The Power of a Fresh Start (15th September 2014)
Is today, Monday a good day to make a fresh start?
When can you create that feeling of making a fresh start?
Can you recreate that New Year effect, that is the energy and enthusiasm you feel when you make a fresh start at the beginning of the New Year?
Well according to Katherine Milkman, a Professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania we should look for opportunities to make fresh starts. When we begin anew we find a natural motivation to work with more vigour.
So we should be on the lookout for opportunities to make fresh starts. So, for example, a Monday provides a good opportunity to shed the baggage of the previous week. Other opportunities might be the start of a new month or following a birthday or holiday.
Manchester United had got off to a faltering start in the Premiership but on Sunday they beat Queens Park Rangers four nil.
Manager, Louis Van Gaal said to the players. “Let’s make a fresh start.” It obviously paid off with a handsome win.