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Thanks for the intro, Roy. Good morning, everybody! Thank you all for being here. I have a question to start this talk.
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How many of you made a New Year's resolution this year? Raise your hand.
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All right, that's about what I'd expect. Keep them up for a second.
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Actually, put them down. I'll have you put them back up in just a minute, except you, Sam, keep yours up.
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So, 40% of Americans, on average, either always or usually make a New Year's resolution, and another 17% do so every once in a while.
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Okay, so hands back up if you made a New Year's resolution and you're still on track with that resolution.
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Keep your hand up; otherwise, put it down. So, what percentage of people do you think actually follow through on these resolutions?
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Shout out some answers. The answer is eight.
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Eight percent of people who make a New Year's resolution manage to follow through on it and do what they set out to do.
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So if you had to put your hands down just now, you're far from alone. That's normal.
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To give you some context, your odds are about the same as taking a deck of cards, shuffling it, and pulling an ace off the top.
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Those are your odds of hitting your New Year's resolution. You have a 92% chance of failure.
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So, let's talk about what we can do to shift those odds in our favor.
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But first, a disclaimer: I want everyone in this room to know that you are a beautiful person just as you are.
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I'm going to talk a lot about health and fitness in this talk.
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I'm discussing those things because that's my story, and that's how I learned all of this.
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But I'm not telling you that you need to go out and lose weight or get fit. That is a very personal choice.
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Only you can make that decision for yourself, and I’ll get into why that is here in a minute.
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The principles I'm sharing can apply to anything you want to do in your life.
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Secondly, if you do want to lose weight, please remember I am NOT a doctor.
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So don’t take anything I’m about to tell you as the gospel truth. Don’t do it because Nick said to.
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When you're lying on the side of the road with a torn Achilles, I don’t want to hear anybody say, 'But Nick said to go run.'