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Connected to Goodness: Manifest Everything You Desire in Business and Life
David Meltzer was at the top of his game in the business world as C.E.O. to sports super-agent Leigh Steinberg, played by Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire. He worked alongside Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon and lectured around the globe. But something was missing, and the multimillionaire went on a rapid downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. It was only then that David realized that in order to revive and thrive, he needed to blend spirituality with business. The result of his transformation is his remarkably successful venture, Sports 1 Marketing. In Connected To Goodness, David reveals his proven principles for success that will bring you the same peace and balance he now enjoys in both business and life, which allows him to live his make a lot of money, help a lot of people, and have a lot of fun.
216 pages, Paperback
First published December 18, 2013
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August 28, 2022
I recommend this read. It's filled with an abundance of quotes that I love and stories. Dave proposes that there are 7 interconnected principles (Foundation, Guideposts, Manifestation, Discipline, Strategy, Understanding, and Destination) each supported with 4 components called key elements that are required to thrive, in a technical and spiritual sense, creating an energy that scales itself by generating its own “like-kind” energy. Here are are few teasers:
Confidence in what you’re trying to manifest will attract what you desire. Personal values are the most valuable of your assets as they’re based on your own perception and priorities. Courage is an important personal value because it manifests confidence. Someone who projects insecurity or takes a position of fear will attract more fear or more of the wrong things, and will not be successful.
“It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not.” In trying to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. You end up spreading yourself too thin and resentment follows. Have the courage to be who you want to be and to adhere to all of your values. Be courageous and express your opinions and ideas honestly. Sun Tzu teaches us that “he who is quick tempered can be insulted.” Don’t let your ego get in your way. Be able to control your emotions and shift your energy when you get disconnected from source or goodness. Don’t respond with negative energy. Instead, silently pray your way to happiness and walk away. If someone does not like something about you, simply don’t give it any energy.
Evan Esar said, “Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.”
Sun Tzu teaches: “He who is moral can be shamed.” He means to live “above the line” in a state of accountability, instead of like most people who live in a state of blame, shame and justification.
As Oscar Wilde wrote, “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” He also said, “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” In order for you to learn, you must make mistakes. It’s the challenges, the struggles, the successes and failures that make us who we are today. Appreciate all of your experiences and learn from them. It’s important to be more interested than interesting to learn from others’ experiences.
Look for progress, not perfection. In order to heal or help, you need to create energy in a diverse or reactive manner. Put out the energy you want for others and take care of yourself.
He espouses the AAA Strategy of Alignment, taking Action and Adjusting accordingly to manifest what best connects you to source or goodness. “Source” is God, Jesus, Buddha, the universe, or whatever it is you want to call it. It is the only thing out there that has no equal and opposite.
As John Dunn said, “No man is an island.” Everyone and everything is interconnected. Quantum physics has shown that everything vibrates. We can only be aware of those things which vibrate equal to or slower than us.
What you give, you will get back or receive. Stay connected with the flow of energy. Be the first to arrive and the last to leave. Get noticed and be more productive. Be proactive. Make mistakes, but learn and be accountable. Your new “comfort zone” emerges from your previous “learning zone.” Constructive criticism is necessary. Work for people who have high standards, and work for the best who demand the best. Follow through and see things to their end. You can’t quit every job when it gets tough. You cannot be offended when you hear others talking about you. You also must do your best to not offend others. Speak the truth, and the truth will be spoken about you. Make your relationships deep and meaningful. Surround yourself with the people, places and things you desire. Likes attract likes. Emulate and find the right crowd.
Confidence in what you’re trying to manifest will attract what you desire. Personal values are the most valuable of your assets as they’re based on your own perception and priorities. Courage is an important personal value because it manifests confidence. Someone who projects insecurity or takes a position of fear will attract more fear or more of the wrong things, and will not be successful.
“It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not.” In trying to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. You end up spreading yourself too thin and resentment follows. Have the courage to be who you want to be and to adhere to all of your values. Be courageous and express your opinions and ideas honestly. Sun Tzu teaches us that “he who is quick tempered can be insulted.” Don’t let your ego get in your way. Be able to control your emotions and shift your energy when you get disconnected from source or goodness. Don’t respond with negative energy. Instead, silently pray your way to happiness and walk away. If someone does not like something about you, simply don’t give it any energy.
Evan Esar said, “Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.”
Sun Tzu teaches: “He who is moral can be shamed.” He means to live “above the line” in a state of accountability, instead of like most people who live in a state of blame, shame and justification.
As Oscar Wilde wrote, “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” He also said, “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” In order for you to learn, you must make mistakes. It’s the challenges, the struggles, the successes and failures that make us who we are today. Appreciate all of your experiences and learn from them. It’s important to be more interested than interesting to learn from others’ experiences.
