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  Less glitter and more clarity Fewer promises nad more follow-through Less laziness and more presence Clarity to choose Courage to ACT Tenderness to give

  Once again, a new year begins, and with it the familiar list of unfulfilled resolutions: we did not persevere with our fitness programme; we only attended English classes for a couple of weeks; we gained some weight, and we remain just as trapped in old routines as in previous years… And more than a quarter of a century of this new century has already gone by. Are we incapable of changing? Do we lack willpower, or do we aim too high when we formulate our resolutions? Perhaps the problem does not lie in us, but in the method we use. The self we are today did not appear overnight. It has been shaped over the years, since childhood, and has become a compact block of habits and routines—almost like a computer faithfully executing the instructions it has absorbed along the way. But change does not mean cancelling that programme and starting from scratch. It means introducing small improvements that lead to new, more pleasant, richer and more satisfying ways of living. The sugg...