You Are a Badass

I'm very iffy on this book. There were some chapters and sections that I loved but some were very eh and some were straight up bad advice (the money chapter and the part about tricking yourself out of depression). Overall there are some parts I'll use, like analyzing my stories and such. Definitely glad that I skipped some parts tough.

For anyone feeling a bit stuck in their life, unsure of how to level-up, this book is for you! A great way to dip your toes into the self-helpisphere. This is the most fun, accessible self-help book I've ever read, and has tons of great little tid-bits to jumpstart the life you want. Sincero is actually hilarious, and each chapter left me feeling like a total, gen-u-wine badass mofo. Her “What are you waiting for??” message combined with so many reminders to self-love has truly inspired me to change the course of my life and my career right here, right now, without fear. Career in writing - here I come!

Well, I think I just got the pep talk of my life. In all seriousness this is not a genre I usually read (I'm, as I'm sure is obvious by my reviews) more of a horror, fantasy, YA gal. But this book was actually quite refreshing to read. Sincero goes into her own life and how she changed her boring life to get what she wanted. I think a lot of us can relate to the mundane cycle of life we find ourselves in - going to school, going to work, sleeping, and doing it all over again. But the potential to change it up and grab that life you really want is within all of us. I love how Sincero breaks her book up into topics and little snippets of wisdom. So - yes, not a genre I usually read. But still a very solid one at that.

So disappointed in this book. I can't believe the hype it got. This is basically a regurgitation of all other self help books and the author is just a pale comparison on the authors she's mimicking. I had the displeasure of listening to her narrate the book, and even though any other person would have given up I kept listening because I don't like to leave things unfinished but found my attention waning. She tries to be funny but fails over and over... Less badass and a lot more just backasswards... it's kinda sad.

“Believe, really believe, that what you desire is here and available to you. And you can have it all.”

This book can be summed up as fake it until you make it and stop obsessing about where you are and start obsessive over where you want to be.

Going into this book, I assumed that the book's popularity was primarily because of its' catchy title. Having finished, I still feel this is the primary driver for it catching on.

The information in this book is pulled from various other self-help books, which is a fact the author shares with readers early on. As with other books, there are some hits and some misses. Some of the hits involve self-reflection, such as paying attention to the parts of your life you aren't happy with so you can determine which habits contribute to your unhappiness. Some of the misses involve unrealistic manifesting, such as purchasing something you want that is out of your means because the universe and your energy will cosmically work together so you will be able to afford it, somehow.

I listened to the audiobook which was narrated by the author. Her excitement and passion got me excited and more passionate than I may have been otherwise. I enjoy the idea that happiness is possible through changes in our mindset, but I also realize that I'm able to enjoy this idea because I am privileged that the things in my life right now can be improved via mind over matter. I intended to read this book in text form, but I am hesitant after reading other reviews because I completely missed the authors views on depression and physical health. I would likely struggle with this book if there were things heavily impacting my life that were outside of my control.

I have a really hard time with self-help books. I don't really know why... I guess I'm just really cynical and skeptical and hate the idea of someone telling me that the reason my life sucks is that I didn't align my chakras or something.

This book was different. I had seen this book in stores before and obviously the title stood out, but didn't end up buying it until it became a “book club” pick at work. Which meant I had to read it. Double whammy – I hate being told what to read, and I don't particularly care for self-help books. I was sure I was walking into a trap.

Surprisingly, though, this book wasn't nearly as misery-inducing as I expected. (I swear, Jen Sincero, if you're reading this, that's a compliment!) I did threaten to throw in the towel at the chapter about Source Energy, which felt a little too preachy and new-agey for this non-theist, but I persevered and I am glad.

This is really a great read. A lot of it felt like common sense to me, but then I had to step back and ask myself why, if it was so common sense, wasn't I living it? Some pieces rang very true to me and others seemed kind of “duh”, but overall, it was information that I think most of us need to read in order to learn how to get out of our own way and out of our own heads and be the badasses we were meant to be. I wish I had read this book sooner, honestly, and I'm glad I was forced to read it for our book club because I may have given up on it the first time it felt too swishy.

