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141 " If you spend your life wanting to be happy, by its very nature you’re constantly starting from a place of unhappy. "
― Gary John Bishop , Stop Doing That Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back
142 " As I consistently say to my clients, you don’t have to feel like today is your day, you just have to act like it is. "
― Gary John Bishop , Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
143 " When you expect nothing, you’re living in the moment. You’re not worrying about the future or rejecting the past. You’re simply embracing your situation as it comes. When you accept everything, that doesn’t mean you are okay with it or that you agree with it, but simply that you are owning it and in charge of it. "
144 " The reason you keep running into the same problems in life is because you are always engaging with them from the same angle. You have become so obsessed with trying to fix the problems from this particular view, you have forgotten your ninja power—you can shift your angle on it. You can stand in a new place and look out and handle life from there. "
― Gary John Bishop , Wise as Fu*k: Simple Truths to Guide You Through the Sh*tstorms of Life
145 " when those feelings of shame or panic or guilt shut you down or you’re gripped by the all-consuming fear of the unknown. "
146 " As you’ve probably noticed, when you do try to stay in your comfort zone, you never truly feel comfortable. There’s always that nagging feeling that you could be doing more. There’s always that desire for a life that’s better than the one you have now. "
147 " Often the reason you can’t see the solution is because you’re too close to the problem. Zoom out a little, zoom out a LOT and look at the big picture. This is a phenomenon similar to what psychologists call “cognitive restructuring”—shifting the way in which your problems are presenting themselves in your life. "
148 " There’s nothing quite so damaging as the human desire to be right. "
149 " Life won’t stop for your pauses and procrastinations. It won’t stop for your confusion or fear. It will continue right along without you. "
150 " Fuck how you feel, ACT! "
151 " Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” - Dale Carnegie "
152 " You might be dreading it but you can do it. It’s not the task that’s important, it’s the life that’s available after that’s at stake here. When you are free to be open and available, with nothing held back, no lies, no withholds or half-truths, you really are your most expressive, most alive self. "
153 " If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” - Epictetus "
154 " Remember that the next time you’re not “feeling it.” When you’re not in the mood to go to work or take a significant step in life. When you’re doubting yourself too much to get started. Forget all of it. Just take that first step. And the next one. And the next one. You are not your thoughts. Act. You are what you do. "
155 " You’re always winning because your brain is wired to. The trouble comes when what you really want—on a subconscious level—and what you say you want are different, sometimes radically so. "
156 " Focus on the things you can control and release yourself from worrying about what you can’t, like the weather, the Dow Jones, or what your neighbor thinks about your haircut. "
157 " Your future is not the answer to your present. "
158 " If you’re not willing to take the actions to change your situation—in other words, if you’re willing to put up with your situation—then, whether you like it or not, that is the life you have chosen. "
159 " If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.” - Socrates "
160 " I am not my thoughts; I am what I do. "