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Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail by March - and the Science of What Actually Works (#282)

Dec 30, 2025
16 mins

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Most people quit their New Year's resolutions by March. The reason why might surprise you.

University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach has spent decades studying why we fail at goals. Her finding: willpower is overrated. What matters is something entirely different.

In this episode, Fishbach reveals what actually separates those who succeed from those who quit and the strategies that make goals stick.

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