Breaking habits or forming new ones is hard — and starting on January 1 doesn’t change that.To give yourself the best chance at success, pursue one, manageable to-do at a time, says Michael J. López, a consultant, career coach and author of the upcoming book “Change: Six science-backed strategies to transform your brain, body, and behavior.””You can really only change a couple things at a time,” López says. “My recommendation for the people I coach is start with one goal and give yourself a three-month interval before you add anything new to that.”Let’s say you want to learn a new…
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Singapore city skyline on September 18, 2016.Rustam Azmi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAustralia stocks opened higher with other Asian markets set to resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.17% at open, while Nikkei 225 Chicago futures were trading at 39,605, lower than the index’s last close of 39,894.54Traders in Asia will also look toward Singapore’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product. The GDP is forecast to have expanded 3.3% from a year ago, according to a Reuters poll.Other economic indicators on tap include China’s Caixin manufacturing PMI for December. Economists anticipate manufacturing activity to come in at…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on the last day of trading for the year on Dec. 31, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesStock futures were slightly higher as trading got underway for 2025, with hopes that the market can regain the momentum that propelled it to log two-straight years of annual gains above 20%.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67 points, or 2%, while S&P 500 futures added 13 points, or 0.2%. Nasdaq-100 futures rose 56 points, or 0.3%.Although stocks fell in weak trading in the final days…
No. 6 seed Penn State became the first team to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 31-14 win against No. 3 seed Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night. The Nittany Lions will meet the winner of Wednesday night’s Notre Dame vs. Georgia game on Jan. 9 in the Orange Bowl with a spot in the national championship on the line.In a game filled with miscues on both sides, Penn State got more big plays from its All-American, tight end Tyler Warren, than Boise State got from Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty. Warren…
The New Year often brings with it visions of a clean slate — an energizing opportunity to start living our best lives. Thanks to what behavioral economists call the “fresh start effect,” this time of year leaves many of us feeling extra optimistic about making real, meaningful changes. Come January 1, we imagine we’ll be ready to tackle those to-do lists, hit our goals, and become the ideal selves we’ve always imagined we could be. Hence the resolutions, diets, and exercise plans.And yet, despite our best intentions, many of us struggle to see New Year’s resolutions through. There’s often a gap…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — For about 15 years, the SEC ruled postseason college football, but so far in 2024 postseason games, the Big Ten has owned the SEC. So much so that Michigan managed to beat Alabama in two different bowl games in the same calendar year.The calendar year began with the soon-to-be-national champion Wolverines beating the Tide in the Rose Bowl. It ended with Penn State clobbering Boise State 31-14 in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night to ensure its conference will claim half of next week’s CFP semifinal field. That’s because Wednesday’s Oregon-Ohio State Rose Bowl is an intra-conference…
Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, NevadaAndrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring several others, according to local officials.The Clark County Fire Department confirmed that it had responded to a vehicle fire in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel at approximately 8:40 a.m. local time.In a news conference, Clark County Fire Department Deputy Chief Thomas Touchstone said that as first responders began to extinguish the fire, they “realized at the same time that there…
By Scott Powers, Mark Lazerus and Jeremy Rutherford CHICAGO — The spectacle of an NHL rink wedged between the first- and third-base lines at Wrigley Field did not disappoint at Tuesday’s Winter Classic, a capacity crowd braving chilling rain and biting wind to take in the view, the fireworks and a brief Smashing Pumpkins concert. The Blackhawks arrived on the L train, leaving the Addison stop with their skates slung over their shoulders like kids marching out to the pond. The weather (mostly) cleared just in time, everything proceeded on schedule, and the NHL really couldn’t have asked for much more.Then…
The Mercedes-Benz Superdome after a sudden power outage during Super Bowl XLVII. The stadium is now known as the Caesars Superdome.Getty ImagesThe Sugar Bowl has been postponed one day until Thursday following the deadly attack in New Orleans.The decision comes hours after a 42-year-old man crashed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street and then opened fire on police.The district attorney of Orleans Parish confirmed Wednesday the game would be postponed. Officials for the Sugar Bowl didn’t immediately respond to a request comment.The College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame will be located at the…
The PGA Tour season begins Thursday at The Sentry in Hawaii, with many of the top players in the world — but not an injured Scottie Scheffler — playing the obscenely hilly Plantation Course at Kapalua. So let’s have some fun. Here’s what will happen in golf in 2025.Jon Rahm wins a major: There’s a middle ground between “Yeah, Rahm didn’t emotionally handle the criticism from his LIV departure well,” and “Rahm is still one of the three or four best golfers in the world.”He had a strange, frustrating major campaign. That included missing Pinehurst with a foot infection. But…
