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

by Gary John Bishop

neuroscience and psychology adds weight to the idea that the kind of talk you engage in has a profound impact on the quality of your life.

Assertive self-talk is when you stake a claim for this moment of time, right here and now. When you start to talk in terms of “I am . . .” or “I embrace . . .” or “I accept . . .” or “I assert . . . ,” all of which are powerful and commanding uses of language rather than the narrative of “I will . . .” or “I’m going to . . .”

The better you understand your patterns the better shot you have in altering them.

The thing is, the negative experiences we have rarely stay contained to that one issue. They spread. Like a toxic chemical, they seep into all aspects of our lives.

“Get connected to your reality, your real life instead of your emotionally soaked self-talk narrative about your life.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle

Love the life you have, not the one you expected to have. “Stay out of the swamp of mediocrity and drama, reach for your greatest self, your greatest potential, and challenge yourself to live that life every single day of it.”

“It’s this simple: in order to improve your internal world, you have to start by taking action in the external world. Get out of your mind, and get out into your life.”

Dammit, WAKE UP! The regret will course through your body, your mind, your heart. It’ll be crushing. Unbearable. You’re not sure whether to fear death or to welcome it, just so it can take you out of this misery.

And every time you think you “can’t” stop, that’s just another excuse. You can. You can, and you will. Stop buying yourself off. Stop letting your internal condition dominate the quality of your life. Take back the wheel.

GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

You have to claim your greatness.

And your actions are the only thing separating you from where you are and where you want to be.