Why Your New Years Resolutions NEVER STICK! 3 Research-based Principles ✨ | Shadé Zahrai

Wondering why your New Years Resolutions often become ‘New Years Failures?’ In this video I share with you why you might have struggled in the past with achieving your goals, and what to do instead! Looking at some of the latest research on goal setting and ‘New Years Resolutions’, I’ll take you through 3 principles you MUST keep in mind when setting your intentions for your dream life. Let me know in the comment what your 2022 intentions are! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 0:41 – Your Dream Life 1:47 – You’re at the Mercy of what you Consume 2:56 - The Hedonic Treadmill & Achievement Orientation 4:31 - 3 Principles to Set your New Year Intentions for your Dream Life 4:40 - PRINCIPLE 1: Appreciate how far you’ve come 6:32 - Self-Acceptance vs Self-Improvement Goals 7:42 - PRINCIPLE 2: Focus on what you Want, not what you Don’t Want 9:12 - PRINCIPLE 3: Think Big Picture, then Little Picture 9:41 - Superordinate vs Subordinate goals 📚RESEARCH REFERENCES: Olympics & Counterfactual Thinking Studies • 1) Medvec VH, Madey SF, Gilovich T. When less is more: counterfactual thinking and satisfaction among Olympic medalists. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1995 Oct;69(4):603-10. • 2) Hedgcock WM, Luangrath AW, Webster R. Counterfactual thinking and facial expressions among Olympic medalists: A conceptual replication of Medvec, Madey, and Gilovich's (1995) findings. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2021 Jun;150(6):e13-e21. Self-Acceptance & Self-Improvement Goals • Hallinan, B., Kim, B., Mizoroki, S., Scharlach, R., Trillò, T., Thelwall, M., ... & Shifman, L. (2021). The value (s) of social media rituals: a cross-cultural analysis of New Year’s resolutions. Information, Communication & Society, 1-22. Approach vs Avoidance Resolutions • Oscarsson, M., Carlbring, P., Andersson, G., & Rozental, A. (2020). A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals. PLoS One, 15(12), e0234097. Superordinate & Subordinate Goals • Höchli, B., Brügger, A., & Messner, C. (2020). Making New Year's resolutions that stick: Exploring how superordinate and subordinate goals motivate goal pursuit. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 12(1), 30-52. =============== 🚀FREE TRAINING– Career Clarity: https://www.shadezahrai.com/cct-registration To find out more about Shadé, visit the website: https://www.shadezahrai.com FOLLOW ON SOCIAL: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadezahrai/ • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shadezahrai • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadezahraispeaker • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadezahrai

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Released: December 25, 2021
Duration: 12m
Channel: Dr. Shadé Zahrai
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Wondering why your New Years Resolutions often become ‘New Years Failures?’ In this video I share with you why you might have struggled in the past with achieving your goals, and what to do instead! Looking at some of the latest research on goal setting and ‘New Years Resolutions’, I’ll take you through 3 principles you MUST keep in mind when setting your intentions for your dream life. Let me know in the comment what your 2022 intentions are! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 0:41 – Your Dream Life 1:47 – You’re at the Mercy of what you Consume 2:56 - The Hedonic Treadmill & Achievement Orientation 4:31 - 3 Principles to Set your New Year Intentions for your Dream Life 4:40 - PRINCIPLE 1: Appreciate how far you’ve come 6:32 - Self-Acceptance vs Self-Improvement Goals 7:42 - PRINCIPLE 2: Focus on what you Want, not what you Don’t Want 9:12 - PRINCIPLE 3: Think Big Picture, then Little Picture 9:41 - Superordinate vs Subordinate goals 📚RESEARCH REFERENCES: Olympics & Counterfactual Thinking Studies
1) Medvec VH, Madey SF, Gilovich T. When less is more: counterfactual thinking and satisfaction among Olympic medalists. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1995 Oct;69(4):603-10.
2) Hedgcock WM, Luangrath AW, Webster R. Counterfactual thinking and facial expressions among Olympic medalists: A conceptual replication of Medvec, Madey, and Gilovich's (1995) findings. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2021 Jun;150(6):e13-e21.
Self-Acceptance & Self-Improvement Goals
• Hallinan, B., Kim, B., Mizoroki, S., Scharlach, R., Trillò, T., Thelwall, M., ... & Shifman, L. (2021). The value (s) of social media rituals: a cross-cultural analysis of New Year’s resolutions. Information, Communication & Society, 1-22. Approach vs Avoidance Resolutions
• Oscarsson, M., Carlbring, P., Andersson, G., & Rozental, A. (2020). A large-scale experiment on New Year’s resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals. PLoS One, 15(12), e0234097. Superordinate & Subordinate Goals
• Höchli, B., Brügger, A., & Messner, C. (2020). Making New Year's resolutions that stick: Exploring how superordinate and subordinate goals motivate goal pursuit. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 12(1), 30-52. =============== 🚀FREE TRAINING– Career Clarity: https://www.shadezahrai.com/cct-registration To find out more about Shadé, visit the website: https://www.shadezahrai.com FOLLOW ON SOCIAL:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadezahrai/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shadezahrai
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadezahraispeaker
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadezahrai

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Dr. Shadé Zahrai
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Behavioral/organizational psychology expert and leadership speaker/coach focusing on performance, motivation, and habits.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dr. Shadé Zahrai, featuring Dr. Shadé Zahrai, Why Your New Years Resolutions NEVER STICK! 3 Research-based Principles ✨ | Shadé Zahrai explores three research-backed intention principles to make resolutions finally stick long-term A “dream life” is framed less as a destination and more as a felt experience you practice in the present, not a future outcome you finally reach.

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