Radically Enough
The true measurement of self-worth is not how a person feels about her positive experiences, but rather how she feels about her negative experiences.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
thoughts that criticise you, insult you, judge you, put you down or blame you are likely to lower your motivation rather than increase it.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Feeling good about yourself doesn’t make you conceited; as your sense of worth grows, there’s actually less need to impress others.
Rick Hanson • Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
[Persistent self-love]...is not the feeling that I am awesome all the time. Instead, it is the total banishment of self-loathing. It is the deactivation of the part of my mind that used to attack itself...It’s the sense that, while I might fuck up, my basic worth is beyond question—I have no essential damage, I am not polluted, I am fine.
Celine Nguyen • you are good enough as you are
Not caring what other people think and not linking my creativity to my being liked — these are non-negotiables.
Anna Fusco • Devastate Me, Baby
Subtlety #1: Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
If you find yourself persisting in bossing, critiquing, and reprimanding yourself, try to do what a participant in a workshop once suggested: Create the image of putting all your self-criticisms, kicking and screaming, on a raft and floating them gently downstream.
Belleruth Naparstek • Staying Well With Guided Imagery
