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Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering
[979-8427063852] A book Don't Believe Everything You Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering Nguyen Paperback 2022
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First published March 28, 2022
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April 23, 2022
So I saw the author on TikTok and how short & well rated the book was so bought on a whim & read in a sitting.
As an active reader of the genre, I take no issue with the points of the book. However, the book is terribly written. It’s an immature tone, the personal anecdotes ruin timeless insights, there are jumps in logic that aren’t addressed until later “chapters,” I can’t shake the thought that this book was written entirely in “speech to text” as if it were meant to be a performed script…this booked needed a better editor.
Highly recommend the Michael Singer podcast, his book “The Untethered Soul”, Ekhart Tolle’s books, “Wherever you go there you are” instead and the Sam Harris podcast.
As an active reader of the genre, I take no issue with the points of the book. However, the book is terribly written. It’s an immature tone, the personal anecdotes ruin timeless insights, there are jumps in logic that aren’t addressed until later “chapters,” I can’t shake the thought that this book was written entirely in “speech to text” as if it were meant to be a performed script…this booked needed a better editor.
Highly recommend the Michael Singer podcast, his book “The Untethered Soul”, Ekhart Tolle’s books, “Wherever you go there you are” instead and the Sam Harris podcast.
July 19, 2022
I picked this book thinking it would be backed by a psychological or scientific approach, I would never have picked if i had known that i would see words like 'Universal mind / consciousness', 'Infinite intelligence', 'Universe guides you' that stuffs all those spiritual bs and pantheistic notions upon the reader's throat. It's a 100 page read so i went on to complete it anyway. To be clear the book offers a basic solution to have a better life - 'Be dumb'. It's like saying do you need to solve your problems ? Stop thinking duh ! Weirdly remembered me of that meme where a sad person gets offered a reply 'Don't be sad' and he goes like 'My goodness what an idea, why didn't i think of that'. The book is a mixture of the diluted version of 'Law of attraction'/ 'Secret' and spiritually modified version of 'Thinking fast and slow'. If you think the sentence 'Universe / god / infinite intelligence is guiding you' makes perfect sense to you and you feel significant enough that the universe itself is somehow caring for you then you should definitely go for this book.
P.S: i also searched about the 'non-thinking' state the book says and came up with a condition called 'Blank mind syndrome' which can be caused by trauma or depersonalisation.
P.S: i also searched about the 'non-thinking' state the book says and came up with a condition called 'Blank mind syndrome' which can be caused by trauma or depersonalisation.
August 10, 2022
Don't Believe Everything You Think is a book with its heart in the right place, but its mind is elsewhere. In roughly 100 pages, Nguyen spells out a simple thesis: Our thinking is the root of our suffering. To avoid suffering, don't think. The problem is not that this thesis is simple; it's that it is simplistic. The author never really develops a cogent argument in its favor, nor does he fully equip the reader with the tools to put his suggestions into practice.
To be fair, the author is not completely off the mark. The idea that the rambling of our inner voices might be the source of our emotional troubles goes back at least thousands of years, appearing in one form or another in a wide variety of philosophies, from Buddhism to Taoism, Transcendentalism to the New Age. Even Shakespeare's melancholy Dane recognizes it in Act II, Scene 2, of Hamlet. The author acknowledges this long history chiefly in the form of chapter-starting epigraphs. The main text of these chapters, however, is big on promises ("This book was written to help you find everything you've been searching for and the answers to all the questions you've had your entire life.") but light on evidence (a few thought experiments, which is a bit ironic).
The main idea itself has more than a little truth to it. Many if not all of us have had the experience of disappearing down a mental rabbit hole, imagining arguments that never occurred, insults that were never thrown at us, catastrophes that never happened, and every other brand of mental noise that might come up. To the author's credit, he distinguishes between unbidden thoughts and indulging them by thinking. This is very much in line with the Buddhist practice of mindfulness: The thoughts will come on their own, but we need to be mindful of our taking the bait and ruminating on them.
There is some scientific support for this idea. Killingsworth and Gilbert [1] polled thousands of subjects at random points during the day to explore their activities and moods, finding that people whose minds were wandering had significantly lower moods than people who were focused on a task. Of course, like just about every published piece of psychological research, other work disagrees with this conclusion, showing instead positive effects of mind wandering [2]. The current scientific view is equivocal [3]: Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's bad.
