Davie’s Reviews > Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering > Status Update

“The following are examples of thoughts during work:
Is there a better way to do this?
Who can I ask for help?
What if we tried it this way?
What would happen if..?
(insert any idea, insight, or breakthrough)” pg 116

“All the magic happens in this space of nothing-ness. … all athletes go through intense training periods, but the best athletes know that they need an equally intense period of rest afterward to stay in peak performance. It is during this rest period that they recover, build muscle, and become stronger.
The space they create through rest is where the progress they want from the workout manifests.” Pg 107

“To surrender to the ebbs and flows of life and accept things as they are instead of how you think they should be. It's not about trying to force things to happen a certain way but about trusting that you will be okay no matter what happens.” Pg 100

“ This does not mean we should not use our intel-lect, logic, and reason. Rather, it is about using them without negative judgment and trusting our intuitive decisions so that we don't end up in a spiral of overthinking and suffering. “ pg 98

“If I had infinite money, had no fear, and didn’t feel the need to receive any recognition, what would I do or create?“ pg 87

“ Goals from desperation are typically rooted in fear and make your happiness conditional on achieving them. Goals from inspiration are rooted in love and focus more on the joy of doing over the outcome. The joy comes from the act itself, not just what you externally get out of it. “ pg 83

“ There are two sources of goals: goals created out of inspiration and goals created out of desperation. “ pg 78

“ Step five is to experience your emotions fully. Most of our destructive habits and behaviors come from the avoidance and suppression of emotions. When we ignore or fight our feelings, we only make our suffering worse. We are not trying to bypass our emotions. Rather, we are trying to accept and feel them fully without judgment. “ pg 63

“ most of us are chasing external things so that we can feel something inside innocently forgetting that all feelings are
generated within us “ pg 51

“Event + Same thinking = Same experience
Event + New thinking = New experience” pg 22