New Year’s Resolutions Fail. Do This Instead
By Lisa Bodell for Forbes
With research indicating that 80% of people ditch their New Year’s resolutions by February, it’s time to officially label this ritual as an exercise in futility. Instead of wasting time on your 2023 intentions and resolutions, consider doing the exact opposite.
This year Establish a Don’t-Do List. As in, identify every time-wasting task and low-value meeting in your (and your team’s) work life and commit to avoiding them for the next 12 months. Through the process of researching and writing Why Simple Wins, I recognized what leaders like Oprah and Warren Buffet already knew: there’s enormous value in saying no to time-sucks and distractions at work.
Since behavior change sounds easier than it is, I recommend backing up a few steps and identifying examples of when and how your time is spent unproductively. To determine what should appear on your Don’t-Do List, answer the following questions objectively:
· Which of my/our current tasks don’t bring value to the business?
· Would anyone miss this task if I/we stopped doing it? (If the answer is “nobody,” get rid of it pronto.)