88 Simple New Year’s Resolutions that Sneakily Change Your Life

Don't you just hate New Year's Day?Even if you consider yourself a mostly positive person, I can bet that a part of you secretly despises this time of the year and all the baggage it brings along.I know I do.Another year gone by with so little to show for.Another new one starting with the same old list of stale goals and rusted dreams.Who has the motivation to even consider starting something new, much less "resolving" to do it every day?Does that mean you should give up making New Year’s resolutions all together?Far from it.As it turns out, there’s a sneakier way to get yourself to make the change you like. It’s a “secret” trick that marketing gurus have been using for generations to get us to willingly do their bidding, irrespective of what we originally thought.Consider for example, the case of the ubiquitous diamond rings. Did you know that before the 1930’s, people hardly ever used diamond rings to propose?Instead, they preferred other exotic gems like opals, rubies, sapphires or turquoise. Harry Oppenheimer, the chairman of De Beers Diamond Company, wanted to change that. So he hired N.W. Ayer & Son, a renowned advertising company. And what the advertising company achieved is no less than a miracle.Slowly, over the next few years, they put the “a diamond is forever” campaign into effect. That message was repeated over and over - through jewelers, celebrities, magazines, television and even by getting movie scripts and scenes changed – until it was ...
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