You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

by Jen Sincero

Where you couldn’t wait to wake up in the morning and go do your thing?

When we’re in fear, we hold on to what we’ve got because we don’t trust that there’s more.

every action has an equal and opposite reaction—so the more you give, the more you receive. And vice versa.

If

you want to attract good things and feelings into your life, send awesomeness out to everyone around you. Here are some good ways to get in the give-and-take flow, yo:

You cut yourself off from the supply of awesomeness when you are not in a state of gratitude.

gratitude is a state of being.

Faith is your best buddy when you’re scared shitless.

When you are consistently in a state of gratitude, and aware of all the awesomeness that already exists, it, among many other things, makes it much easier for you to believe that there’s more awesomeness where that came from, and that this yet-to-be-manifested awesomeness is also available to you.

You’ve received awesomeness before, so of course, you can receive awesomeness again. This is how gratitude strengthens your faith. And having strong fait...

both unwavering faith and unwavering gratitude for that which you desire.

believing in the not yet manifested (having faith), but being grateful for it.

If you want to get over your issues and rock your life, be grateful, look for the good and learn.

Stopping and noticing throughout the day all the things that you can be grateful for is a great way to keep your frequency high at all times.

3. LOVE YOURSELF Be grateful for all you are and all that you’re becoming.

When it comes to our emotional pain, however, we’re apparently way more game for seeing just how much torture we can endure, wallowing in our guilt, shame, resentment, and self-loathing, sometimes for entire lifetimes. We prolong our misery by holding on to our ill feelings

We relive our worst moments over and over and over instead of letting them go, we pick at the emotional scabs and refuse to let the healing happen and the pain subside.

Whatever happened, happened. Holding on will not change this fact, it will just keep the negative feelings from the past alive, keep you a prisoner to your pain and lower your frequency.

Think of this little person acting out of fear,

ERASE THE OTHER PERSON FROM THE EQUATION

When someone does something awful to you, take that person out of the equation so you can open yourself up to have a more pleasant, and productive, reaction (and life). It’s not about them anyway, it’s about you. If you have nobody to be angry at, it’s hard to be angry. Instead, it opens the incident up for questioning. Why did this happen? How was I involved? Why did I attract this to myself? How can I grow from this? How can I find compassion for everyone involved? When you’re consumed by resentment, the lesson can’t get through all your inner, and outer, screaming and yelling. Do yourself a favor and use irritating situations and people as opportunities for growth, not pain.

DECIDE YOU’D RATHER BE HAPPY THAN RIGHT

Sometimes the road to freedom lies in deciding you’d rather b...

We can see what we want, and nearly kill ourselves trying to get it in a way that’s not working.

if we just stopped, got quiet for a minute or two, and looked at things a little differently, we’d notice the door to what we want being held open for us by the nice lady in the bathrobe across the room. Then all we’d have to do is fly through it.

literally infinite sea of possibilities and opportunities surrounding us at every single moment.

All this stuff didn’t suddenly appear and then you noticed it, it was there all along, you just weren’t experiencing it because your focus was directed somewhere else.

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BECOME AWARE OF WHAT YOUR STORIES ARE

We call these “stories” because they are just that. They are not the truth. And they can be rewritten. You’re the author of your own life—

the sooner you decide to write yourself a better script, the sooner you get to live a more awesome life.

power of thought to change your attitude and change your life.

rewriting your stories and create the kind of life you love.

Now look at your list of false rewards for what they really are: scared little parts of yourself acting out. Thank them for trying to protect you and for keeping you company, but tell them it’s time to run along now.

Imagine that childish version of yourself leaving your body and the powerful adult stepping in. Breathe in the adult; breathe out the kid and the old story.

Feel it. Get excited by it.

Then make

the

wet.

GET OUT OF YOUR ROUTINE

walk taller, notice five awesome things you’ve never noticed about your home, your beliefs, your mother, your face. Do things that pull you out of your routine and you’ll be amazed by the new realities that were there all along that suddenly present themselves.

SIDESTEP THE SPIRAL

If something negative happens in your life, feel it, learn from it, let it go, and get back to focusing on the life you’re excited to live.

LOVE YOURSELF More than you love your drama.

just start. Now. Do whatever it takes.

Procrastination is one of the most popular forms of self-sabotage because it’s really easy.

If you’re serious about changing your

life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.

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