How to keep your New Year’s resolutions

Goals and motivation are among the most important factors for achieving what you set out to do. The bar may be set too high and failure is just around the corner. Because four cross dance sessions a week might be overkill, losing 1000 calories is underkill and shaving five minutes off your 5k by the end of the week is downright unrealistic. There are many good reasons why your New Year's resolutions don't stick. From smart idea to habit. Nikos Ntoumanis is Professor of Motivation at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics. His research focuses on why people find it so difficult to sustain behavioural change.