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14-01-2021
Column: Relationships - A NEW YEAR AND RESOLUTIONS
Column: Relationships - A NEW YEAR AND RESOLUTIONS
Research says that four out of five New Year resolutions fail. The findings are probably no surprise and though we know we are unlikely to keep them, we continue to make them. Someone said to me this week that their resolution was to stop doing self-improvement programs and be content with who she is. It prompted me to think about what drives us to make resolutions in the first place.
Many resolutions are conceived from a place of comparison. We look at another’s skills, competencies and traits and we feel either envious or inadequate. We promise ourselves that we will replicate what we admire in others, creating goals that are doomed from the start. The reason being, we don’t know ourselves well enough.
Getting caught in the comparison trap is a sign that we have failed to recognise our own unique strengths. Many of us tend to minimise our strengths and magnify our weaknesses. We then become vulnerable to pursuing goals that we think will make us feel better about ourselves. The pursuit of goals is not the

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