“It’s a good thing I didn’t know what an upjill road I faced, it might have deterred me,” said Golden.

After several years of working in the corporate world, Golden made a leap into the unknown, starting a management consultant business.

“Going out on my own was something I always wanted to do. I wanted the diversity of lifestyle and the freedom, but I had no clients and no savings, all I had was a burning desire,” said Golden.

The experience of successfully pursuing his dreams made Beekman resident Golden want to help others. Using the principles he employed, Golden began writing a newspaper column, “Dare to Live Without Limits.”

The column, which formerly ran in Taconic Press, is now nationally syndicated, running in publications from Florida to Kansas, Last May, Golden published an expanded compilation of his columns.

Also titled “Dare to Live Without Limits” (Power Point Press), the book is on sale online at Barnes & Noble and Amazon and can be easily ordered by local booksellers.

Golden said he has put years of research and study into the book, learning from well-known motivational authors such as Napoleon Hill and Og Mandino.

At the center of his philosophy is the concept of living in the moment, not wasting time lamenting the past or fearing the future.

“The foundational principle is that you have total control over your mind and thoughts. Every person chooses to be positive or negative,” said Golden.

The principles of “Dare to Live Without Limits” can be applied to all walks of life.

“Success can be defined differently. It can be lifestyle, relationships or retirement. However, there is one definition of failure: when things don’t go the way you planned, you give up. It’s only when you give up that you have failed,” said Golden.

According to Golden, it is futile to attempt to control the environment around us. What is under everyone’s control is how he or she reacts to the environment around them. He illustrates his point by giving the example of a motorist who cuts in front of your car.

“Half the time the other person (motorist) doesn’t know you were there. By getting angry you are giving the other person the power to control your emotions,” said Golden.

Being aware of situations and stresses is more than half the battle in cultivating the habit of positive thinking. Golden said people fall into the trap of embalming their emotions with drugs and alcohol when they cannot identify the stresses in their lives.

In Golden’s world, it’s never too late to go after your dreams. He tells the story of a reader whose 44-year –old friend worried that she was too old to go to law school. The friend wondered what she was going to be doing in four years. The reader said “in four years, you’re going to be 48.”

You’re never going to be as young as you are today,” said Golden.

Golden compares worrying to sitting in a rocking chair: it takes a lot of work and it doesn’t get you anywhere.

Golden is getting the word out. He travels the country, giving lectures and meeting his readers.

“I’ve gotten very positive feedback. People write to me that they cut out my columns and put them on the refrigerator. To hear things like that is very gratifying,” he said.

The book is comprised of 47 chapters and can be read in a nonlinear fashion.

You can open to any chapter. Most people are pressed for time and you can take 3,4, or 5 minutes to read a chapter. It is written in plain English and the concepts are simple,” he said.

Golden is also an adjunct professor in the computer and business departments at Dutchess Community College.

For more information on Golden to to www.daretolive withoutlimits.com.