Comments on: Local Business: New Year’s Resolution Edition

By: Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:31:52 +0000

Great post! I'm eager to see what you dig up about resolutions during your Googling. Wondering if you'd consider interviewing us about keeping New Year's Resolutions. My wife and I are launching a new program, Resolution Velcro, making resolutions stick, the sole purpose of which is to help people keep their resolutions. Just let me know if you'd like to schedule time with us!

By: Sharee Lawler

Sharee Lawler — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:02:14 +0000

Oh, this is just the tip of the Type A iceberg for me. You should see my vacation spreadsheet, or my Thanksgiving week meal planner, or the “what city do we want to live in?” matrix (BTW, as much as I wanted the outcome to be San Francisco, my weighted factor and rating system resulted in … Washington DC). This is my wheel house.

By: Sharee Lawler

Sharee Lawler — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:58:25 +0000

I’m with you in that respect — any day is the perfect day to make a change or set a new goal. January 1 is just a good excuse to talk about it with your friends … and then feel accountable.

By: Kate McFadden

Kate McFadden — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:44:35 +0000

Holy smoke, Sharee. We need to be sitting next to you in that Indian restaurant come January. Perhaps I could entice you to lead a Bombay Club brunch session. Is there a spreadsheet to track “deliverables” and project status? Would negative pounds (for instance…not mine of course) be a deliverable?

By: Kyra

Kyra — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:44:52 +0000

I’m impressed that you have such a high success rate. My opinion has always been that the change of year is just another turing of the page. If I can’t be a better, thinner, smarter, well-traveled person on December 31, than I shouldn’t try any harder on January 1, which isn’t to say that I don’t try. I’m just less hard on myself if I fail come February 1.