Girl, Go Get Your Life!
A Goal-Getter Journal For Women Who Want More
This book is like having a life, mindset, and business coach wrapped up in a book. Dr. Cherita Weatherspoon takes you on a journey that will empower you to live the life YOU want to live. Through the use of inspiring quotes, a gentle but direct and motivational approach to addressing the areas that tend to keep women from moving forward, and practical and powerful strategies that require you to reflect, clarify, identify and act,
Girl, Go Get Your Life! will transform your life.
If you're ready to move from being a goal-setter to a goal-getter, this is the book for you. It is not for the faint of heart. This is not a book you read; it's a book you do!
Overview
Girl, Go Get Your Life! lays out a practical yet powerful strategy for moving from where you are to where you want to be. This is not an instructional guide on setting SMART goals or developing a plan. This no-holds-barred approach to accomplishing your goals will take you from a place of mundane to magnificent, boring to brilliant, fear to fearless, and broken to whole. This is a “dig deep, do the work, and
discover who you really are” book. Dr. Cherita calls it a life application Journal.
Read the book.
Do the book.
If you do the work, your life will never be the same.
Girl, Go Get Your Life! is about changing your mindset, your attitude, and your behavior so you can change your life.
If you’re ready, let’s Go!
Book Features
Keys to Success
13 Goal-Getting Keys that will accelerate your success.
Inspiring Quotes
Powerful quotes from inspiring Black women to motivate you.
Journal Activities
Strategic questions that dig deeper to uncover what's holding you back and why.
Action Plan Guidelines
Each key challenges you to take an action that will propel you forward.
Read the Introduction
It is one thing to talk about and envision your future and to know where you want to go, but it is a totally different thing to know how to get from where you are to where you want to be. It is one thing to develop SMART goals and know the steps to take to accomplish your goals, but a totally different thing is to know how to deal with the challenges that you will face as you work towards meeting your goals.
You see, no matter how well you can write out or state a SMART goal, it is not enough to move you from where you are to where you want to be. Having a plan is not enough. Having an accountability partner, a mentor or friend who can help keep you on track, is not enough.
I am not telling you not to set goals, not to make sure they are SMART goals, not to write them down, not to plan, or not to find people to help you along the way. What I am telling you, however, is that there are going to be challenges that come your way and threaten to thwart your progress, get you off track, and in some cases totally destroy you. Some of these challenges will come simply because of the goals you have set, some will come because of decisions and choices you make that are not in your own best interest, others will come because some of the people in your life will not want to see you “make it,” and still others will come simply because challenges, issues, and problems are a part of life and everyone has something to deal with. No matter how good a person’s life may seem from the outside looking in, I can guarantee you that everyone has had some stuff to deal with as they have worked towards reaching their goals.
So, if everyone has some stuff to deal with, why is it that some people accomplish what they set out to accomplish and others do not? Why are some people successful while others fail? I believe it is because some people understand what the GO, G - O, in goal really means.
Girl, GO Get Your Life! is designed to help you deal with the stuff that keeps you from setting or accomplishing your goals. Through this life application journal, you will identify the things (and people) that have been distracting and deterring you. You will learn to release emotional baggage, relax and enjoy YOU, and you will develop the skills and the fortitude to make it into that small percentage of people who actually set and get their goals.
But, remember, for real change to occur, you will have to take action. You will need to do something –you will need to GO! This life application journal will help you do just that. My recommendation is to read through each step before going back to complete the journal entries. This will give you a clear understanding of the process and allow you to see how the steps work collaboratively to move you forward. Keep in mind that while this is a process and there are steps involved, the steps do not necessarily occur in sequential order. You may not work totally through one step before beginning the next; and some steps, like Gaze Over and Goof Off, are steps that you should repeat throughout the process. Adapt these steps as a continuous and perpetual approach to achieving your goals.
In each step, a description of what is necessary to move forward is provided. You are then asked to Reflect on what you’ve read–sharing both your thoughts and your feelings. Then you’ll move to very powerful and pointed questions that will help you to Identify the things that have been influencing you, holding you back, distracting you, or otherwise inhibiting your progress. The next section asks questions that will help you to Clarify where you are now and how you want or need to move forward. Finally, each step asks you to Act.
It is your commitment to taking the time to respond to these questions and then to implement them in your life that will make the difference in where you are today and where you will be 12 months from now. It is a small thing that brings about a major impact. It won’t take a lot of time, but it will take a lot of heart. This is soul work. Are you ready? I’m with you, so girl, let’s GO!
Testimonials
“Cherita Weatherspoon’s GO formula provides us with an inspirational, practical, fail-proof guide for how to initiate the process of real change in our lives. Honest, deep, self-reflection is without question one of the disciplines that absolutely all successful people consistently employ in their lives and in their work. In quick, fun, immediately effective steps, this book gets you refocused, reflecting, motivated, and prepared to accomplish your goals and to change your life. You are smart to both read and share this book with your families, friends and the teams you lead because the strategies in it enable you to inject positive change into your business and into your life right away!”
Je'neen Barlow
Author, Speaker, Executive Coach
Barlow Enterprises
“The GO strategy serves as a beautiful conduit for anyone who finds themselves stuck and stagnant between who they are now and who they ultimately want to become. As an entertainment correspondent, producer and content creator whose job is to deliver high profile in depth celebrity interviews across global multiple media platforms along with negotiating contracts with media elites in Hollywood, New York, and London, I have found the coaching offered in this book by Dr. Weatherspoon bar none. In order to execute at the highest level of my craft and sustain in the ever changing but always competitive space of entertainment news, it is imperative that I continue to implement the components of Dr. Weatherspoon's GO strategy. In a point by point layout that consists of awareness and accountability for one's own actions, Dr. Weatherspoon has successfully laid out a blueprint of characteristics that prepares the reader to want success, embrace success, and expect success. Her instructions require work and patience. But, more importantly, her instructions will guide you to the epicenter of opportunity and the ability to be like hinds and place your feet on high places.”
Tanisha LaVerne Grant
Independent Entertainment Correspondent
“From the start, I was drawn into critical reflection. Having spent years sifting through different tools for self-care, for help to live the life I want and am living on purpose and to be selfless in my care of the world around me, I found the very first step familiar, and necessary, and still drawn to think deeply about whether I have indeed grown as much as possible in regard to rising above past hurt and pain. Girl, Go Get Your Life! asks you to consider questions that may be unparalleled in any other coaching tool. ‘Is whatever is holding you back WORTH giving away your power or sacrificing your dreams?’ There are success superpowers and this book acknowledges that they are in you and helps you unleash them as if you are in life coaching sessions. This tool puts life coaching at the fingertips of millions and better yet, you can work through this process over and over and over again for any personal, professional or business goals. Get ready, get set, Girl, Go!”
Rochelle Peterson-Ansari
Educational Leadership Specialist, Trainer Perceptions Unlimited
About the Author
Dr. Cherita Weatherspoon is an Operations Strategist, Alignment Coach, Publisher, Speaker, and Author dedicated to helping women launch and grow impactful six-figure businesses. Through The Aligned Biz Co brand, she empowers women to move beyond limiting beliefs and take action toward their goals, while balancing success and well-being.
Cherita's mission is to elevate women’s thinking, guiding them to embrace possibilities and step into their fullest potential without overwhelm. With a rich background in education and coaching, Cherita holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership, certifications in coaching, and is an International Best-Selling Author.
As a wife, mother of four, and former higher education leader, Cherita understands the challenges that highly skilled women face when pursuing their dreams. After 20+ years in academia, she chose to take a leap and build her own legacy—impacting women’s lives through coaching, speaking, and publishing.