Why we don't keep promises to ourselves and how we can

How many of you have made New years Resolutions? How many of you kept all of them every year? Answer: The vast majority of people by far have not. What can this do to us? It can make us think we just don't have the self discipline or potential to achieve our goals in life and that there is just something special about people who do- namely tremendous self discipline. (Which we don't have.)

Actually the reality is that it isn't tremendous self discipline that makes people who achieve their goals achieve them. It is that they have developed consistent rituals that they engage in even a little each day that over time develop the skills, confidence and results they really want.