I want to recommend a book to my fellow wantrepreneurs which recently pulled me out of a very deep rut and is probably the most transformative book I've ever read.
Eric Berne - What do you say after you say hello?
Terrible title, terrific book. I read it in Hungarian and the translated title is simply "Script" which is infinitely more accurate and enticing.
It's a psychology book (originally meant as a handbook for therapists) and the premise is very similar to Unscripted : your life is following a script and the reason you self-sabotage/F*ck up constantly/not where you want to be is because you are wired to stick to your loser script.
But there's no conspiracy here, no evil puppetmasters pulling strings; the reason for your script is very simple and logical:
When you're born you know nothing. But by the time you are like 7 you already know a lot about how the world works. Now, is this knowledge accurate? Nope! It's just what you learned about how the world is from your parents and grandparents and peers and teachers. It's actually just a collection of biased views, false beliefs, judgment, and psychological baggage you inherit as part of your start up package which you will base ALL your future decisions and beliefs upon. Read that again, let it sink in.
So, if your life is F*cked and you constantly self-sabotage and don't exactly know why... it's probably a bunch of false beliefs you're still holding true in your subconscious that won't let you do what you actually want to do.
Or at least this is what I took away from it, I guess your mileage may vary...
But basically, the book gives you tools and examples to explore your script and psychological baggage and basically do therapy on yourself (or inspire you to find a therapist) so that you can free yourself from your script and finally do what you actually want to do.
Eric Berne - What do you say after you say hello?
Terrible title, terrific book. I read it in Hungarian and the translated title is simply "Script" which is infinitely more accurate and enticing.
It's a psychology book (originally meant as a handbook for therapists) and the premise is very similar to Unscripted : your life is following a script and the reason you self-sabotage/F*ck up constantly/not where you want to be is because you are wired to stick to your loser script.
But there's no conspiracy here, no evil puppetmasters pulling strings; the reason for your script is very simple and logical:
When you're born you know nothing. But by the time you are like 7 you already know a lot about how the world works. Now, is this knowledge accurate? Nope! It's just what you learned about how the world is from your parents and grandparents and peers and teachers. It's actually just a collection of biased views, false beliefs, judgment, and psychological baggage you inherit as part of your start up package which you will base ALL your future decisions and beliefs upon. Read that again, let it sink in.
So, if your life is F*cked and you constantly self-sabotage and don't exactly know why... it's probably a bunch of false beliefs you're still holding true in your subconscious that won't let you do what you actually want to do.
Or at least this is what I took away from it, I guess your mileage may vary...
But basically, the book gives you tools and examples to explore your script and psychological baggage and basically do therapy on yourself (or inspire you to find a therapist) so that you can free yourself from your script and finally do what you actually want to do.
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