A week into the new year, you might already dread the thought of another 51 weeks of saving money, waking up earlier, eating only vegetables, or whatever else you resolved to do this time.

As you'll hear countless times around this time of year, most New Year's resolutions fail-largely because they were too vague or too daunting to achieve in the first place.

The solution isn't to give up on resolutions and goals, but to start setting better ones, both in business and in life. These five pieces will help you create goals worth celebrating at the end of the year.