Monday, December 11, 2017

Review: You Are A Badass

Title You are a Badass: How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness And Start Living An Awesome Life
By Jen Sincero
Genre Nonfiction Self Help
Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Synopsis
Um, See the big long title of the book and that about sums it up.


First Sentence
Many years ago I was in a terrible bowling accident.







I actually bought this book at a thrift store to send to my friend as a "sort of" joke. But mostly because I believe she is a badass who sadly doesn't quite see herself that way.  Of course I decided to read it before sending it to her to make sure it wasn't completely stupid. And I was pleasantly surprised.

It's another "law of attraction" book like The Secret. But where The Secret fails to talk about taking action in controlling the universe, this one has all the awesomeness of The Secret with a more realistic, take action approach.

I loved the set up of each chapter as well. She talks about a subject and then has several tips/directions for action which I loved. As much as I like common issues we all face being pointed out and giving me something to think about, I also want answers; a "how to" of getting over said issues. You know? So this one was perfect for me.

Some of these types of books aren't understandable. Which is pretty sad. If a self help book can't even be understood how can it offer help? This book was easy to read. Had a great set up and the author had a good voice.

I know self help books aren't for everyone but I don't go into self help books because I'm unhappy with my life and desperately seeking help. I read them because I like looking at things in a different way.

I seriously loathe that people are brought up a certain way by their parents or community or religion and taught to think a certain way and they go their whole lives thinking one thing one way. How sad is that?!  If they never get out of their ingrained belief system how limited their experience. How much they miss!

Sorry, rant over. It just comes from my soul. I believed a certain way for so long and am just waking up and realizing there's this whole world of different opinions and guess what? They're not wrong. They're just different. I love kicking my old stubborn beliefs in the butt and telling them to shut up while I look at things in a new light.

And that's why I loved this book. It was another opinion. Another view on things. If I'm lucky, I glean the useful and move on to other experiences and ways of thinking and learn from those too.

I loved this book so much, that I told my friend if she doesn't like it to send it back to me. It's one I want on my shelf.

Should you read it
Yes!

12 comments:

  1. I understand completely. I was raised to believe one thing, and one thing only. It wasn't until I got out of my parent's house and met my husband that I started to view things differently. I'm a better person because of him.

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    1. My husband has made me a better person too. It's great growing up and thinking for yourself, isn't it?

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  2. Gotta love a title like that! This would be a good start-the-new-year-off-right kind of read. :)

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    1. Ha Ha! I know this isn't your type of book but it was good.

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  4. I'm glad you really liked it. It kind of want to read it just based on the title alone, lol.

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  5. That title alone already catches my attention. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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  6. I love that title, and it is always nice to see new perspectives, I agree! Glad this was good and thought- provoking too.

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  7. Thanks for the recommendation. I've downloaded this and am starting to read it now! Just the thing I needed at the moment!

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  8. That was a kickass review and I loved your rant. I have seen this around and it only piqued my interest a little, I am absolutely getting this and I have 2 friends I would love to give it to but as you stated I want to read it first.

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