Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
While the famed British prime minister likely wasn’t referring to New Year’s resolutions, many of us have enthusiastically resolved to do something positive on January 1. However, by mid-February the resolve may have waned, unless we set “S.M.A.R.T.” goals as explained by Rhonda Zonoozi on page 10.
According to statisticbrain.com, about 45 percent of Americans make resolutions, an international custom dating back more than 4,000 years. And, research shows that those who make resolutions are 10 times more likely to reach their goals than those who don’t.

Phone a Friend

Having an accountability partner also significantly increases success rates. Dr. Gail Matthews from Dominican University in California once conducted a study on goal achievement and found that more than 70 percent of participants who sent weekly updates to a friend reported successful goal achievement, compared to 35 percent of those who neither shared their goals nor wrote them down.
You can rely on the staff at the Sun Health Center for Health & Wellbeing to partner with you in your quest for a healthy and happy 2017.