Look for progress, not perfection. In order to heal or help, you need to create energy in a diverse or reactive manner. Put out the energy you want for others and take care of yourself.
He espouses the AAA Strategy of Alignment, taking Action and Adjusting accordingly to manifest what best connects you to source or goodness. “Source” is God, Jesus, Buddha, the universe, or whatever it is you want to call it. It is the only thing out there that has no equal and opposite.
As John Dunn said, “No man is an island.” Everyone and everything is interconnected. Quantum physics has shown that everything vibrates. We can only be aware of those things which vibrate equal to or slower than us.
What you give, you will get back or receive. Stay connected with the flow of energy. Be the first to arrive and the last to leave. Get noticed and be more productive. Be proactive. Make mistakes, but learn and be accountable. Your new “comfort zone” emerges from your previous “learning zone.” Constructive criticism is necessary. Work for people who have high standards, and work for the best who demand the best. Follow through and see things to their end. You can’t quit every job when it gets tough. You cannot be offended when you hear others talking about you. You also must do your best to not offend others. Speak the truth, and the truth will be spoken about you. Make your relationships deep and meaningful. Surround yourself with the people, places and things you desire. Likes attract likes. Emulate and find the right crowd.
June 8, 2015
Connected to Goodness is supposed to be a self-help book with great advice about how to get the most out of your life.
However, it is written by the most stereotypical, hippie Californian who believes that the more vibrating energy we send out the better we will be, and that the more nicely we speak to water, the cleaner it will be.
According to the author, if we are not getting the things in life we want, or are not making enough money, it is because we are not trying hard enough, sending out enough positive vibrations, or meditating enough.
What a load of BS.
There are plenty of people who work extremely hard and still are not rewarded for their efforts, or just can't seem to get ahead or make ends meet.
The author is an arrogant, rich person who believes his opinions will help everyone to make more money. Well, for him, losing $200,000 is not a big deal, but not everyone is so lucky or connected.
Speaking of being connected... there is no goodness in this book. Although in the title, the author never explains what this goodness is. It certainly is NOT about being a good and charitable person and giving back to the community.
It's whatever makes you the most money.
I did continue reading it, because it kept getting more ridiculous, and I wanted to see how many times the word manifest was used on a page.
Connected to Goodness is a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Give it a miss, unless you are looking for a good laugh.
However, it is written by the most stereotypical, hippie Californian who believes that the more vibrating energy we send out the better we will be, and that the more nicely we speak to water, the cleaner it will be.
According to the author, if we are not getting the things in life we want, or are not making enough money, it is because we are not trying hard enough, sending out enough positive vibrations, or meditating enough.
What a load of BS.
There are plenty of people who work extremely hard and still are not rewarded for their efforts, or just can't seem to get ahead or make ends meet.
The author is an arrogant, rich person who believes his opinions will help everyone to make more money. Well, for him, losing $200,000 is not a big deal, but not everyone is so lucky or connected.
Speaking of being connected... there is no goodness in this book. Although in the title, the author never explains what this goodness is. It certainly is NOT about being a good and charitable person and giving back to the community.
It's whatever makes you the most money.
I did continue reading it, because it kept getting more ridiculous, and I wanted to see how many times the word manifest was used on a page.
Connected to Goodness is a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Give it a miss, unless you are looking for a good laugh.
January 8, 2015
After reading Connected to Goodness - Manifest Everything You Desire in Business and Life by David Meltzer, the overwhelmed and unfulfilled feelings that had become increasingly difficult to address on a daily basis suddenly rather insignificant. From the incredibly sincere words of Hall of Fame Quarterback, Warren Moon kindly shared in the Foreword of the book to the realistically attainable Seven Principles illustrated in Connected to Goodness, I was immediately connected to the positive energy and guided concepts of Meltzer. The thought that immediately came to mind- "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
Providing clear and simple wisdom from the learned experiences of life, David Meltzer has written a very basic means for clarifying the complications that we allow into our lives. His words are a well-organized collection of truths that we many time have known all along yet failed to acknowledge due to our own limitations. My takeaway, "It's the challenges, the struggles, the success and failures that make me who I am today. Appreciate all of your experiences, and learn from them in order to stay connected to the source and goodness."
Providing clear and simple wisdom from the learned experiences of life, David Meltzer has written a very basic means for clarifying the complications that we allow into our lives. His words are a well-organized collection of truths that we many time have known all along yet failed to acknowledge due to our own limitations. My takeaway, "It's the challenges, the struggles, the success and failures that make me who I am today. Appreciate all of your experiences, and learn from them in order to stay connected to the source and goodness."
