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The Greatest New Year’s Resolutions Of All Time

By admin
January 1, 2009

It is now 2009, and we are going to do something that has probably never been done before. We are going to make New Year’s Resolutions that will change the world. And better than that, these resolutions will actually stick around past February 1.

The first problem with most resolutions is that they shoot too low. Lose 10 pounds, exercise a little, stop drinking so much egg-nog.

Nobody cares.

And so these resolutions are forgotten as quickly and lightly as they are made.

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood.” (Daniel Burnham)

We’re going to do exactly the opposite of what people normally do. A small group of us has compiled a list of resolutions that are life-changing, world-shattering, and above all, BOLD. We are defying the forces of entropy and blandness, and are setting out to make a year that will reverberate with greatness.

The second problem with typical resolutions is that they aim to AVOID something, to hold out on eating that gingerbread man (maybe - hopefully - perhaps) until the month of February. By DEFINITION, these resolutions are broken almost as soon as they are made, as human willpower fails. By the time March rolls around, nothing of those pale resolutions is left.

By contrast, almost all of our resolutions are ACCOMPLISHMENTS, things we can go out and achieve, and once achieved, can never be taken from us.

The third problem with new year’s resolutions is that they’re personal and self-centered. Ours are exactly the opposite, resolutions born of a small group, but spreading and growing in their audacity and scope as they go, inviting and provoking ever more people to join in our great effort.

Here’s to 2009, a year of fullness and greatness and inspiration.

The Resolution Begins!

…Read the List of Resolutions…

Posted in Fomenting The Resolution.

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  1. The Joyful Student said
    on January 3, 2009

    I’m excited for this to get rolling… I’ve already started my own list of goals for the year. Check it out at: http://thejoyfulstudent.blogspot.com/

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