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Vows made on January first are broken by February in 89% of people surveyed. Another 8% give up within six months. But according to researcher Alyce Cornyn-Selby there’s a way to up your chances at being successful with New Year’s resolutions. Who makes New Year’s resolutions? A majority (57%) of the younger generation makes a January promise, while only 32% of those past 50 even bother, according to AARP. “That’s because they have first hand knowledge of the success rate,” says Cornyn-Selby, the Oregon-based expert known as the High Priestess of Procrastination. “Stop procrastinating” shows up on more New Year’s resolutions lists than any other item. Called “suicide on the installment plan” procrastination affects resolutions about health issues: diet and exercise. Cornyn-Selby knows that drill only too well--she lost 100 pounds and has kept it off. Now she teaches her unique method for overcoming self-sabotage to bank presidents, fighter pilots, nurses, law enforcement and corporate clients Boeing and Microsoft. “Success is possible,” says Cornyn-Selby, despite the odds. Here are 4 steps so that next year you can say, “I used to do that, but I don’t anymore.” If you won’t do this check list, then don’t make New Year’s resolutions, she advises. Making Your New Year’s Resolutions work: 1. Get in touch with the part of you that does not want this resolution. Make contact with this sabotaging part and negotiate. What will you have to do to satisfy this part? 2. Pick one. One resolution completed is better than ten that failed. 3. Don’t try to write an entire novel--write one page. Don’t try to lose 100 pounds. Lose 5 pounds. Workable goals are a key to maintaining motivation. 4. Make sure the idea is yours. Guilt-induced goals by others only lead to temporary resolve and eventual defeat. Negotiating with internal “sabotaging parts” is the subject of Cornyn-Selby's book "WHAT'S YOUR SABOTAGE? The Last Word on Overcoming Self-Sabotage." A former procrastinator, Cornyn-Selby doesn’t preach having a positive attitude or being brave. Keep your lousy attitude, she says, and fear is natural. “Honor your quirks,” says Cornyn-Selby, “and you won’t sabotage your efforts.” Alert: Be on the look out for people in your environment who sabotage your New Year’s resolution. Your success, from weight loss to career goals, may be threatening to those closest to you. “A year from now you will be one year older--will you be any closer to getting what it is you say that you want for yourself?” asks Cornyn-Selby. For more information ( “Are Other People Sabotaging You?”): http://www.self-sabotage.com -30- Contact 24/7: 503-232-0433 Travis Duncan, publicist justalyce@usa.net Book distributor 1-800-937-7771
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Institute for Behavioral Research, Portland, Oregon AARP, Washington, D. C.
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