I am reluctant to criticize an obviously well-meaning, self-published author for deficits in the writing, but this is a short book that still feels padded and poorly edited. Beyond the distracting typos, the entire message the author has could have been contained within several pages, and nothing is added by stretching it out to book length. The biggest disappointment, though, is that there is a rich vein of material on this topic, both scientific and philosophical, that could have easily filled a book several times this one's length while maintaining essentially the same core message. Instead, the author delves into woo territory by claiming that our spontaneous thoughts are "divine downloads from the Universe," messages from God or the Great Beyond, as opposed to the product of the deeply mysterious but no less fascinating activity of the human brain. This pseudoreligious, New-Agey turn wound up being even more distracting to me than the editing.
The potential reader can get nearly everything this book has to offer from its final pages (99–119 in my edition). While the book itself is a bit of a disappointment, one would be rash to completely discard its cautions against letting our minds run away with us all the time. But the solution to a hard problem—whether it's resolving a dilemma, tackling a scientific mystery, or writing a book–requires not just waiting for inspiration from beyond but actual sustained thought. The question then becomes one of when to turn the crank and when to let go, and the take-home point may be to let go far more often than we want to.
[1] Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science, 330(6006), 932-932.
[2] Franklin, M. S., Mrazek, M. D., Anderson, C. L., Smallwood, J., Kingstone, A., & Schooler, J. W. (2013). The silver lining of a mind in the clouds: Interesting musings are associated with positive mood while mind-wandering. Frontiers in psychology, 4, 583.
[3] Mooneyham, B. W., & Schooler, J. W. (2013). The costs and benefits of mind-wandering: a review. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, 67(1), 11.
To be fair, the author is not completely off the mark. The idea that the rambling of our inner voices might be the source of our emotional troubles goes back at least thousands of years, appearing in one form or another in a wide variety of philosophies, from Buddhism to Taoism, Transcendentalism to the New Age. Even Shakespeare's melancholy Dane recognizes it in Act II, Scene 2, of Hamlet. The author acknowledges this long history chiefly in the form of chapter-starting epigraphs. The main text of these chapters, however, is big on promises ("This book was written to help you find everything you've been searching for and the answers to all the questions you've had your entire life.") but light on evidence (a few thought experiments, which is a bit ironic).
The main idea itself has more than a little truth to it. Many if not all of us have had the experience of disappearing down a mental rabbit hole, imagining arguments that never occurred, insults that were never thrown at us, catastrophes that never happened, and every other brand of mental noise that might come up. To the author's credit, he distinguishes between unbidden thoughts and indulging them by thinking. This is very much in line with the Buddhist practice of mindfulness: The thoughts will come on their own, but we need to be mindful of our taking the bait and ruminating on them.
There is some scientific support for this idea. Killingsworth and Gilbert [1] polled thousands of subjects at random points during the day to explore their activities and moods, finding that people whose minds were wandering had significantly lower moods than people who were focused on a task. Of course, like just about every published piece of psychological research, other work disagrees with this conclusion, showing instead positive effects of mind wandering [2]. The current scientific view is equivocal [3]: Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's bad.
I am reluctant to criticize an obviously well-meaning, self-published author for deficits in the writing, but this is a short book that still feels padded and poorly edited. Beyond the distracting typos, the entire message the author has could have been contained within several pages, and nothing is added by stretching it out to book length. The biggest disappointment, though, is that there is a rich vein of material on this topic, both scientific and philosophical, that could have easily filled a book several times this one's length while maintaining essentially the same core message. Instead, the author delves into woo territory by claiming that our spontaneous thoughts are "divine downloads from the Universe," messages from God or the Great Beyond, as opposed to the product of the deeply mysterious but no less fascinating activity of the human brain. This pseudoreligious, New-Agey turn wound up being even more distracting to me than the editing.
