By Richard WisemanReadOasis Step 3

Note: the following is a text of a talk given by Richard Wiseman. 

"I tracked the lives of 5,000 people as they attempted to achieve their New Year's resolutions. Now most of them failed, but ten percent did obtain their aims and ambitions. But what were they doing that was so different? Well it all came down to five simple principles.

First of all, they broke their goal into a series of smaller steps.Second, they told their friends and fami...