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On New Years Resolutions. Or why let an arbitrary day be so important to your goals?

Share I’ve never been a fan of New Years Res­o­lu­tions. The ideas of self improve­ment and set­ting goals are great. But New Years Res­o­lu­tions are for the most part, doomed for fal­i­ure. It’s as if peo­ple sub­con­ciously say, “I’m going to set a goal that’s slightly out of reach, then attempt it for a month, …

January 2, 2010 – 1:13 pm | By Jimmy Gilmore | Posted in future | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Social media and my half marathon

Share Tomor­row I’m run­ning the Atlanta Half Marathon. Back in my early 20s I would have been much bet­ter pre­pared for this effort. I was a com­pet­i­tive cyclist and didn’t have the same job and fam­ily com­mit­ments I do today. In fact, the old me would prob­a­bly say that present me is ill pre­pared. So …

November 25, 2009 – 10:27 am | By Jimmy Gilmore | Posted in Web 2.0, social media | Tagged , , , , | View Comments