You are a Badass
I am currently reading this book called You are a Badass by Jen Sincero, it is a self-help book for people who want to improve their lives. I had heard about this book for quite a while, and I've never really been one to actually enjoy reading books. I decided to take a leap and purchase this book after hearing nothing but positive things about it. I am now almost finished with the book after reading it for 3 weeks. Needless to say, I genuinely love this book and all the lessons it teaches you about how to become the best version of yourself.
There's one specific chapter that stood out to me and really spoke to me while reading, and that is chapter 11 named, "Your Brain is Your Bi*ch." In the chapter, Jen talks about how our brain is the most powerful thing in our body. When we think about things to be true of ourselves in our heads we believe them to be true in our realities. Your mind creates who you are and who you want to become and if it is anything less than what you truly want, than you are underestimating yourself.
When you step back and think about this you wonder about the multiple things you have told yourself to be true, even though you have every power in your existence to change it. If you wake up every morning telling yourself that you are horrible at school and you can't make friends in college, well then, you simply are going to have your mind fixated that that is your truth. If you tell yourself that you are the best at school and are going to make new friends this week and are set out to achieve those goals and make your truth a reality, then you have fixated your mind on that truth. You have to align your actions with your truth to make them come into reality.
It isn't easy to have this proper mindset, and it takes practice. The one's who wake up everyday and remind themselves that they CAN do anything they set their mind too, they CAN be successful, and that they BELIEVE in themselves, are the ones that are going to succeed with this. Everything that you desire is at the palm of your hands, you just have to make a change in your thinking and start believing in the not-yet seen. The results will appear on their own, you cannot expect to see results without trying.
Have determination that what you want in life will happen and take the steps you need in order to grasp ahold of that opportunity!
I feel like I can definitely agree with this whole situation. When you are hard and negative on yourself you tend to have a bad outcome in the end with whatever the situation you are putting that negative energy into. Same with positivity only difference is you will see good things coming your way. You will probably not notice it as quickly because you tend to pay attention when you want to see the signs or results fast. When you believe and just keep believing and praying and being determined then life will be so much easier .
ReplyDeleteI love that you were able to find a book that you really enjoyed! I have also heard about this book and have only heard good things about it. I feel like in my mind I tend to think negatively about situations that are new or that I don't understand. With that mindset I create a vicious cycle of negative thoughts. The brain is so powerful and it can change so much about who you are and how you feel. I've heard a say before that a lot of things in life are all mental. If you are in a bad situation you can change your mindset and try to see the positive in things.
ReplyDeleteI love everything that you just said, and I agree that having power over your mind is very important. You can create yourself to think in a more positive way, but it takes time and practice. Also if you're interested in another book, The Power of Now is a really good one. This book teaches very many valuable lessons and tries to help you understand things on a brighter outlook.
ReplyDeleteFirst off I have always struggled finding a book that I enjoy or that even interests me. So I'm happy you have found something that you can vibe with. Secondly I am so happy that you wrote on this because I feel the same way. I feel if you bring negative energy into your life more negative energy will occur. The more positive energy the absolute better. And I'm really going to have to look into reading this book with all of my new found down time.
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