This month’s blog is a continuation of the one from last month. It’s about the book “You are a Badass” by Jen Sincero
I was once referred to as a badass by a co-worker. Actually, what he really said was that I was a “pain in the ass”. Now to some degree I have always been a bit of a troublemaker, rebel, and black sheep of the family. When I asked my brother if I was a badass, he said no – you are an “asshole”, and an oddball. My daughters admitted that I used to be a bit of a badass, but now I’m just an “old ass”.
I always thought of myself as somewhat of a badass – I ride a motorcycle, have a tattoo [albeit a very small and conservative one] and I wear an earring [also very small and conservative – a gift from my wife]. Always wanted to be a rock star, and I play a wicked air guitar. I’ve also stepped away from both the culture and religion in which I was raised. I’ve released a lot of preconceived notions and self-sabotaging limiting beliefs, ingrained biases and prejudices, emotional blocks, bad habits and false paradigms.
You have as well- RIGHT? Or you wouldn’t be reading this! You have, to a large degree, stopped doubting your greatness and started living an awesome life, just like Jen says in the title of her book.
So, what prompted Jen to write “You are a Badass” and how did she “find” herself?
She first tells us that what little she knew about the self-help/spiritual world she found to be unforgivably cheesy: it reeked of desperation, rah-rah churchiness and unwanted hugs from unappealing strangers.
Her journey was a process [and it still is, she says] that started with her decision to make some serious changes in her life, regardless of what she had to do to make them. None of the things she’d already tried were working. So, she went all out, and learned some of the basic concepts that totally changed her life. Her learnings from a life of struggle and indecision helped her to find her way and to then teach others to do the same.
Sincero starts the book out by saying that she is going to ask us to do some “out-there things” when we read it, and that we have to stay open. Well, those things aren’t nearly as far out as she thinks they are – at least not for those of you reading this.
Want to know more? Then go to my videotaped message on the final phase of “Are You a Badass?”. CLICK HERE. Done in 2022 on Zoom.
Keep manifesting only good things 🙂
Tony
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