Book summary: You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero

How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life

REASONS TO LOVE YOURSELF

Love yourself…

1. Because it’s the Holy Grail of happiness.
2. No matter what anyone else thinks.
3. Like you are the only you there is.
4. No matter who you really are.
5. Unless you have a better idea.
6. And the bluebirds of happiness will be your permanent backup singers.
8. And everybody benefits.
9. Be grateful for all you are and all that you are becoming.
10. You deserve it.
11. And life becomes a party.
12. More than you love your drama.
13. Right now, where you are at.
14. You are doing an awesome job.
15. And you will be invincible.
16. Fiercely, loyally, unapologetically.
17. While you have still got the chance.
18. You can do anything.
19. And you will have it all.
20. And the Motherlode shall bestow her magic upon you.
21. With a Kung Fu grip.
22. You are a badass.

Lessons from the book

1. Our conscious mind thinks it’s in control, but it isn’t. Our subconscious mind doesn’t think about anything but is in control.

2. All of us are connected to this limitless power and most of us aren’t using but a fraction of it.

3. The universe will match whatever vibration you put out. And you can’t fool the universe.

4. In order to truly raise your vibration, you’ve got to believe that everything you want is available to you.

5. It’s not that the things and opportunities that we want in life don’t exist yet. It’s that we’re not yet aware of their existence (or the fact that we can really have them.)

6. It’s just as easy to believe we’re awesome as it is to believe we’re giant sucking things.

7. When we’re happy and all in love with ourselves, we can’t be bothered with the bullshit (our own or other people’s).

8. All that matters is what’s true for you, and you can stay connected to that without straying, you will be a mighty superhero.

9. Most answers reveal themselves through doing, not thinking.

10. Our fantasies are our realities in an excuse-free world.

11. The moment you dare to start believing in the not-yet seen, your reality will begin to shift.

12. Being in gratitude for the not-yet manifested informs the universe that you know that what you desire already exists, and puts you at the right frequency to receive it.

13. Our entire experience on this planet is determined by how we choose to perceive our reality.

14. Going out into the world and trying, yet still deep down believing that you’re ruled by your past circumstances, is like forgiving someone but still hoping they sit in something wet.

15. Because so often when we say we’re unqualified for something, what we’re really saying is that we’re too scared to try it, not that we can’t do it.

16. If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.

17. Life is but a dream. Don’t turn it into a nightmare.

18. Do what you can do in joy, instead of trying to do it all in misery.

19. To fear or not to fear, that is the question.

20. Is your fear greater than your faith in the unknown (and yourself)? Or is your faith in the known (and yourself) greater than your fear?

21. On the other side of fear is your freedom.

22. The people you surround yourself with are excellent mirrors for who you are and how much, or how little, you love yourself.

23. At the end of the day it’s not about them, it’s about you believing you’re worthy of being loved and see for who you really are.

24. Never apologize for who you are. It lets the whole world down.

26. Deciding is freedom. Indecision is torture.

27. Decisions are not up for negotiation.

28. When you up-level your idea of what’s possible and decide to really go for it, you open yourself up to the means to accomplish it as well.

29. Your beliefs hold the key to your financial success.

30. One of the best things you can do to improve the world is to improve yourself.

31. Money is an exchange of energy between people.

32. Your faith in the universe must be stronger than your fear of not getting what you want.

33. Surrendering is the part where you hand the job over to the universe.

34. An epiphany is a visceral understanding of something you already know.

26 Badass Quotes from the book

1. “You can start out with nothing, and out of nothing, and of no way, a way will be made.”
– Reverend Michael Bernard Beckwith.

2. “You are a victim of the rules you live by.”
– Jenny Holzer

3. “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
– Nokola Tesla

4. “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
– Lao Tzu

5. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
– Kurt Cobain

6. “If we really live ourselves, everything in our life works.”
– Louise Hay

7. “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb. I also know in not blonde.”
– Dolly Parton

8. “The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”
– Joseph Campbell

9. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
– Andre Gide

10. “You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.”
– Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

11. “Mind is the master power that moulds and makes
And man is Mind and evermore he takes
The tool of Thoughts and, shaping what he wills
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills.
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass:
Environment is but his looking glass.”
– James Allen

12. “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
– Shunryu Suzuki

13. “It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
– Anthony Robbins

15. “Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.”
– Lily Tomlin

16. “You don’t paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.”
-Kris Kristofferson

17. “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
– Albert Einstein

18. “In order to kick ass, you must first lift up your foot.”
– Jen Sincero

19. “I have lived in life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.”
– Mark Twain

20. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

21. “It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.”
-Keith Richards

22. “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.”
– W.H. Murray

23. “I worked for a menial’s hire
Only to learn, dismayed
That any wage I asked of Life
Life would have willingly paid.”
– Anonymous

24. “Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life and see how life suddenly starts working for you, rather than against you.”
– Eckhart Tolle

25. “God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.”
-Ralph Waldo

26. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible.”
– Audrey Hepburn

Love Yourself YOU DESERVE IT!