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Holidays and the start of a new year (36) make us think about how we can (37) ourselves, and have the life we want in the future. We make resolutions—I must lose weight, I will save more money—and then lose our way. That’s because we aren’t (38) our resolutions with who we are inside. We’re more likely to succeed if we work on (39) our inner, real selves, (40) who we already are, and then take a chance to change how to make the custom. Here are three tips for making the new year better in a real way, Firstly, let your values be your guide—There are plenty of people who will tell you what should be (41) to you, if you let them. Friends, co-workers, family, even the mass media, bombard us with opinions and ideas. Don’t just (42) what others say. (43) for yourself what matters most and let those values set your course. Secondly, take a long-term view— (44) . Similarly, life doesn’t get better in a moment. Change happens slowly, step-by-step. Have the patience to see it through. Thirdly, define yourself as beautiful—fewer than five percent of us believe we are beautiful, (45) . You may not fit the mass media image of conventional, external beauty, (46) .