Why do so many New Years resolutions fail?
Until recently, psychologists believed that self-control—the ability to stick to and ultimately achieve long-term goals—worked like a muscle. Success was about whether you had enough willpower to achieve your goals. But new research suggests that keeping our resolutions depends more on the situations we choose to put ourselves in.
Psychology and other soft sciences shouldn’t get too fond of analogies or their theories. They liked this so much that for decades, tons of papers were written about this explained human nature.
