Something to think about for the New Year

Why New Year’s resolutions work for some minds and fail for others

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My success rate for my New Year resolutions is between zero and five percent. That’s probably below average, but I still think a lot of us struggle to follow through on the lofty commitments we make every year.

There’s a reason for this. While Structural and Analytical thinkers can benefit from planning months ahead, Conceptual and Social thinkers don’t operate well with rational, time-constrained goal-setting. It’s not that they can’t do it, but it will be harder for them to follow through over time – which leaves them feeling defeated.

For roughly half the population with dominant intuitive cognitive preferences, life often works best when we are expansive to what we can’t predict or see ahead of time – it’s the serendipitous and seemingly random events that often have the biggest impact on our lives.

So if you think you may have an intuitive thinking preference, this perspective can help you to be more empowered in your cognition for the year ahead.

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This is from my Jan 13, 2025 newsletter. Sign up here to receive future issues.