Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfu*k Yourself series)

by Gary John Bishop

All of these are real-life examples that some of my clients discovered about themselves that ultimately “proved” that one or both of their parents failed to do their job, that their experiences as children did not adequately prepare them for adulthood. This belief, conveniently, also allows for a ready-made explanation as to why they did what they did and why they, from time to time, acted like complete assholes to others in their life.

You have a gnawing craving and that craving is for prediction.

Uncertainty is where new happens.

“You don’t have to feel like today is your day; you just have to act like it is.”

Well, mostly because the other people in your life have gotten used to relating to you as a specific “kind” of person. So anytime you attempt to break out of that mold, you’re not only messing with your own world, you’re also messing with theirs.

Don’t expect victory or defeat. Plan for victory, learn from defeat.