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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." --Eleanor Roosevelt
Miscellany: a collection of writings on various subjects; a mixture of various things
You can fix it with a little extra energy and a positive attitude.
50, 47, 10, 7,33, 15
As a Man Thinketh by James AllenThis "create-your-reality-with-your-thoughts" books is more of a "what, and why" rather than "how". This book serves as a harsh introduction or a strong review of the concepts in the book. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time I read it so, it still gets 5 stars.
This quote really struck me:
‘It has been usual for men to think and to say, "Many men are slaves because one is an oppressor. Let us hate the oppressor." Now, however, there is among an increasing few a tendency to reverse this judgment, and to say "One man is an oppressor because many are slaves. Let us despise the slaves." The truth is, that oppressor and slave are cooperators in ignorance. And, while seeming to afflict each other, are in reality afflicting themselves. ... He who has conquered weakness, and who has put away all selfish thoughts belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is free. A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.’
Happier: How Gratitude, Appreciation and Kindness can Transform Your World by Andy LacroixThis book is full of oversimplifications and sweeping generalizations. It is an incredibly superficial treatment of the subject, and is incredibly vapid. There is little substance to this book. There are some vague references to "scientific studies", that are meant to support the message the author is trying to put across. The text is repetitive, and the definitions of the key words presented by the author are incorrect; they're not the dictionary definitions, they are some singular interpretation of the author's.
I did find the idea of exercising gratitude, "appreciation", and kindness, as though it could be something a person can get better at with practice. He did also put forth a "30-day Challenge", which I thought was interesting as well, to practice the above every day and record it in a journal.
However, I wouldn't recommend this book, I wouldn't read it again, and other, better books have been written on the subject.
