Stop Thinking, Start Living: Discover Lifelong Happiness

Favourite Quotes : Thinking is a voluntary function, and each of us has the ability to dismiss thoughts that are bound to lead to ‘an emotional storm’. Life can be so beautiful when we are not caught up in the coils of our own thoughts. Clearing the mind is the first step in appreciating this beauty. (Chapter 15) Favourite Chapter : The author brought up about living in the future mentality where someone states that he will be happy when ‘he gets a job’ or ‘he buys a car’. This type of mentality usually results in him not being happy during the process of achieving the goal and usually he will still not be happy after achieving the goal as the mind will continue to think of his next goal and the cycle will repeat. The author mentioned that even though setting goals are important, it is important to be happy, enjoy the present moment and find joy while working towards your goals. (Chapter 11) Personal thoughts on the book : I felt that at the start the author brings up issues of negative thoughts and the effects of having them. However the book did not explain what to do when having negative thoughts except telling the readers to stop thinking about it. About halfway through the book, the book starts to introduce ideas to overcome the challenges mentioned in the book. Overall the book gives good ideas and realisation to our thoughts but it just felt repetitive at times.

I been dealing with anxiety for a couple of years now , and tryed allsorts of things, then found this book which has helped me so much ! Its really easy to understand and digest. I hope it helps u like it has me

A good read. It simplifies things, and says the obvious. Yet, it's a good reminder of how we can control our thoughts, or at least try.