Do you want to make a New Year’s resolution for 2026 but don’t know what you want your goal to be? Here’s a look at some of the most common resolutions being made this year. A recent YouGov survey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Year’s resolutions fail because they start from a false premise: that you are a problem to be corrected. They frame your life ...

As we look ahead to the New Year, nearly half of Americans say they are feeling financially pressured. Forty-eight percent say they are more stressed at the end of this year than they were at the ...

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Do you follow the maxim “new year, new me”? It's a tradition to reinvent yourself as we complete a wrap around the sun. But how people choose to reinvent themselves — and why and when they fail at it ...

A new poll is shining light on the top New Year’s resolutions for Americans heading into 2026. Is yours the same? A survey from YouGov, released last week, revealed that 31% of U.S. adults will come ...

Want your New Year's resolutions to stick? Research says to consider adaptive goals for success instead of all or nothing self-promises. Research reports about half the American population make one or ...

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It’s the time of year when we all make promises to ourselves. I’m committing to read more, procrastinate less, and squeeze in an extra hour of piano practice a week. I asked other CEOs to share their ...

Along with champagne and fireworks, nothing is more quintessential to New Year’s than abandoning one’s best efforts at self-improvement. Surveys have found that fewer than 10 percent of Americans who ...

Nowadays, having a New Year’s resolution can seem almost quaint. Social-media influencers push self-improvement trends year-round: The spring has “glow up” challenges, as does the summer. Soon after, ...

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