The potential reader can get nearly everything this book has to offer from its final pages (99–119 in my edition). While the book itself is a bit of a disappointment, one would be rash to completely discard its cautions against letting our minds run away with us all the time. But the solution to a hard problem—whether it's resolving a dilemma, tackling a scientific mystery, or writing a book–requires not just waiting for inspiration from beyond but actual sustained thought. The question then becomes one of when to turn the crank and when to let go, and the take-home point may be to let go far more often than we want to.
[1] Killingsworth, M. A., & Gilbert, D. T. (2010). A wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Science, 330(6006), 932-932.
[2] Franklin, M. S., Mrazek, M. D., Anderson, C. L., Smallwood, J., Kingstone, A., & Schooler, J. W. (2013). The silver lining of a mind in the clouds: Interesting musings are associated with positive mood while mind-wandering. Frontiers in psychology, 4, 583.
[3] Mooneyham, B. W., & Schooler, J. W. (2013). The costs and benefits of mind-wandering: a review. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, 67(1), 11.
September 3, 2025
I have just read a really badly written book. I wish I didn’t have to say this.
The writing is really bad. I find the writing lacking any kind of direction or purpose, lacks the voice it desperately needs for such kind of self help/nonfiction books.
Chapters are short but it doesn’t mean they are fun to read. I thought the book would improve after the initial first three chapters but I was wrong. It got worse.
If you are desperately looking for a few good quotes out of this book, you will find it.
Otherwise do not even think twice about NOT picking up this book.
The writing is really bad. I find the writing lacking any kind of direction or purpose, lacks the voice it desperately needs for such kind of self help/nonfiction books.
Chapters are short but it doesn’t mean they are fun to read. I thought the book would improve after the initial first three chapters but I was wrong. It got worse.
If you are desperately looking for a few good quotes out of this book, you will find it.
Otherwise do not even think twice about NOT picking up this book.
May 20, 2024
"Just don't think about it!" is not the revolutionary philosophy this book insists to fix anxiety
January 17, 2024
Not to yuck anyone’s yum, but this is quite possibly one of the worst books I’ve ever read and I think it could be harmful for a lot of people. The content is not based in science to any extent and reads as a manifesto bashing critical thought and processing emotions in a healthy, evidence-based way. It’s as though this man has never interacted with poverty or mental illness in his entire life, and it completely tracks that it’s self published.
June 24, 2022
"Stop thinking and end your problems" - Lao Tzu
Whether you agree or not but we all are over thinker. We constantly keep thinking, calculating and analyzing our thoughts. The more we think, the more trouble we invite in our lives. What if I tell you, there's a solution to stop your mind going crazy?
Read this book to understand how thinking is the root cause of all our suffering and how thinking and thoughts are different from each other.
It would be a wise step if I mention it here clearly that this book revolves only and only around "Thinking". From understanding how to stop thinking, learning the reason why we think, what to do when we are not thinking, to allow ourselves remain at peace without thinking of tomorrow. This book covers everything.
I loved this book mainly for reasons followed:
1. It came to me at the right time. In the past few weeks I was worrying myself with so much thinking and analyzing that I almost felt lost. This book rekindled my hope and gave me a direction to think clearly. Sometimes not thinking about anything can bring you so much peace. Try it.
2. The author doesn't waste time in unnecessary content. Whatever he has shared in these 100 pages is invaluable and will surely give you a lot of information about how human minds work, how our emotions are provoked and how our thinking affects our mood.
3. I loved how the author included the chapter of "Unconditional Love & Creation". It was an eye opener for me. I never thought about Unconditional love that way. It gave me a new perspective and it was refreshing to read it in this book.
4. The writing style is easy to follow and chapters are quick to read. I dread lengthy chapters in Non-Fiction so this book definitely made my reading experience smooth and wonderful.
I recommend this book to everyone because all of us "Think" and I would love each one of you to unleash the power that comes from less thinking. Do give it a try.
Whether you agree or not but we all are over thinker. We constantly keep thinking, calculating and analyzing our thoughts. The more we think, the more trouble we invite in our lives. What if I tell you, there's a solution to stop your mind going crazy?
Read this book to understand how thinking is the root cause of all our suffering and how thinking and thoughts are different from each other.
