If you’re on Facebook like me (and let’s be honest, millions of us are), odds are good that you’ve been invited to bite, rate, vote on, compare, or buy and sell your friends on a almost hourly basis. Most days, it can become downright annoying. True, I can also send them some good Karma (and who can’t use that?), but without sounding too much like Andy Rooney, how is sending my friends another fruitless application going to shift the cosmic flow of the universe to reward me? I almost feel as if I’m going to receive bad Karma for such behavior.
But the other week, when a friend of mine invited me to be one of his “Accountability Buddies,” I was intrigued. This sounded much less frivolous than discovering that I am most like Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City. Could there finally be a worthwhile Facebook application? I’ve discovered that there is. It’s called Goal Post.
Unlike many of the invites I receive on Facebook (I am a fan of the Causes), Goal Post is not asking me to poke or prod anybody. It’s encouraging and empowering me to live a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life (and you know we’re big cheerleaders for that around here) by setting my personal goals and then asking my friends to make sure I stick to ‘em.
I know this sounds like a pretty tall order for a social networking feature, but in talking to the application’s creator, Keith Ferrazzi, he tells me how we all get by with a little help from our friends, especially when it comes to attaining our goals.
Keith adds, “You can’t do it alone. This is the key to success where in the past you may have slipped! Choose three friends to serve as your accountability buddies. Knowing they are watching you will help you to stick to and reach your goals. I like to call it peer-to-peer pressure. They can cheer you on, send you inspirational songs and helpful website links, whatever it takes. I’m doing this with my sister and a few friends already.”
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