日積月累學口語:年年初必有的新年決心
Make only one resolution; your chances of success are greater when you channel energy into changing just one aspect of your behaviour. 只制定一個決心；當你把所有的精力都投入到改變你某一個方面的行爲時，你成功的機率會大大增加。
Don't wait until New Year's Eve to think about your resolution and instead devote some time a few days before to reflect upon what you really want to achieve. 不要等到新年前夜纔去思考你的決心。相反，提前幾天花些時間思考你究竟想要實現什麼目標。
Avoid previous resolutions; deciding to re-visit a past resolution sets you up for frustration and disappointment. 避免以前制定過的決心；重溫以往未達成的決心會使你身心俱疲，心灰意冷。
Don't run with the crowd and go with the usual resolutions. Instead think about what you really want out of life. 不要隨大流制定普通的目標。思考你生命中真正渴望的東西。
Break your goal into a series of steps, focusing on creating sub-goals that are concrete, measurable, and time-based. 把你的目標分解成一個個小步驟，專注於創造一個個小目標，確保這些小目標是精確的、量化的且有完成的時間限制。
Tell your friends and family about your goals, thus increasing the fear of failure and eliciting support. 告訴家人和朋友你所制定的目標，以此來增加對失敗的恐懼，並獲得他們的支持。
Regularly remind yourself of the benefits associated with achieving your goals by creating a checklist of how life would be better once you obtain your aim. 經常提醒自己實現目標所能帶來的好處，做一個進度表，明確一旦實現目標，生活將會產生哪些積極的變化。
Give yourself a small reward whenever you achieve a sub-goal, thus maintaining motivation and a sense of progress. 每當實現一個小目標時就給自己一些小獎勵，以保持激勵和階段性的成就感。
Make your plans and progress concrete by keeping a hand-written journal, completing a computer spreadsheet or covering a notice board with graphs or pictures. 準備一份手寫的日誌，製作一個電子表格或把圖表和圖片貼在佈告板上，使你的計劃和步驟更具體。
Expect to revert to your old habits from time to time. Treat any failure as a temporary set-back rather than a reason to give up altogether. 預見到自己會時不時重返老習慣。把任何一次失敗視作暫時的倒退，而不是全盤放棄的理由。
