Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Update)
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Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner. You are probably already thinking about the New Year and, inevitably, a New Year's resolution. How often do resolutions actually work? And when they do, why do they? That's what we are asking in this episode.
It is an update of a piece we first aired in 2021. We have updated facts and figures where necessary. Happy listening and happy new year. I know a lot of people were particularly excited about January 1 of this year. I got extra emails about
Oh, thank goodness, it's finally 2021. I'm so excited. That's Katie Milkman. I'm a professor at the Wharton School and I'm also the author of the book, How to Change, and I'm the co-director of the Behavior Change for Good initiative with Angela Duckworth. As a behavior change specialist, Milkman sees January 1st as something of a high holy day.
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