutions. And a resolution may be wrong for one of three main reasons:
很多新年愿望之所以失败，是因为它们是不合适的。一个新年愿望可能是错误的，主要有三个原因。
It's a resolution created based on what someone else (or society) is telling you to change. It's too vague. You don't have a realistic plan for achieving your resolution.
它是根据别人（或社会）告诉你要改变的东西而制定的。它太模糊了。你没有一个现实的计划来实现它。
Your goals should be SMART. That's an acronym coined in the journal Management Review in 1981 for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. It may work for management, but it can also work in setting your resolutions, too.
你的目标应该是SMART。这是1981年在《管理评论》杂志上创造的一个缩写词，意思是具体的、可衡量的、可实现的、相关的，以及有时限的。它可能适用于管理，但它也可以在制定你的新年愿望时发挥作用。
2、Create Your Plan
2、制定你的计划
Your end goal won't just magically appear. Here are ways to figure out how to get there.
你的最终目标不会神奇地出现。这里有一些方法来弄清楚如何到达那里。
Because you won't just wake up and change your life, you not only need a plan for what to do, but also for what roadblocks you'll come across along the way.
因为你不会一觉醒来就改变自己的生活，你不仅需要一个计划，知道该怎么做，还需要知道你在路上会遇到哪些障碍。
If you're trying to form or break a habit, Mr. Duhigg suggested breaking down that habit into its three parts: a cue, a routine and a reward.
如果你想培养或打破一个习惯，杜希格先生建议把这个习惯分解成它的三个部分：提示、常规和奖励。
3、Make it Personal
3、让它个人化
Of course, the cue and routine for a common bad habit, like smoking, is as individual as the person trying to quit. You may need to do some work to figure out what the real cue for the habit you want to change is, and then what will replace it.
当然，对于一个普通的坏习惯，比如吸烟，其暗示和常规是和想戒烟的人一样的个体。你可能需要做一些工作来弄清楚你想改变的习惯的真正线索是什么，然后用什么来代替它。
Both the cue and reward should be easy and obvious.
提示和奖励都应该是简单而明显的。
4、Leap Over Resolution Hurdles
4、跃过新年愿望的障碍
No one's perfect, and your quest for your resolution won't be either. But you can get back on track.
没有人是完美的，你对新年愿望的追求也不会是完美的。但你可以重回正轨。
What's the best way to tackle problems that arise on your way to success?
解决走向成功路上出现的问题的最佳方法是什么呢？
Remember no matter how well you plan, change is hard. So before hurdles get in your way, make sure you have a plan to jump over them.
记住，不管你计划得多好，改变是很难的。所以，在障碍阻碍你之前，确保你有一个计划来跳过它们。
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