Current:Home > NewsHow economics can help you stick to your New Year's resolution-LoTradeCoin
How economics can help you stick to your New Year's resolution
View Date:2024-12-23 20:58:04
Talk of New Year's resolutions is bubbling up as 2024 quickly approaches. Whether it's a fitness goal, wanting to learn a new skill or just trying to develop better habits, a new year is the perfect excuse to start. However, it can be difficult to maintain as time passes by.
Today on the show, we talk to a behavioral economist about one of the best ways to stick to your New Year's resolutions using the power of economics.
Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work by Uri Gneezy
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood! (26)
Related
- Sister Wives’ Madison Brush Details Why She Went “No Contact” With Dad Kody Brown
- Which country has the most Olympic medals of all-time? It's Team USA in a landslide.
- Former U.S. Rep. Henry Nowak, who championed western New York infrastructure, dies at 89
- Tour de France Stage 21: Tadej Pogačar wins third Tour de France title
- Nelly will not face charges after St. Louis casino arrest for drug possession
- 'A brave act': Americans react to President Biden's historic decision
- How well does the new 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser cruise on pavement?
- New Orleans civil rights icon Tessie Prevost dead at 69
- New York races to revive Manhattan tolls intended to fight traffic before Trump can block them
- Jessie J Shares She’s Been Diagnosed With ADHD and OCD
Ranking
- Why Kathy Bates Decided Against Reconstruction Surgery After Double Mastectomy for Breast Cancer
- Jennifer Lopez Celebrates 55th Birthday at Bridgerton-Themed Party
- The 10 biggest Paris Olympics questions answered, from Opening Ceremony to stars to watch
- Simone Biles’ pursuit of balance: How it made her a better person, gymnast
- 'Unfortunate error': 'Wicked' dolls with porn site on packaging pulled from Target, Amazon
- When does Simone Biles compete at Olympics? Her complete gymnastics schedule in Paris
- Guns n' Roses' Slash Shares His 25-Year-Old Stepdaughter Has Died
- Halloween in July is happening. But Spirit Halloween holds out for August. Here's when stores open
Recommendation
-
Deion Sanders addresses trash thrown at team during Colorado's big win at Texas Tech
-
Air travel delays continue, though most airlines have recovered from global tech outage
-
Peak global population is approaching, thanks to lower fertility rates: Graphics explain
-
Is it possible to live without a car? Why some Americans are going car-free
-
Mattel says it ‘deeply’ regrets misprint on ‘Wicked’ dolls packaging that links to porn site
-
Lightning strikes in Greece start fires, kill cattle amid dangerous heat wave
-
LeBron James selected as Team USA male flagbearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony
-
Inter Miami stars Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez won’t play in MLS All-Star Game due to injury