Have you already given up on your New Year's Resolutions?

How often have you said:

• ‘this year I really am going to get a better handle on my work life balance?
• ‘I am going to stick to my fitness programme as I know my health needs to be a priority’
• ‘I really will take time out to review my career and start to apply for promotion’
• ‘I will address all those niggling things from dealing with a difficult team member to keeping up to date with my expenses.

All goes well for three weeks and then by February the three times a week visit to the gym has dropped to once a week, the “be home for 7:30” is still working – but only on a Friday, the receipts are piling up to be done when you have a second, and Mary Ann is still a disruptive influence on team moral. Sound familiar?

What makes change so difficult?