Salt Lake Tribune · Jan 2, 2019
Barry Ritholtz: Why your New Year’s resolutions won’t work out
A reveler adjusts her hat as she waits in Times Square in New York on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, while taking part in a New Year's Eve celebration. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)It's the time of the year when we are barraged with lists: Stocks to buy, books to read, explanations of why the bad choices made in the past year will work out better next year. And, the forecasts, so many forecasts. Worst of all are the horrible suggestions for New Year's resolutions.
Rather than my usual pedantic finger wagging, let's take a page from the Charlie Munger playbook, and invert. Consider my list of resolutions, each one less likely to succeed than the next.