Aidan’s Comments (group member since Dec 04, 2019)

Aidan’s comments from the fyevibesperiod6 group.

1:"The Thinker is the lizard brain, and the Observer is the developed brain. Most people go their whole lives without realizing this, and it is a real tragedy." This quote explains a main idea for the book as far as i have read. The book says that when you are connected to the thinker rather than the observer, you are always unhappy and unfulfilled because the thinker is always in the past or future never the present, so he misses things and feels awful all the time. The thinker then drags you down.
2: This Book is teaching how to live in the present and not get caught up in the past. It gives exercises to try to help you find yourself and preform better and to get yourself to do the stuff you don't want to do, which is self management. It talks about how a good motivator is to not listen to the thinker, who tells you how you can be doing something better or more enjoyable, which is helpful with self motivation. It talks about focusing on the observer, who is the one who is neutral, and is their to give you the best instruction to grow. It also teaches you to control the thinker when you are in a sour relationship, because he thinks that you are always right and that can be poisonous to any relationship.this is a helpful thing for relationship management. The book also teaches how to be aware of others by putting yourself in their situation and trying to feel how they would feel if they treated you in the way you treated them and how that may have helped them, which can help you grow in the social awareness category. Lastly It teaches how to figure out what traps you and how to break free and fully find yourself. this final thing connects to self awareness. I think that people who are under a lot of pressure and in situations that are very stressful and hard to deal with. This book would be helpful to people who don't know there direction and what they want to do with their lives.
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a: The first lesson that i leaned from my book is that when you feel trapped don't panic. look at the situation and think about what you can do to free yourself or to help feel less pain.
b: The second lesson that i learned is that if you live in the past or the future you will never be truly happy. You will continually think of something better or more fun you did or could be doing. The book is teaching me how to live in the now.
c:The third and final lesson this book has taught me is that nature, god, the creator, etc. has created us for a reason, and that reason couldn't be for us to fail. so while things may be difficult, things are never impossible, and we need to keep going.

1: Missy wrote:
"I like it because the book is uplifting and gives me a positive mindset."
Does this book tell you what you are doing wrong and try to help you grow or does it make you feel good about yourself and then tell you what you need to do?
2:Matthew wrote:
" I enjoy the book well so far because it is teaching you how to introduce yourself to people. It is easy to read and fun."
When it explains, does it give a broad spectrum of how to do it because people are different or is it like one way is the best way?
3:Sophia wrote:"I like this book because it give back round details".
With the back round details is it the authors experiences or just broad advice or facts that will help you grow?
4: Norah wrote:" I enjoy the book so far because new doors are opening that I never noticed before, such as the fact that we are controlled by fear"
When you open new doors, does this make you feel nervous or scared or excited and happy? how does it make you feel?
5: Maraya wrote: "This book is very hard to understand because of the vocab used. It makes you think very hard."
is this a good thing that the vocab makes you think hard? does it draw you into the text so that you learn more about you and what the book is trying to tell you?

D: my passage says,"simply observe your thoughts without judgment or approval." this passage shows me how i can help myself with the self awareness that i need to become better.

A: I enjoy the way that That this book starts off with an image. the author continues to paint pictures that help me understand what the author is trying to tell me.
B: A passage that is important is" We form certain beliefs in our minds, and despite become far stronger than these shackles we still let them control us." This tells me something that i know but that i ignore. I don't try to be free because i have given up. this is one thing that i want to work on.
C: This book asks questions that are very hard to answer. things like "if your mind is singular than who is doing the observation?" this is very hard to answer and that is difficult to take in.
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I want to be able to have a very strong sense of self discipline. I want to strengthen my willpower and tone my anxiety down to an easier to deal with level. lastly, i want to be able to enhance my feel of peace and control.