Your job is to be as you as you can be.引自 Chapter 5: Self-Perception Is a ZooTo shy away from who you truly are would leave the world you-less.引自 Chapter 5: Self-Perception Is a ZooYou are the only you there is and ever will be引自 Chapter 5: Self-Perception Is a Zoo
We need our bodies more than they need us. Say nice things about your body, dress it up, and take it out. Get it hot sex, luxurious baths, and massages. Move it, stretch it, nourish it, hydrate it, pay attention to it--The better our bodies feel, the happier and more productive we are.引自 Chapter 6: Love the One You IsYou have screwed up in the past. You will screw up again. Every human is born with the ability to make spectacular mistakes. You are not alone, screwing up is not your special skill. Get over it. Dragging around guilt and self-criticism is beyond unhealthy and is utterly pointless, not to mention boring. You aren't a better person for feeling guilty or bad about yourself, just a sadder one.引自 Chapter 6: Love the One You Is
Light a candle and focus on it. sometimes having a place to rest your eyes can help you get centered and in the Zone. Sit and face a candle that you place on the floor in front of you.
Try and do it first thing in the morning so that you're not distracted by whatever the day brings引自 Chapter 10: Meditation 101
Fake it until you make it引自 Chapter 11: Your Brain Is Your BitchCut out pictures of places people, things, and experiences that you want in your life, paste them onto a board and hang it somewhere where you'll see it all day long.
Love yourself unless you have a better idea.引自 Chapter 11: Your Brain Is Your Bitch
rather than fail at seducing them, i simply became one of them引自 Chapter 12: Lead With Your CrotchThe great tragedy of Crotch was that underneath our snears and our bravado, we were two girls who desperately wanted boyfriends. 引自 Chapter 12: Lead With Your CrotchHave you ever been doing something and suddenly realized that hours have gone by without noticing? What does that for you? And how often during your day does this happen?
look at your life and figure out how you can mae that happen.引自 Chapter 12: Lead With Your CrotchDon't lose the fun in the process引自 Chapter 12: Lead With Your CrotchThe only thing you need to do is do the very best you can. Once you've done that, the only other thing that matters is that you enjoy yourself.引自 Chapter 12: Lead With Your Crotch
GET OUT OF YOUR ROUTINE. Talk to strangers, wear something different, go to a new grocery store, make dinner for someone who you want to get to know better, change toothpastes, go to a movie at 2 pm on a Wednesday, learn three new jokes, walk taller, notice five awesome things you've never notices 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 presents themselves.引自 Chapter 17: It's So Easy Once You Figure Out It Isn't Hard
Most of the time it's not lack of experience that's holding us back, but rather the lack of determination to do what we need to do to be successful.
We put so much energy in to coming up with excuses why we can't be, do, or have the things we want, and designing the perfect distractions to keep us from our dreams--imagine how far we'd get if we just shut up and used all the energy to go for it instead?
If you're the kind of person who blows everything off until the last minute, and you know this about yourself, why waste your time freaking out while you're not doing what you're supposed be doing? Go to the damn beach, have a cocktail, and when the pressure's on, get down to business. There's nothing worse than time wasted pretending to work or stressing out while trying to have fun--no work gets done and no fun is had. It's the worst of both worlds. Figure out how much time you truly need to get the job done, and go do something else until the clock starts ticking.引自 Chapter 18: Procrastination, Perfection and A Polish Beer Garden