I would recommend this book to anyone, even cynical jerks like me who think they know better. You will learn a thing or two, I promise.

I have to say that I actually REALLY enjoyed this book. I think it was a bit too woo-woo for my liking, but the basic idea of stopping your complaints and going after what you want is awesome and well laid out in Jen's story.

As a Christian - you could replace “the universe” and “source energy” with God and Jesus and it's the same exact idea. I think Jen has really unlocked a simple and often forgetting idea here - fear only has power when you let it define your life.

I'd recommend this book to anyone starting a business, struggling in their job or suffering from an unhappy situation.

I picked this up in a store and glanced at a couple of pages which looked interesting and useful, so bought this for my Kindle. Unfortunately, within the first couple of pages the author made clear that this was a ‘spiritual' (aka woo-woo) book, and that I'd have to get on board with connecting to the Source Energy (i.e. God) in order to fully appreciate the advice and direction she was about to impart. There was some sneering about how she used to be such a hateful atheist and how changing her life has given her belief in the all powerful - at which point I felt my hackles rise, and I read the rest of the book with rolling eyes.

Although you'd have to be pretty far gone to read a lot of Sincero's assertions without scepticism. For example:

When you learn to consciously master the energetic realm, believe in the not yet seen, and stay in your highest frequency, you harness your innate power to create the reality you desire.

Conversely, when you show up disappointed or angry or guilty or oblivious instead of being grateful, you're at a lower frequency and thereby less connected to Source Energy and in a less powerful state to manifest good feeling things and experiences into your life. So that's all fabulous and great, but here's where the whole gratitude thing gets really cool. There are lots of ways to feel good and raise your frequency and get closer to Source Energy, but with gratitude, you're actually expending positive energy by sending out thanks, which makes positive energy reflect back to you—every action has an equal and opposite reaction. This makes the manifesting process even more powerful.

Money is currency and currency is energy. As we've discussed, we live in a Universe that is vibrating with energy. Our Universe is abundant, and everything you desire is here, in this moment, waiting for you to shift your perception and your energy and receive it. Money included... Money is energy like anything else, and when you're operating at a high frequency with no resistance to it, and take right action, you can manifest the money you desire.

As British philosophical writer and self-help pioneer, James Allen, states in the quote that opens this chapter, “Mind is the master power that moulds and makes, -and Man is Mind. . . .”—we are the very thinking substance that was used to create us. Hello?! How major is that?!

Meanwhile, even though arrogance and conceit (which are different from self-love and confidence, BTW) are part of the Ego, they're not, as I later learned, the whole dealio.

This display of astonishing brilliance didn't just splat down into being-ness by random, dumb luck, it was thought up.

And whoever you are, puhleeze, stop saying how pathetic you are at making decisions.

‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.' – Eleanor Roosevelt; activist, feminist, superhero, longest-serving First Lady of the United States evah

Meditation, otherwise known as sitting still and thinking about nothing...

...when we meditate, we practice getting into The Vortex and connecting to Source Energy

[meditation] raises our frequency [and] ... opens us up to receive unlimited information and ideas

Meditating is about receiving information from The Universe

I can be kind of a gullible and woo-woo type of person. I enjoy learning about religions because I can mentally dive into anything to try it out in my mind. I can get down with versions of manifestation. But I couldn't stand most of this book. Especially, “vibrating at a higher frequency.” The only things that seemed legit were the same as The Secret. I hated what she said about basically just choosing to not have a mental illness. And, I can't help but be super skeptical of anyone trying to convince me to use a method to get rich when they are getting rich off people buying into their philosophy or way of life. It's like, if you can't definitively disprove manifestation you give the people hope and they give you money? Others have said it better but I like recording my thoughts for my own record.