RE: Throw out your resolutions, just know your outcome and get there

Agreed! I haven't made resolutions in better than 20 years because they are exactly recipes for failure.

I like to "take stock and set intentions," which is a somewhat more involved process of determining where you our, where you want to be, what precisely will have to be done to get from "here" to "there" and what the schedule will be. Sounds pretty much like what you're advocating here.

Happy New Year to you!