It would be a wise step if I mention it here clearly that this book revolves only and only around "Thinking". From understanding how to stop thinking, learning the reason why we think, what to do when we are not thinking, to allow ourselves remain at peace without thinking of tomorrow. This book covers everything.
I loved this book mainly for reasons followed:
1. It came to me at the right time. In the past few weeks I was worrying myself with so much thinking and analyzing that I almost felt lost. This book rekindled my hope and gave me a direction to think clearly. Sometimes not thinking about anything can bring you so much peace. Try it.
2. The author doesn't waste time in unnecessary content. Whatever he has shared in these 100 pages is invaluable and will surely give you a lot of information about how human minds work, how our emotions are provoked and how our thinking affects our mood.
3. I loved how the author included the chapter of "Unconditional Love & Creation". It was an eye opener for me. I never thought about Unconditional love that way. It gave me a new perspective and it was refreshing to read it in this book.
4. The writing style is easy to follow and chapters are quick to read. I dread lengthy chapters in Non-Fiction so this book definitely made my reading experience smooth and wonderful.
I recommend this book to everyone because all of us "Think" and I would love each one of you to unleash the power that comes from less thinking. Do give it a try.
July 10, 2024
Tang's description of how thoughts create our reality is profound. You'll leave with tangible information about altering your long-held beliefs and fostering a healthier and positive perspective. His commentary is both profound and simple, which effectively communicates otherwise challenging psychological ideas to its listeners.
His Audiobook from moments of insight to the moments of genuine realization and empowerment. Let his voice be your guide and as you listen, view his talk as an informal one with someone who has nothing but good intentions for your self-discovery.
Use his voice, his process, and his ideas to change your thoughts and change your life!
His Audiobook from moments of insight to the moments of genuine realization and empowerment. Let his voice be your guide and as you listen, view his talk as an informal one with someone who has nothing but good intentions for your self-discovery.
Use his voice, his process, and his ideas to change your thoughts and change your life!
August 25, 2023
➸ 𝟐.𝟓/𝟓 ★
One of my friends recommended me this book and honestly i won't recommend it to someone else. I have no issues with the points mentioned in the book but i have a huge issue with how they were explained.
The writing of this book is so terrible and immature. I won't say, im an active reader of this genre but anyone who'd read this book would know that the writing is so mediocre making it uninteresting. Although the chapters were short but it doesn't mean it was a fun and an enjoyable read.
At some point i thought it would improve and would be less repetitive but it didn't. The lessons were so repetitive and the tone of the book was so monotonous. I feel it could've been better if it was written in an authoritative and encouraging tone.
Although this book serves as a powerful reminder that our thoughts are not always accurate representations of reality, and by learning to question them, we can free ourselves from unnecessary stress and anxiety. The author emphasizes the importance of acknowledging our imperfections and embracing our authentic selves. This powerful message resonates deeply, reminding readers that personal growth is a lifelong journey, and it's okay to stumble along the way.
Overall, i had hard time completing this book because of the horrible writing but you can give it try just for the quotes. Here are some of my fav quotes :-
➳ "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨."
➳ “𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮; 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙."
➳ “𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙤𝙮 — 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩.”
➳ "𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤."
➳ “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩. 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩.”
➳ “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩."
➳ “𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.”
➳ “𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚"
➳ "𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜"
➳ "𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢."
One of my friends recommended me this book and honestly i won't recommend it to someone else. I have no issues with the points mentioned in the book but i have a huge issue with how they were explained.
The writing of this book is so terrible and immature. I won't say, im an active reader of this genre but anyone who'd read this book would know that the writing is so mediocre making it uninteresting. Although the chapters were short but it doesn't mean it was a fun and an enjoyable read.
At some point i thought it would improve and would be less repetitive but it didn't. The lessons were so repetitive and the tone of the book was so monotonous. I feel it could've been better if it was written in an authoritative and encouraging tone.
Although this book serves as a powerful reminder that our thoughts are not always accurate representations of reality, and by learning to question them, we can free ourselves from unnecessary stress and anxiety. The author emphasizes the importance of acknowledging our imperfections and embracing our authentic selves. This powerful message resonates deeply, reminding readers that personal growth is a lifelong journey, and it's okay to stumble along the way.
