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CRUSH IT – By Gary Vaynerchuck

Goldilocks — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:27:33 +0000

CRUSH IT! WHY NOW IS THE TIME TO CASH IN ON YOUR PASSION, By Gary Vaynerchuck. This is my latest reading, and I think by the title and my previous postings on my blog you understand why I picked up this book.

“Live your passion. What does that mean anyway? It means when you get up for work in the morning, every single morning, you are pumped because you get to talk about or work with or do the things that interests you most in the world. You don’t live for vacations because you don’t need a break from what you are doing–working, playing, and relaxing are one in the same…”

What a perfect Goldilocks thing to say-on how to have and live your perfect life. Gary is a straight shooter, and a successful self made man. This is a must read for anyone wanting to expand their business period! He however emphasizes the importance of being in a business that your passionate about, and that is where, I know, you will find your true success.

For more info on Gary - http://garyvaynerchuk.com/

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

Goldilocks Blog

Having a perfect life in a perfect world…

Happy – Wherever you are!

Goldilocks — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:54:38 +0000

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

–Henry Ward Beecher

Last night I finished Eric Weiners book - The Geography of Bliss, One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World. I have to say that I know longer feel the need to travel to the happiest places in the world, even though I still want to. I think I finally really get it. Happiness is within us. It is not outside of us. Thats why poor people can be happy and the wealthy can be miserable. We really do create own joy and misery in our minds and hearts. It is what we perceive.

The other day when I was down, and I doing the “poor me” thing to my mother. She said, “Today you are fine, don’t worry about tomorrow.” Then she changed the subject. I immediately became defensive and wanted to argue with her about all the reasons why I should be miserable. But, before I spoke, a thought popped into my head, may be it’s all of my self help talk; It said to me, “Do you really want to be right this time?” “Do you want to be miserable?” “Do you want to argue that you are?” So I didn’t say anything to her, I don’t want to be miserable, and I dont want to be right that I am, and as I let her ramble on about nothing. I thought about what she said before. Right now at this very moment – I am fine.

So I am focusing on all of the things that I have to be grateful for right now. It is surprising how big a list that you can make when you are looking for it. And, if you are grateful, how can you not be happy!

For more on Eric Weiner http://www.ericweinerbooks.com

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

Goldilocks Blog

Having the perfect life in a perfect world…

Faith-Believing Beyond the Power of Reason to Believe

Goldilocks — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:44:16 +0000

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

–Voltaire

Today has been a hard day for me. Yesterday a friend gave me the book, The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner; One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, and for those of you who are new to my blog, this was my dream. This is what I have been searching for, and what I wanted to do…travel to the happiest places in the world, and write about it.

I haven’t disclosed much on my blog about my personal life, and that’s because my last ten, no let’s say twenty years have been hell. I have been knock down so many times that I can’t count, so much so that I am writing a book about it. It’s too much to describe in a few short sentences. My blog has been thoughts that I myself want to remember. What I needed to hear and read when I get down, and it has worked. I am being more productive, and I am working toward the goals that I had hoped would lead me towards my dream, and I hope that it has helped others too!

I am what you would call right now a displaced worker, I have been self employed for the last 15 years, and have put all my funds into ventures that now in this economy are obsolete. I have been living off of savings, then sold assets, and am now waiting for my last asset to sell. If it sells, I won’t really see any profits, I just won’t have to declare bankruptcy. So I should be out of debt one way or another in a few months. And, as someone who has been living off of savings in the hopes that my businesses ventures would take off, I am not qualified for any type of aide. So at this point, and for the last eight months, I have had no income at all, and only a very small amount of funds left in the bank. And, these are the good years…

I am also a single mom, and I am trying to hold it together for my children. I have a son at the community college, who I am not really worried about. (I do receive 500 a month in child support-yea-food! )He is brilliant and his dream is to be a mechanic. He is well on his way, he works and pretty much supports himself. I believe he will be great at what he does, and he will love what he is doing. My youngest child, who will be graduating this spring, wants to be a doctor. She has taken all of the right steps to get into a good school; She has an unweighted 4.0 gpa and will graduate high school with five AP classes. Does Community Service, Varsity Athlete, actively involved in clubs, and she worked. She deserves to go to a good school. At this point I do not even no if I am going to have a roof over our heads, much less how I can help send her to school. She is applying though, we will just have to see how it all works out. No pressure!

My plan was/is to write my blog. Get healthier mentally and physically, hopefully grab some readers along the way, and some how earn some money. Write my Memoir. Get thorough the mess of my life, either by packing up or by losing it all. Then take my daughter to college, drop her off, and spend the rest of my life traveling, writing and blogging. I wanted to write a book on the Happiest Places in the World… I need happy! So if it just seems like a small thing, it’s just that it is in a long, long, long, line of things. It is what I have been hanging onto.

So if you are coming to my blog because your life is Shit too…and your are looking for a way to get through the tough times, then just know that I get it! But, let’s try and stay positive and have faith that somehow we will have the life that we dream. I still want to travel to all the happiest places in the world…I will just have to write about something else! I will have Faith. I hope you do too!

Just a thought!

With Love,

Goldi

Goldilocks Blog

Having the perfect life in a perfect world;)

PS. Eric Weiner’s book is great! I am thoroughly enjoying it!

“Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill

Goldilocks — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:34:11 +0000

Think and Grow Rich is a self help book written by Napoleon Hill and published in 1937 during the Great Depression.

This book had to inspire present New Age thinkers, and for that reason I am attaching a link to this book below. The book speaks mostly of attaining wealth, and I believe that all of us would be in agreement that money and material things are essential for maintaining life, but that the greatest of all wealth resides in love, nature, relationships with family and friends, and peace within ourselves. Napoleon Hill is so ahead of his time however you can see where his principles of success would apply to these ideals as well.

If you have read and enjoyed “The Secret” then you will enjoy this book as well, as it takes you deeper into the same philosophies.

Enjoy!

http://www.visionboardmax.com/ThinkandGrowRich.pdf

Creating a Better Life – The boy who harnessed the wind!

Goldilocks — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:05:47 +0000

The boy who harnessed the wind is a memoir of William Kamkwamba, a young African growing up in one of the poorest areas. He holds true to his vision and uses his creativity and resourcefulness to engineer wind energy. Allowing for a better life for his family and his village…an inspiring story!

http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/book.html

One person making a difference!

Love, Goldi

GoldilocksBlog.com

Searching for a perfect life in a perfect world…

Who’s Got Your Back?

Goldilocks — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:28:25 +0000

Keith Ferrazzi has a new book called Who’s Got Your Back. I have not read it nor have I read his first book Never Eat Alone, but may be I should. I believe that to have a perfect life in a perfect world, no matter what the life is that you want to create, that we need to have great relationships.

They say it takes a Village to raise a child, and I say that we need that village to stay with us as we grow old. The village may change a little, people moving in and people moving out, but we need people around us who have our backs. People, who care and support us, people who will not only hold us accountable but will encourage us to continue to create the life that we want.

We can not do it alone and feel fulfilled. Success at any level feels empty if you have no one to share it with, but that being said, we need to love ourselves first. We need to know the strength of our village members. We need to know who has our back, and if we find that our village is too small, or that no one in our village is capable of giving us the encouragement and support that we need. Then we need to love and respect ourselves enough to know, that it is time, to bring more people in.

Just a thought!

Love,

Goldi

Goldilocks Blog – Searching for the Perfect Life, in a Perfect World…