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Chap 2: highlights the origin of the Polynesian folks and how they were influenced by European metals / weapons

This chapter 1 was interesting, really just setting up the remainder of the story talking about the evolution of man, origins of where first evidence of humans are found, and how we began to establish civilizations across the main 5 continents during/post glacial times ice ages era.

Some gems I took away from past couple chapters regarding how to properly support someone through their healing stages / journey without enabling their destructive behaviors or bailing them out. Also learned about the proper signals to pay attention to when seeking to date someone. Pretty interesting perspective overall.

Many great life tips provided for using the let them theory as it applies to emotionally immature adults, comparison amongst peers, and navigating friendships.

Wow, these past few chapters have been really refreshing to learn about how this theory can be applied to close friends, family, and loved ones. The concept of the frame of reference theory when using Let Me also helped me understand the logic behind essentially putting yourself in someone else’s shoes to potentially understand with their opinion or perspective of you.

Chapter 4, I enjoyed her explanation about the let me theory and being in control of your next move, and how in reality that move can look significantly different depending on the situation. I appreciate the transparency here from the author stating that the response to every situation will look different because a lot of self help books can be structured to seemingly always make the best/perfect choice

Chapter 3 biggest takeaways:

- stress is the leading cause and factor for many of the areas and situations in life that aren’t progressing in a positive way.

- when being stressed the brain goes into a stress response located in the amygdala (fight, flight mode)and is control, whereas when life is normal, the prefrontal cortex drives logic/actions.

- the goal is to operate mainly in the prefrontal cortex

Chapter 2: I’ve been in comparable situations to the ones discussed in this chapter regarding friendships and social gatherings. Putting the let them theory into practice and following up with let me, I’m understanding how the let me part is almost more important than the let them component. A lot of good takeaways from this chapter

Man, chapter 1 took me by surprise for how she came up with the let them theory. All the examples provided about when and how to apply the concept seem easy in theory but harder in practice, especially when dealing with close family, friends, or loved ones. Curious to see how this concept is put into practice.

Intro was interesting, I’m always impressed to read about folks who are faced with tough situations and the methods/tactics that they implement to improve their circumstances and push beyond the limits that they originally imagined. The writers reference to the 5 second theory is something I think that could be useful in many areas of life as a way to fall in love with the concept of taking action on all things.

Chapter 19, a nice blueprint to follow regarding conquering fears and using the law of substitution as the answer to fears. Fears are a direct indicator of one’s thoughts, and to be scared or fearful of your own thoughts can result in those fears coming to life. The goal is to mentally focus, embody, and concentrate on the good, so that feeds the subconscious and attracts more goodness

Chapter 18 was a nice deep dive into some negative habits that folks pick up and how to break the chains of those habits through repetitive affirmations to push toward eventual freedom.

Chapter 17 biggest takeaways:
- Life/God seems to favor you when you’re aligned with principles of harmony, health, joy, and peace.
- God is the most import thing in your life, believing in a God of love, feeds a direct response into your sub conscious mind and the blessings that flow as a result
- the guilt complex is a direct result of negative thinking and self condemnation

Chapter 16 takeaways is to understand that the subconscious mind reproduces your habitual thinking, thinking good of others align with thinking good of oneself. Also, thinking ill of another for to do so is to think ill of yourself.

The kingdom of happiness is in your thought and feeling. Happiness is the harvest of quiet mind. Anchor your thoughts on peace, poise, security, and divine guidance and your mind will be productive of happiness.

Wow, chapter 14 spoke volumes to me! What I’m learning about this book is that each chapter has applicable methods and principles that can be applied to practically every aspect of life. Wherever one is struggling the most in present time, there’s a chapter in this book that will feel like it’s speaking directly to you. I am in a season of growing toward unity with my lady so this chapter hit home for me!