Every January, the same scene: the gym locker room crowded with determined New Year’s Resolutioners. While not unwelcome, us long-termers know that 90% will be gone by March. What separates the 10% from the rest of the pack?

Perhaps the same actions that distinguish successful nonprofits:

• Developing a strategy
• Working the strategy
• Partnerships for guidance
• Resolve and willingness to do the heavy lifting

Of course, results don’t come overnight. Successful nonprofits–and fitness devotees–set goals with benchmarks to measure progress along the way.