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Contemplating my 2008 New Year’s Resolutions

Bob Angus — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:07:22 +0000

I love to build action plans. I have my Commission Junction work objectives and my Angus personal/home to-do list always within in reach. Setting clear, measurable objectives truly excites me. And there is no better time of year than late December… It is time for me to define my 2008 New Year’s Resolutions!

However, this year is going to be different. I want to break out of my normal mold. No, I do not have a problem with achieving the resolutions I set. No, the fundamental structure of my resolutions is not going to stray away from the classic SMART formula (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-based). No, I am not going to dramatically mess with the critical thinking framework that was imprinted into my brain while getting my MBA at Babson. What will change is…

I AM GOING BIG IN 2008

I have been reading a lot of great discourse on goals, dreams, and taking a leap into the unknown. I have been visualizing some lofty dreams. They are keeping me up at night. Today, I read Christine OKelley’s How to Achieve Ridiculous Goals. That article pushed me over the edge. I have to go big.

My recent goals have pushed me. They were not easy to achieve and they made me stretch into doing things I have never done before. For example, my 2006 and 2007 running goals have been incredible at transforming my daily life (and my health). However, I knew that I could meet my goal with conventional methods and perseverance from the outset.

In 2008, my resolution or resolutions will be out of bounds, even ridiculous. My objectives will be incredibly meaningful, yet I do not know how to get there today. Stay tuned. My 2008 New Year’s resolutions post is coming soon.

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USC to Rout UCLA – My Running Goal Gets a Boost

Bob Angus — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:25:49 +0000

I am heading into the last month of my 2007 Running Goal. I am on track to hit 200k by Christmas day. What I need is a little incentive for my finishing kick… the USC Trojans crushing the UCLA Bruins on December 1st!

I have joined a USC vs. UCLA team running challenge on the Nike+ online community for an extra push in the last month of my personal 2007 running goal. I am supporting the highly favored USC Trojans. The challenge is the team with the most total miles by the big game wins. It kicks off Saturday, November 24th and ends on gameday Saturday, December 1st. Fight on!

I also joined another challenge to help me work off all the great holiday food and festivities. I signed up to run at least 30 miles by Christmas. That is exactly a 1 mile per day average for the next 30 days. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Updated: I removed the Nike+ widget that showed the updated status of the USC vs. UCLA challenge. For some reason, it was messing up the formatting of this post. Also, the UCLA team was kicking the USC’s butt. Going into Saturday, UCLA had run 103.8 miles this week versus USC running 46.3 miles. Fortunately, the results on the gridiron will be very different!

The Health Kick in Affiliate Marketing

Bob Angus — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:14:50 +0000

The health kick is spreading like a wildfire through out the world of affiliate marketing. First, Scott Jangro started running like a madman. Now, the latest entry is the Affiliate Fit Club. Six high profile affiliates have thrown down the gauntlet with a team based weight loss challenge. The finish line is in February at Affiliate Summit 2008 West in Las Vegas. Until then, I highly recommend supporting both teams as they strive to crush their goals.

For my part, I have a unique motivational challenge for Team Blue member Lisa Riolo. Since we went to college together at Claremont McKenna College, I have access to rare photos of her as a star Division III basketball player… 20 years ago. If she hits her personal goal, I won’t have to make those pictures public. Yes, that’s evil.

Also, please check out my own personal 2007 Running Goal. I ran my fastest 5k time this morning, clocking a speedy 24 min, 14 sec time. Now I am just 3k off the pace for my ultimate goal of running 200km by the end of the year.

Setting a new running goal

Bob Angus — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:27:53 +0000

I’ve been lagging badly in keeping fit. Sure, I hit my goal of running a 10k race by my 40th birthday… a year ago. I haven’t had that monster goal to really get me running and working out. Then I read and was inspired by Scott Jangro’s running resurgence.

I’ve set my new running goal: Run a combined 200k by the end of the year. I’ll track it using my Nike+ pedometer and my iPod. As an added incentive, I will use Nike’s cool widget to post data from my runs and the status on my new goal here in the blog. Check out my progress on my Running Goal 2007 page.