Here is a review:

What this book is about:

This book is a guide on how to love yourself. It provides practical advice to manifest goals, practise self-care, overcome fear and so much more. 

What it has taught me:

I found the whole book to be packed with knowledge but I picked my favourite/key lessons from each part of the book:

1. Part 1: A Matter of Vibes

Self love – the balance between accepting yourself as you are while knowing you deserve better, and then working towards it.

Good vibes are simply higher states of vibrations. The feelings we project are returned on a like-for-like basis.

2. Part 2: Positive Lifestyle Habits

Ignoring negative emotions is like keeping poison in our system. Identify, challenge, understand and replace.

3. Part 3: Make Yourself A Priority

Let your good vibes protect you.

Some negative people are allergic to your positivity. Be so positive they can’t stand being near you.

4. Part 4: Accepting Yourself

You won’t be important to other people all the time and that’s why you have to be important to yourself. Learn to enjoy your own company.Take care of yourself. Encourage positive self-talk and become your support system.Your needs matter. 

Wear your imperfections like they don’t need a season to be fashionable.

Respect your uniqueness. Your individuality is a blessing, not a burden.

5. Part 5: Manifesting Goals – Mind Work

‘Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.’ – Napoleon

Escape your mental limitations. Don’t spend your life being surrounded by a belief system that limits your potential and prevents your dreams from coming true.

When you act as if your goal is already the truth, your subconscious mind believes that it is and acts accordingly.

6. Part 6: Manifesting Goals – Taking Action

We must be consistent as we strive to achieve our goals. You have to grow into your dreams. 

7. Part 7: Pain and Purpose

Happiness doesn’t come from other people, places or things. It comes from within.

What I like about this book:

I love how this book has an empowering message and how it is packed with practical advice. I also love how it is reassuring to the reader.

The possible improvements to the book:

A lot of the tips were ones I had heard before and were not necessarily profound. This meant that I had to skim through some pages that were repetitive or basic but the effort put in was immense.

My Rating: ⅘

This book would be amazing for people who want to find self-love or wants a reminder of positivity but if you have heard these tips before like me, it may be a bit repetitive. However, I can see the hard work that went into this book, so thank you Vex King!

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Here is a review:

What this book is about:

This book is a guide to understand how to find your purpose, overcome negativity, stop overthinking, use your fear, learn from everyone you meet and so much more. It is all about living a more positive life and how to deal with negative setbacks and feelings.

What it has taught me:

I found the whole book to be packed with knowledge but I picked my favourite/key lessons from each chapter:

1. Identity

To be your most authentic self, you need to know your values, where it comes from and if it applies to you. You need to do this by blocking out the noise and dust from outside and really listening to yourself.

2. Negativity

Whenever you get negative thoughts, use the principle of ‘Spot, Stop, Swap’. This is where you spot an issue or feeling, stop to understand what it is, and then swap in a new way of processing. You can also get rid of negative thoughts by forgiving yourself. You need to do a ‘transformational forgiveness’ where you forgive someone and expect nothing back.

3. Fear

In order to understand your fears, you need to go within very deeply to see the true fear you have. You then need to accept this fear and then slowly detach from it. Detachment is the cure of fear. You can even find the positives of this fear and expand your comfort zone.

4. Intention

Everyone has four motivations to do something: fear, desire, duty and love. Figure out what your intentions are and try to make them pure.

5. Purpose

You need to find your dharma. Dharma is:

Passion + expertise + usefulness 

You can find your Dharma by feeding your strengths and you can use your Dharma to do good. You can also do the Vedic Personality Test to find out what type of person you are.

6. Routine

Every morning, do TIME activities. T stands for thankfulness, I stands for insight, M stands for meditation and E stands for exercise. Always be aware of the moment to achieve deep immersion. This will help structure your routine and be more productive.

7. Mind

Training your mind before it controls you is crucial. We all have our monkey mind (inner child) and the monk mind (the adult). To control our monkey mind and not let our emotions overpower us, we should train our minds by meditating. You can also remove sensory triggers to train your mind such as not having chocolate near you if you are trying to quit eating sugar.

8. Ego

Everyone has an ego. It is an inflated version of ourselves and it can isolate us as well as create false hierarchies. You need to build your self-esteem ready for feedback in order to defeat your ego.

9. Gratitude

‘When you are present in gratitude, you can’t be anywhere else.’

You should always be grateful and show this through kindness, acts of service and forgiveness.

10. Relationships

To build a healthy relationship, trust is required. Jay outlined the four types of trust and they are ‘competence, care, character and consistency’. There are also four stages of trust: ‘pure, mutual, contractual and neutral’. You need to build a good relationship with yourself first (you can do this by being single and focusing on your goals).

11. Service

‘The highest purpose is to live in service.’

Jay emphasises how we should all try to do something for the world and leave this world having left it slightly better. You need to serve with intention and Dharma.

What I like about this book:

I love how all the chapters and subheadings were very organised and this made it easy to understand and read.

The style it was written in made me feel like to keep reading.

There were also ‘try this’ boxes to allow you to use his tips in your own life practically.

What I didn’t like about this book:

There sometimes can be too many stories which can slow down the pace of the book but you are always free to skim through and skip the experiences.

My Rating:

5/5

To conclude, this is my favourite self-development book currently. It just had such new information and it was nicely written. Thank you Jay Shetty for your amazing book!

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Fast forward to today, Marcus Rashford has been awarded an MBE, is popular amongst many and has helped millions of children get food. He has also published his own book aimed at 9-11 year olds.

Here is my review of his book:

What this book is about:

This book is a positive and inspiring guide for life on how you can achieve your dreams. It is packed full of stories from Marcus’s own life and also some advice that every child/teenager should know.

What it has taught me:

Despite the lessons being quite simple, they can be hard to implement at times, so Marcus has broken it down and used his own life experiences to help individuals understand it.

• Remember to only compete with yourself. This is quoted from the book: ‘You are only in competition with yourself, so stop comparing yourself to other people’. 

• Sometimes, to achieve your goals, you need to step out of your comfort zone. One of Marcus’s coaches told him and I quote: ‘If you’re not outside your comfort zone, you’re doing something wrong.’

• Marcus teaches us that your voice is important and can be used to bring about change as he says in the book ‘You have a voice that has the power to change the world.’

• It is okay to doubt yourself at times but you need to remember to doubt your doubts and remember that your thoughts are not facts. You can also treat your doubts as temporary visitors and you can carry on planning how to use your voice with them in your head.

• You need to take pride in the journey because that is what is growing your soul and reaching your goals does not happen overnight.

What I like about this book:

I like that it had a lot of lessons with lots of experiences from Marcus’s life.

I also liked that it was really easy to understand for children and teenagers.

It also had action points at the end of each chapter for the reader to reflect on their own life and the main lessons they could acquire.

What I didn’t like about the book:

In my opinion, this book for me was a great reminder of lessons that we should all follow. The lessons weren’t anything new to me but it was nice to read it from one of my role models and also I think these lessons are perfect for its target audience – 9-11 year olds.

My rating:

⅘

To conclude, I would recommend this book to children, to learn some great lessons and also for teenagers as adults if you are a fan of Marcus Rashford like me or if you want to be reminded of these key lessons. So, thank you Marcus Rashford for your amazing book!

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