Overall, i had hard time completing this book because of the horrible writing but you can give it try just for the quotes. Here are some of my fav quotes :-
➳ "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨."
➳ “𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮; 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙."
➳ “𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙤𝙮 — 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩.”
➳ "𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤."
➳ “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩. 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩.”
➳ “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩."
➳ “𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.”
➳ “𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚"
➳ "𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜"
➳ "𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢."
November 11, 2023
When I read the title of this book I thought it would be focused on a psychological or scientific approach, but it's kinda a spiritual-cosmic approach. I wouldn't mind that either, but this one wasn't well executed, unfortunately.
June 10, 2024
Utter Rubbish!
I got intrigued by its title and bought it. Its a collection of some subjective spiritual mumbo-jumbo. All nonsense.
I got intrigued by its title and bought it. Its a collection of some subjective spiritual mumbo-jumbo. All nonsense.
March 28, 2025
Three stars for the book and one additional star just because the author referred to God as She/Her. We love to see it!
This was a great little guide on quieting the mind so that we stop tricking ourselves into rumination and speculation. What really jumped out at me was the goals being focused around passion or necessity…that lesson hit me in the gut and I actually really got a lot out of it!
This was a great little guide on quieting the mind so that we stop tricking ourselves into rumination and speculation. What really jumped out at me was the goals being focused around passion or necessity…that lesson hit me in the gut and I actually really got a lot out of it!
September 23, 2022
99 pages are a little too much. The author’s message could be explained with a couple of sentence.
The book is repetitive and redundant.
I wouldn’t recommend it.
The book is repetitive and redundant.
I wouldn’t recommend it.
April 21, 2024
2.5 stars because this book is 50% *potentially* useful information and 50% nonsense.
April 6, 2023
In this short read (98 pages), the authors shares how 'Thinking is the root cause of all suffering." From the get-go, he talks that we feel things not because of external events, but because of what we think about them. As a result, we can only feel what we think about.
While there is some good information in the book and more so in the beginning, it was very redundant at times— long-winded, and that there was 'more fluff than substance'. By doing that, to me, it affected the flow of most chapters, and jumps in explanation of topics, sharing continued thoughts in later chapters, making certain chapters feel incomplete.
But if I was to recommend this book, it is for anyone seeking a way to bring more peace and tranquility into their lives who suffer from overthinking.
While there is some good information in the book and more so in the beginning, it was very redundant at times— long-winded, and that there was 'more fluff than substance'. By doing that, to me, it affected the flow of most chapters, and jumps in explanation of topics, sharing continued thoughts in later chapters, making certain chapters feel incomplete.
But if I was to recommend this book, it is for anyone seeking a way to bring more peace and tranquility into their lives who suffer from overthinking.
March 27, 2024
It was interesting in the beginning, and the point of not thinking too much is not invalid, but the rest of it is silly and undocumented.
Also, the mantra "don't think about anything and go cruising through life doing only what pleases you" sounds very YOLO like to me, and it's not a philosophy I live by.
Also, the mantra "don't think about anything and go cruising through life doing only what pleases you" sounds very YOLO like to me, and it's not a philosophy I live by.
January 25, 2024
Failed to meet my expectations… At some points I could see what he was going to say, but then suddenly some kind of nonsense popping out and destroying all the positive impressions each time. I suggest to rewrite it
March 28, 2024
I’ll save you the read. Just don’t think and you won’t be stressed!! Simple!! Now you have the lesson, go make millions like my other clients! Live a better thoughtless life! :)
August 27, 2023
4.5
Ne vjeruj svemu što misliš naslov je knjige, ali i fotografije čije riječi krase jednu od mojih naslovnica privatnog Facebook profila. Jep, to mi je podsjetnik. Svjesna sam napisanog, a ovdje sam s autorom ponavljala, prisjećala se i opet dokučila poznato na vrlo jednostavan način koji mu uspijeva, meni na sreću, objasniti i s par primjera.
Zamisliš se nad napisanim i priznajem da, bez obzira na veličinu knjige (vrlo je malog formata 11×17 cm) i na to što je kratka (144 stranice), čuva jednostavne dragulje koji samo čekaju da ih se pokupi!
