You Are a Badass

You Are A Badass is a book which explains how and why we are the way we are. The author shows how we can embrace our inner badass, how to get over our own badass and finally, how to get out there and kick some ass!

Jen Sincero says, “My subconscious made me do it!” She emphasizes the important role the subconscious mind plays in every decision we make. She describes the subconscious mind as the blueprint for our lives; essentially comprising we consider to be our beliefs. She went further emphasizing  the importance of embracing the moment and being present. Doing it will let you lead a richer, joy-filled life. She says “being present gets you out of your head and connects you to source energy, which raises your frequency and attracts things like frequency to you.” And all the high-frequency things and experiences are already here, just waiting for you to be part of the party. All you have to do is shut up, show up and usher them in.

You Are A Badass also describes ego as a false self, the self that is essentially being an asshole. Ego is a big snooze because if your ego is acting up, it’s because we are still asleep and yet to realize how amazing we are and how wonderful the world is. The big snooze will do everything it can to stop you from changing and growing, especially since you’re attempting to obliterate the very identity that you and everyone else has come to know as ‘you’. The author took a step further by offering some thoughts to prevent the ugly ego from acting up. Some of which are:

-Stop at nothing

-Have faith

-Stay on course no matter what happens

-Believe that you are awesome

Jen prioritizes the concept of self-love, believing you can’t be unhappy with self-love. You have to start appreciating how special you are, drown yourself in affirmations, do things you love, let the love in and don’t compare yourself to others. You have to stop worrying about what others think and stay true to yourself. You can’t control people’s perception about you because it says more about them than it does you. What you can control is what you say and do. So keep being you and celebrate you.

This book also talks about the act of positive thinking. Through your life, send awesomeness to everyone around you. It can be as simple as smiling or by complimenting people and making them laugh.

In life, we get to choose and experience and in essence, our reality which comes down to choosing to create a life you want to live. Let go of things that don’t serve you well and change your reality to one filled with joy and happy experience. Jen said “most of the time, it’s not lack of experience that’s holding us back but rather lack the determination to do the needful to be successful. We put so much energy into coming up with excuses why we can’t be, do or have the things that we want, so our next step is, designing the perfect distractions to keep us from our dreams.” Jen highlights procrastination as one of the key ways you constantly self-sabotage.  All it takes to turn the fear factor around is learning to be comfortable instead of terrified of the unknown. And this is done through hope, the greatest gift to us humans is to belief in things not seen. So, we have to take a leap of faith into a real realm that you strongly desire to be in. Demand of yourself that you rise to the occasion and start living your damn life already.

As a closing argument, Jen sums it up by saying “give yourself the permission and the means to be who you are, regardless of what anybody else thinks or believes is possible. You are powerful, you are loved and you are surrounded by miracles. Believe what you desire is here and you can have it all, yes, all!  If haters going to hate, then doers going to do. So start doing!

THE BIG THREE – KEY POINTS

Key point #1: Don’t worry what people think about you. Keep doing what needs to be done. as a principle, only actions bring reactions. Do productive and positive actions.

Key point #2: Forgive yourself. Mistakes along the way are learning experiences. Perfection is an illusion for the ego.

Key point #3: Don’t let your ego or any one’s ego gets in the way.

One Last Thing

“We only get to be in our bodies for a limited time, why not celebrate the journey instead of merely riding it out until it’s over?”

― Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life