December 17, 2019
When you write about woo, you can basically say anything you want. Which is the case with this book. Some statements were downright rubbish (e.g. Meltzer writes that science has "shown" that when you transmit negative thoughts to a glass of water, it will turn brown, thus demonstrating the power of thought waves - yes, he actually did say this, and I think he's referring to Masaru Emoto's pseudoscientific experiments on water and how its molecular structure can be changed by the projection of thought on it), while others were not so nonsensical but still a huge bunch of made-up BS.
Meltzer's background is in sales, and he is by his own admission a very strong salesman who could sell anything, which explains why the entire book sounds like a huge sales pitch, and everything he says is geared at making you buy into his concept of how to "manifest".
As the book progresses and he tells you more about himself, you learn that he used to run a gambling site and have absolutely no qualms about it. The reason he now thinks this wasn't a wise thing to do, is because it "attracted negative energy" into his life. And not because it could potentially ruin other lives.
At heart, Meltzer comes across as a selfish man with no morals who got lucky, but thinks he has life figured out, is now enlightened, and has all the answers.
I'm not sure I'd take any advice from such a person, woo or not.
Meltzer's background is in sales, and he is by his own admission a very strong salesman who could sell anything, which explains why the entire book sounds like a huge sales pitch, and everything he says is geared at making you buy into his concept of how to "manifest".
As the book progresses and he tells you more about himself, you learn that he used to run a gambling site and have absolutely no qualms about it. The reason he now thinks this wasn't a wise thing to do, is because it "attracted negative energy" into his life. And not because it could potentially ruin other lives.
At heart, Meltzer comes across as a selfish man with no morals who got lucky, but thinks he has life figured out, is now enlightened, and has all the answers.
I'm not sure I'd take any advice from such a person, woo or not.
December 29, 2019
I think when I checked this book out, that I thought of it as more relating to the inspirational, spirituality, Law of Attraction kind of approach - and, while it does have much of that, it was also about how to apply the author's 7 principles to all areas of life with a big focus on business and sales (and sports!). It did reiterate some things I've read in other books, while also having its own take on some of them, which I enjoyed, even if the sports and sales bits just weren't my proverbial cup of tea.
December 23, 2023
Overall, this book had some good big picture ideas, but only a few specific steps I felt I could take action on. I didn’t agree with everything in the book, but that’s usually the case when I read self-help books about manifesting success. There was a lot of name dropping throughout the book which rubbed me the wrong way. Many of the ideas were repetitive which was helpful to drive the points home in some cases, but it was a little too much overall.
December 8, 2020
Didn't resonate. Too much about energy and source.
June 22, 2021
Inspiring principles and key elements but the writing is repetitive and all over the place.
November 2, 2021
Super practical advice to manifest in business and in life!
December 30, 2024
A lot of great points if you just recognize who the "goodness/source" he continually refers to actually is.
March 5, 2025
Great insight and perspectives!
March 12, 2020
I have been learning a ton from David Meltzer and have been attracted to more and more of his teachings on social media. It wasn’t until I met him in person and got his book, that I decided to crack it open.
And I’m glad I did, because it certainly came at a great time.
In terms of the book itself, it had a great structure.
Foundation, Guideposts, Manifestation, Discipline, Strategy, Understanding, and Destination. All of the things touched upon come from years of failures from Dave. For that, I’m extremely grateful for Dave!
And I’m glad I did, because it certainly came at a great time.
In terms of the book itself, it had a great structure.
Foundation, Guideposts, Manifestation, Discipline, Strategy, Understanding, and Destination. All of the things touched upon come from years of failures from Dave. For that, I’m extremely grateful for Dave!
January 21, 2015
Reviewed by Terry: "I found this book to be inspirational and full of wonderful advice but a bit dry to read. Some will find everything they are looking for inside while others will wonder why they tried to read it. I admit I felt better after reading this book and would offer it to my friends." An Arc was provided by Strategies in exchange for an honest review.
December 17, 2019
David Meltzer is a very successful man. I was hoping to learn something. Meltzer has 7 principles for success and 4 "key elements" for each principle. That's 28 things that you have to exemplify or do if you want to be successful, according to him. It's too complicated. Worse, it's unstructured. There is no process to start where you are and grow. Just do them all at once.
February 14, 2025
David gives tons of great advice in this book from things like business to life. While I do think a few of his chapters on frequencies are questionable, there’s no doubt that this book has some solid insight on how to become better in all facets of life. 3.5/5
March 16, 2019
Great read!
Dave meltzer is the real deal. A great human and author. I love this book and will be reading again. Highly recommended!
Dave meltzer is the real deal. A great human and author. I love this book and will be reading again. Highly recommended!
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