Više o utiscima pročitajte klikom na link: https://knjige-u-svom-filmu.webador.c...
Ne vjeruj svemu što misliš naslov je knjige, ali i fotografije čije riječi krase jednu od mojih naslovnica privatnog Facebook profila. Jep, to mi je podsjetnik. Svjesna sam napisanog, a ovdje sam s autorom ponavljala, prisjećala se i opet dokučila poznato na vrlo jednostavan način koji mu uspijeva, meni na sreću, objasniti i s par primjera.
Zamisliš se nad napisanim i priznajem da, bez obzira na veličinu knjige (vrlo je malog formata 11×17 cm) i na to što je kratka (144 stranice), čuva jednostavne dragulje koji samo čekaju da ih se pokupi!
Više o utiscima pročitajte klikom na link: https://knjige-u-svom-filmu.webador.c...
December 9, 2024
I have made it a personal rule to not read books under 4s on goodreads (with a couple exceptions). However, the fact that this book is only a 3.77 is criminal. Should be well above a 4. I found this book at barnes and noble and just picked it up without looking at the rating. Genuinely, this was probably the best self help book I’ve read (granted I don’t read many self books). However, it was incredibly practical and really spoke to the common practice of overthinking. In my day to day, I feel going back to it and it has genuinely helped me be less anxious. Either way, highly highly recommend (esp if you aren’t big into self help). Quick, practical, highly enjoyable read
February 2, 2024
Ein paar gute Ratschläge hier und da waren dabei aber im allgemeinen waren viele Wiederholungen mit dabei (und das obwohl das Buch eh kurz ist) und einige Kapiteln waren unnötig und wurden deshalb eher überflogen
Alles in allem könnte das eher ein Blog Post sein statt ein Buch
Alles in allem könnte das eher ein Blog Post sein statt ein Buch
December 19, 2025
2️⃣🌟, I believe this is a good book! (Not)
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#️⃣7️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ Read & Reviewed in 2025 🧊🏔️
Date Read: Sunday, December 14, 2025 ☃️🌨️
38th read in "Its TIMEEEE!!!!! (to read more books)" December ❄️⛄
This book teaches us to not believe anything that we think. I first thought that this is going to be the exact same idea being recycled again and again to become this unimportant and unnecessary mess that has already been said so many times already — but I'm actually impressed because this did something very risky and is honestly everything new and unique idea.
The part where I am thoroughly impressed is where it goes to the part after we supposedly "don't believe what we think" So therefore what do we do???? The book tells us to not think at all
Yep u heard that right. Let us not use critical thinking!!! Let us not use our brains!! Let us — ✨not think at all!✨
I mean you can admit — that's a pretty....odd and bizarre advice. Possibly diving deep into some deeper and more niche philosophies out there. It is certainly not a mainstreamable philosophy, but it does make me think for a little bit. Can this lead to mindless consumption? I mean the book tells us to ehem — NOT THINK AT ALL so like ... it kinda wants us to simply accept things, to not doubt about anything that is plastered and is given to our faces. Which when done well and executed well enough — can actually be a plausible philosophy if you think about it 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔. But no that's not what's this book is trying to do. It tries to do the oh so ever repetitive nature of every single modern self help book nowadays.
Spice Level 🌶️: ...what
Vibe ☘️: Like mindless consumption — yum 😋
Who'd Like This ❓👥: 🙈
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#️⃣7️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ Read & Reviewed in 2025 🧊🏔️
Date Read: Sunday, December 14, 2025 ☃️🌨️
38th read in "Its TIMEEEE!!!!! (to read more books)" December ❄️⛄
This book teaches us to not believe anything that we think. I first thought that this is going to be the exact same idea being recycled again and again to become this unimportant and unnecessary mess that has already been said so many times already — but I'm actually impressed because this did something very risky and is honestly everything new and unique idea.
