Goal Girl’s Blog

Hi! I’m so glad you came by to visit! This being a newish blog, traffic isn’t yet what it will be soon . But I wanted to thank each and every one of you who do stop by on a regular basis… My friend Jennifer Ledbetter, aka, “PotPieGirl” has put together a Squidoo lens-building guide that she is giving away for free. You don’t have to buy anything to get it, though she’ll tell you a bit about “One Week Marketing” in the bargain.

If you don’t know what Squidoo is all about, jump on over and take a look (then come right back, y’hear?). Squidoo is free, you can create as many pages (called lenses) as you like. You can write about (almost) anything that you fancy, promote your products or someone else, promote causes, initiate some heated political discussion, interact with folks… and you can make some money while you are at it… either for yourself or for charity. You can check out some of my lenses listed at the bottom of my Squidoo profile.

Squidoo was founded by Seth Godin, and you don’t know know who Seth Godin is, I highly recommend anything he’s written. He’s an amazing marketing free-thinker… You can find his blog at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ . I reviewed his book “The Dip” some time back… a short, but profound read.

Anyway, the uses for Squidoo lenses are nigh infinite. Google is sweet on Squidoo, so it’s great for bum marketing. You can use a lense as a blog. You can highlight your favorite videos and images. You can market your eBay store. Create a travelog. Promote a charity. Etcetera.

Squidoo figures prominently in PotPieGirl’s One Week Marketing, which is one reason why she is giving this extensive guide away, but the squidoo guide is valuable all on it’s own as well… Go check it out!

The Fifth Installment of Five: Time-honored Tips to Boost Your Goal Chasing Success.

How many times has this happened to you?

You start out on a weightloss journey. Family, a major holiday, hormones, your best gal pals from college, any excuse shows up at your doorstep and you break your diet. You beat yourself up over the next couple of weeks, “Oh, I’ll *never* be able to stick to this; I’ll always be fat!!! Well, since I’m always going to be fat, what’s the point,” and you grab another handful of cheat-o’s [sic].

What will happen if you let yourself wallow in self-castigation? Your prophecy will be fulfilled. You’ll always be fat. Until you are dead. What would happen if you, instead of wearing self-doubt as a defense against commitment, you got up, brushed off the crumbs, and said, “Oh well, that was yesterday. Guess I just needed a little break, but now it’s time to get back to eating the way I should. And you pack your gym bag and head off to the gym.

Which strategy is more likely to lead to success? If you kick your setbacks in the teeth by putting your rear in gear, and getting back up on the horse, you will succeed.

And forgive yourself.

Was your goal to be perfect, or was your goal to lose Xlbs of weight before XX/XX/XXXX ? If it was to be perfect, good luck, because I’m guessing there is paralysis down that path… you’ll keep editing that article until it’s stale news, you’ll never try anything you’re not good at, because you won’t be perfect…

You know what, I’m a lousy, lousy tennis player. I suck cookies. My friends still like to play tennis with me because I don’t get down about it… I laugh my butt off because me on a tennis court is friggin’ hilarious. I give my tennis partners the best game I can. They enjoy playing with me because they don’t know what to expect, and because we always leave the courts with a grin.

You know what else? Because I didn’t throw my tennis rackets into the trash bin when it became abundantly clear that I’d never be “perfect”, I’m a much better player today than I was ten years ago in spite of knees that are 10 years old and wiser.