1.2.09. New Year's Resolutions are Rules.
New Year's Resolutions. What are they -- really? They're rules.
A "New Year's Resolution" is a rule you've decided you'll follow this year. You've seen many other terms for rules, for example:
advice, agendas, agreements, aims, algorithms, best practices, blueprints, cautions, checklists, checks, codes, commandments (the Bible), commitments, cookbooks, core principles, core values, covenants, customs, decisions, desires, determinations, directions, do's and don'ts, duties, errands, ethics, etiquette, expectations, focus, formulas, foundations, goals, guarantees, guidelines, guiding principles, habits, honey do's, how-to's, ideas, innovations, inspirations, instructions, itineraries, jobs, kaizens, keys, laws, lessons, lists, mandates, manners, mantras, means, methods, mission statement points, morals, needs, new year's resolutions, objectives, obligations, operating principles, options, orders, outlines, pillars, plans, pointers, points, policies, practices, preferences, priorities, procedures, process improvements, processes, promises, recipes, recommendations, regulations, reminders, requirements, resolutions, road maps, routines, rules, schedules, secrets, solutions, standards, steps, strategies, suggestions, tactics, targets, tasks, techniques, terms, thoughts, tips, toolkits, tools, traditions, tricks, tricks of the trade, try this, unspoken rules, unwritten rules, values, warnings, ways, wisdom . . . .
If it tells you what to do, it's a rule. If you tell yourself a new thing to do this year, in fancy terms, it's a New Year's Resolution. In plain terms, it's a rule. You can use the Good Rules Way, and the goodrulesblog, to achieve it.
© 2009 Rick Favaloro, J.D., The Good Rules Consultant™ rick.rulesatwork@mac.com