The part where I am thoroughly impressed is where it goes to the part after we supposedly "don't believe what we think" So therefore what do we do???? The book tells us to not think at all
Yep u heard that right. Let us not use critical thinking!!! Let us not use our brains!! Let us — ✨not think at all!✨
I mean you can admit — that's a pretty....odd and bizarre advice. Possibly diving deep into some deeper and more niche philosophies out there. It is certainly not a mainstreamable philosophy, but it does make me think for a little bit. Can this lead to mindless consumption? I mean the book tells us to ehem — NOT THINK AT ALL so like ... it kinda wants us to simply accept things, to not doubt about anything that is plastered and is given to our faces. Which when done well and executed well enough — can actually be a plausible philosophy if you think about it 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔. But no that's not what's this book is trying to do. It tries to do the oh so ever repetitive nature of every single modern self help book nowadays.
Spice Level 🌶️: ...what
Vibe ☘️: Like mindless consumption — yum 😋
Who'd Like This ❓👥: 🙈
August 7, 2022
To find everything you're looking for in life, you must look inside yourself and discover the wisdom that already exists within you.
Have you ever considered that thought and the process of thinking itself are two very different things? They have different essence, different connotations, and different meanings. Deeper than our perception.
Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen is an insightful work on how our minds work and how we can train our brains. The book essentially distinguishes thought and thinking and goes on to explain how one can minimize 'thinking' and live more happily.
Divided into several crisp chapters, the book takes a deep dive into our thinking patterns and reveals some bomb information about self-sabotaging behaviours. The author draws lessons from his years of experience to tell how can we go about training our consciousness to raise our vibrations and live an abundant life.
I liked how the author went step by step towards unravelling the mysteries of our overthinking minds. He spills bits of information along the way peppered with anecdotes and stories. This makes this book more interesting and easy to absorb.
Becoming aware of one's thought patterns is a challenging exercise. However, with practice and due diligence, it is very much possible to achieve a state of joyous being. The lessons and the frameworks in the book will help you with emotional dysregulations and structure your path to true happiness and peace.
Have you ever considered that thought and the process of thinking itself are two very different things? They have different essence, different connotations, and different meanings. Deeper than our perception.
Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen is an insightful work on how our minds work and how we can train our brains. The book essentially distinguishes thought and thinking and goes on to explain how one can minimize 'thinking' and live more happily.
Divided into several crisp chapters, the book takes a deep dive into our thinking patterns and reveals some bomb information about self-sabotaging behaviours. The author draws lessons from his years of experience to tell how can we go about training our consciousness to raise our vibrations and live an abundant life.
I liked how the author went step by step towards unravelling the mysteries of our overthinking minds. He spills bits of information along the way peppered with anecdotes and stories. This makes this book more interesting and easy to absorb.
Becoming aware of one's thought patterns is a challenging exercise. However, with practice and due diligence, it is very much possible to achieve a state of joyous being. The lessons and the frameworks in the book will help you with emotional dysregulations and structure your path to true happiness and peace.
July 28, 2025
لا تصدق كل ما تفكر فيه، الكتاب الذي كنت أحتاجه لأفكاره في هذه الفترة بالضبط من حياتي .
الكتاب يتمحور حول فكرة العقل و كيف يهول من و يضخم من المخاوف التي قد لا تكون موجوده بالاساس و التي في 80٪ أو 90٪لن تحدث أصلا. و اللتي يفتعلها عقلنا و يتجاوب معها القلب و كل الجسم يعاني من التوتر و القلق، جراء قلة الحيلة و الخوف من هذه المشاكل.
وهنا سأفتح قوس :
مطحنة التفكير الزائد أو Overthinking
هو جحيم لا يطاق و حرفيا مطحنة للروح و المشاعر يسلب كل شئ جميل من الحياة كل المشاعر الإيجابية تسحق داخله و لا يسرب إلا المشاعر السلبية و يزيد من القلق، التوتر، تضخيم المشاكل و الخوف من المستقبل و تخيل مشكلات في أغلب الاحيان لن تحدث أصلا بنسبة كبيرة. هو خطأ جسيم ندفع أنفسنا له فالتوكل على الله و حسن الظن بالله هو الحل الجذري و السحري لهذه المعضلة لكن أحيانا تجرفنا الحياة و نغرق في تفاصيل صغيرة كثيرة موترة و مقلقة ننسى أن رحمة الله واسعة و ننسى حسن تدبير الله لنا.
يارب اختر لي ولا تخيرني فإني لا أحسن الإختيار و يا رب دبر لي أمري فإني والله لا أحسن التدبير.
