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Social Media New Year Resolution

If you are like 43% of Americans who decided that “losing weight” was one of your New Year’s resolutions, then you’re probably also like 31% of them who have already given up on it. Yes its only the 12th January, but most people’s resolve drops after 1-2 weeks.

Several magazines and Web sites ran polls, but most rated the top three resolutions as “resolving debt,” “losing weight” or “managing money better.” Cosmopolitan did a guide on resolutions a person should never make. These ranged from “changing your man” to “tripling the number of friends one has on Facebook.”

The simple equation to reducing weight is eat less and work out more. Lets assume you are in a startup and really dont have time to work out “more”. You can afford the 15-20 min of cardio but that’s it.

The only remaining option is to reduce your eating (eat more healthy, reduce portion sizes, etc).

The amazing part that I personally found out is that if you so busy and overworked, you’ll probably not feel all that hungry anyway.  In simple terms the more occupied you are with something the less likely you are to put on weight.

That’s step #1. Do more work towards the goal which dramatically cuts down on “free” hence unproductive time.

So what does this have to do with social media?

The chances of doing something are 55% higher if you have someone egging you along or helping you do it. For some reason if you have someone to celebrate the “end goal”, you are more motivated to do it. That’s where social media helps. Using your twitter or facebook friends to help you along the goal dramatically improves the chances of keeping that resolution.

That’s step #2: Let your friends help you towards that goal.

The #1 reason people dont keep resolutions is because they set themselves up for failure by attempting something in 1 step. The gradual “small steps” towards a goal is a much better and preferred way to get to your goal is what’s been scientifically proven. There are many “cold turkey” examples, but they are exceptions not the rule.

Step #3: Use reminders, setup smaller objectives and goal posts to your resolution.

What are your resolutions? Are you keeping them? Remember Santa’s going to be back in a blink and before you know it its December.