Dean Pohlman

The statistics around New Year’s Resolutions are startling: 23% of people give up on their New Year’s Resolution by the end of the first week. By the end of January, 43% of people had already quit on their resolutions. And only 9% of people actually complete their resolutions by the end of the year.

Most people don’t understand how to properly reflect on the past year and set realistic, yet challenging goals for 2024. Even I have fallen into this trap in previous years, which is why I wanted to record this episode.

Modern society, social media, and other outside forces convince us that we’re not living up to the best version of ourselves. So, despite already maxing out our willpower, we continue to try to add more and more habits to reach this idealized version of ourselves. But here’s the thing…

The fastest and most effective way to create positive change in your life is by subtracting habits that no longer serve you, instead of just letting them pile up.

Two weeks ago, I invited Andrew Daniel onto the Better Man Podcast. In that episode, he revealed the booby trap of the self-help industry which keeps millions of people stuck and miserable.

We also briefly discussed his groundbreaking Cinesomatics methodology. Well, in today’s episode he guides me through a sample Cinesomatics session—so you can see how it works in real life.

Humans are hardwired to focus on the negative. This “biological glitch” saved us from tiger attacks in the past—but it causes unnecessary suffering today. It’s unnatural to focus on the good things, which is why practicing gratitude is both so difficult and rewarding.

But you know what? The more you practice gratitude, the easier it becomes. And the easier it becomes, the more your quality of life skyrockets.