b1 iWall Street Journali bestseller! Jon Acuff, iNew York Timesi best-selling author of iDo Overi, iQuitteri, and iStarti, offers strategies for anyone who's ever wondered, Why can't I finish what I startedbrbbrAccording to studies, 92 percent of New Year's resolutions fail. You've practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals. pFor years, I thought my problem was that I didn't try hard enough. So I started getting up earlier. I drank enough energy drinks to kill a horse. I hired a life coach and ate more superfoods. Nothing worked, although I did develop a pretty nice eyelid tremor from all the caffeine. It was like my eye was waving at you, very, very quickly. p Then, while leading a thirty-day online course to help people work on their goals, I learned something surprising The most effective exercises were not those that pushed people to work harder. The ones that got people to the finish line did just the opposite-