It’s that time of year again! The New Year is just around the corner, so it’s time for everyone to pause in order to reflect on the past, and make their New Year’s resolutions. We create BHAG’s (Big, Hairy and Audacious Goals), and drive towards them with a burst of tremendous energy and enthusiasm. Goals like losing weight, finding a better job, starting a new business, improving money management or improving a relationship are all fairly common. Inevitably, that energy and enthusiasm begins to falter, usually around the 2 nd or 3 rd week of January, and we’re back to the status quo. “Oh well!”, we tell ourselves, “I’ll start up again next month.” Sound familiar? I know I’ve done this more times than I can remember, and I’ll likely do it again. The question I keep asking myself is “Why?”. Why do I fail to succeed at accomplishing things that are so important to me? Intellectually, and as a linear think...