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Dec. 30, 2011
Making Resolutions That Stick In 2012
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| Many have fallen of the new year’s resolution bandwagon soon after adopting a new diet or quitting smoking. So how can you achieve year-end goals and start the year on a positive note? Roy Baumeister, co-author of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength , has some tips. |
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Roy Baumeister
Co-author, "Willpower:Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength" (Penguin, 2011)
Professor of Psychology
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
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