The Fresh Start Effect

The popularity of New Year’s resolutions suggests that people are more likely to tackle their goals immediately
following salient temporal landmarks. If true, this little-researched phenomenon has the potential to help
people overcome important willpower problems that often limit goal attainment. Across three archival field studies,
we provide evidence of a “fresh start effect.”

Learn more about the Fresh Start Effect in Danial Pink’s book, When.

Jeff A Johnson

Content Creator and Curator at Explorations Early Learning

Jeff is an early learning speaker, toymaker, podcaster, content creator, author, and founder of Playvolution HQ who is really bad at getting his picture taken.

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