I listened to this in bits in pieces as it was very repetitive. I put it down and read something else and came back hoping there would be a tidbit that I could glean from it. I finished it and got the tidbit. Please don't waste your money on it. The title is the tidbit and then of course we all know that these books want you to meditate and have a mantra. That's it. ( )

single point, relentlessly love yourself ( )

Kamal Ravikant beschreibt in diesem Büchlein, was ihm in einer Lebenskrise geholfen hat - und das war ein Versprechen, das er sich selbst gegeben hat (und das durch den Titel schon ausgedrückt wird). Und obwohl das Titelblatt im Prinzip ausreichend wäre, beschreibt er dann doch, was dieses Versprechen ausgelöst hat und wie es ihm danach ergangen ist.

Nette Zwischendurchlektüre und durchaus anregende Gedanken. ( )

Simple and meaningful!

"When in darkness, don't fight it. You can't win. Just find the nearest switch, turn on the light."

Thanks Kamal. ( )

It might have worked out for the author but I disagree with his method. You can't always "love" yourself.

I think loving yourself means forgiving yourself for your mistakes, telling yourself "it's okay I made this mistake, but I will try to make ammends".

Sometimes it means being tough with yourself "I love myself and want to be more fit. I will not eat this delicacy right now and will do my exercise today". See? You're being a parent for yourself. If you don't discipline yourself sooner or later your love for yourself will decrease when you are not able to meet your own expectations.

It also means teaching yourself new things. You make a mistake and you think about "what can I learn from this?" Then use that knowledge the next time. If you don't consciously focus on learning from situations where you made a fool of yourself then you run the risk of being anxious about those situations which will in-turn decrease your love for yourself.

I'm sure there are lots of other various skills that are required for loving yourself. A much better and more practical book would be one which lists down these qualities that are all required for being able to respect and love yourself so that we can sustain a healthy lifestyle as well as like ourselves. Both are important and depend on each other IMO.

A proper dealing with this topic would be to list out statements / attitudes to aspire for like the quoted sentences that I have mentioned above. A list of such statements to keep with yourself and see which one you can tell yourself in various situations. That would go a long way in loving yourself ultimately.

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