اللهم لك الحمد من قبل ومن بعد حتى يبلغ الحمد منتهاه.
الكتاب يتمحور حول فكرة العقل و كيف يهول من و يضخم من المخاوف التي قد لا تكون موجوده بالاساس و التي في 80٪ أو 90٪لن تحدث أصلا. و اللتي يفتعلها عقلنا و يتجاوب معها القلب و كل الجسم يعاني من التوتر و القلق، جراء قلة الحيلة و الخوف من هذه المشاكل.
وهنا سأفتح قوس :
مطحنة التفكير الزائد أو Overthinking
هو جحيم لا يطاق و حرفيا مطحنة للروح و المشاعر يسلب كل شئ جميل من الحياة كل المشاعر الإيجابية تسحق داخله و لا يسرب إلا المشاعر السلبية و يزيد من القلق، التوتر، تضخيم المشاكل و الخوف من المستقبل و تخيل مشكلات في أغلب الاحيان لن تحدث أصلا بنسبة كبيرة. هو خطأ جسيم ندفع أنفسنا له فالتوكل على الله و حسن الظن بالله هو الحل الجذري و السحري لهذه المعضلة لكن أحيانا تجرفنا الحياة و نغرق في تفاصيل صغيرة كثيرة موترة و مقلقة ننسى أن رحمة الله واسعة و ننسى حسن تدبير الله لنا.
يارب اختر لي ولا تخيرني فإني لا أحسن الإختيار و يا رب دبر لي أمري فإني والله لا أحسن التدبير.
اللهم لك الحمد من قبل ومن بعد حتى يبلغ الحمد منتهاه.
January 19, 2024
I have translated this book into Croatian! Today I have sent my translation to the editor of the publishing house Planetopija, grateful for the opportunity to hear about this book and to read and translate it.
My understanding of how the Universe works is vague, but this book came into my hands when I needed it most. Thinking was killing me, making me feel miserable, anxious, depressed. My mind is always active, throwing its dark scenarios into my face, making me suffer. But now I know how to deal with it and am practicing how to let go of my thinking and live in the moment. When I accomplish that by some miracle, the reward is peace, calmness, hope. All the things I need and crave now.
I don’t know yet when this book will be published in Croatian, but that is not important because you can read it in English now. If you are also a victim of your own (over)thinking, have faith in this book and read it. You won’t lose more than a few dollars and you will get so much more if you open your heart and mind to it.
My understanding of how the Universe works is vague, but this book came into my hands when I needed it most. Thinking was killing me, making me feel miserable, anxious, depressed. My mind is always active, throwing its dark scenarios into my face, making me suffer. But now I know how to deal with it and am practicing how to let go of my thinking and live in the moment. When I accomplish that by some miracle, the reward is peace, calmness, hope. All the things I need and crave now.
I don’t know yet when this book will be published in Croatian, but that is not important because you can read it in English now. If you are also a victim of your own (over)thinking, have faith in this book and read it. You won’t lose more than a few dollars and you will get so much more if you open your heart and mind to it.
April 24, 2024
This book is trash. The guy thinks he's god's gift to all of us with his incredibly-redundant, surface-level analyses and takes on anxiety and "non-thinking." Feels like a read a book written by a C- highschool student who filled the pages with the same re-worded sentence over and over again to meet some word count. He literally takes the last paragraph of a (self-help) book to beg for amazon reviews("It only takes 60 seconds") like dude you're supposed to help me not use 94 pages to grab cash and beg...wack ass author
June 16, 2024
I was fine with this until the author started to be dont think just follow the universe... that is not helpful sir
Also compared political ideas that are harmful to piano keys like there are no wrong piano keys sure but there wrong political ideas sorry its just some people dont believe in human rights
Also compared political ideas that are harmful to piano keys like there are no wrong piano keys sure but there wrong political ideas sorry its just some people dont believe in human rights
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July 4, 2022
the most redundant cliché not helpful self help book ever❤️DNF👑👑
August 26, 2022
Absolutely useless book. Just a bunch of strange ideas, no science behind it, rather spiritual nonsense. Dont buy it
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