After reading several self-help books, and as well as spirituality books, I was really eager to get
the book Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty, which is one of the most best-selling author types of books
out there on amazon. It highly ranks as one of the best books they can buy, and you can read, and I
was really eager to do that because I learned so many good things about this, and I heard so
many good things about this as well from other people who have read the book, so I was really
eager and motivated to do the same thing myself, and in today's video, I'll be sharing with you
all some of the lessons that I learned from this book that has been really applicable to my life,
and like mind-blowing in general, so if you're interested to find out the lessons, then please
keep watching this video till the end. Before I begin with the lessons, I want to let you know
who is actually Jay Shetty, who is the author of this book, he's actually a social media superstar,
and also the CEO of the podcast, known as On Purpose, but you're also an influential quotes'
person, or a motivational speaker in a way, that posts a lot of quotes on every single daily basis,
if you go to his Instagram, you will see he has over 5000 posts, which clearly shows that he has
been doing this for over a couple of years, or more than five-ten years, or something like that,
and he actually posted really good content on us every single daily basis, and which is why I
follow him on Instagram, and if you want to follow me, as well you can follow me at @farzanaslaw,
but I actually post you know travel food as well, as quotes related type of things, and post because
those are the three things or more things, that I actually love doing on a daily basis, so now that
we know who is actually Jay Shetty. Now let's move on to the lessons that I actually learned
from this book. One of the first things that I learned from this book, as I was reading the first
few pages or a few chapters, is the fact that what is actually fear, and how it actually happens, and
why does it actually become an obstacle to your own goals, and successes, and all those kind of
things, that you actually want to achieve in your life, I always knew what does detachment mean,
but this book really explained it really well, what is actually detachment, and what it actually
means to be detached from things, from people, from emotions, and all those kind of things.
One example of detachment is definitely, when for example let's say if you are feeling really angry,
instead of saying "I am angry", you can say "I'm feeling angry", instead of in that way,
it is detaching yourself from the emotion, so it makes you feel less worried, or less pressured, or
less guilty in a way, and also the cause of fear is definitely attachment, whenever you're attached
to things that's when you start feeling faithful of losing those things, and the cure of fear is,
of course, detachment, which means that you're detaching yourself from that thing, that person,
that emotion, whatever that might be, and this has been really mind-blowing, because now, I really
understand what does detachment mean in a way, and I know that, this word can be circulating around
internet over, and over again because people don't really understand it, even though it's a really
cool word to use in a way on an everyday basis. For example, "I'm detached from this, I don't
really care about this almost..." This is the first thing that I actually learned from the book.
The second lesson that I learned from the book is actually something that made me want to read
this book over and over again, and wanted me keep reading this book, and continue reading this book
in general, because I'm a type of a person who is not an avid reader, so I really need to get a book
that if the book really makes me want to finish till the end, it means it was really good for me,
and it was something that I wanted to read over, and over again, and I might read it in the future
again as well, but the second lesson that I learned is the fact that you need to add your
"Be-list" to your "To-do list", which means for example, let's say you're looking for a job, and
you're really wanting to look for placements, or whatever jobs, vacancies, whatever that might be,
what do you need to be to make sure that you get those jobs as easily as possible,
or not as easily but as quickly as possible, and you become the right candidate for those jobs
in those times, that's when you have to make your own "Be-list", which means, what do you need to be
to make sure that the employer might choose you for that job, for example, you need to
be more self-disciplined, more focused, more concentrating, all these kind of things, all
those characteristics, that you need to make sure that you become the right candidate for that job,
so every time you make a 'To-do list" and this can go any kind of things in your life, for example
relationships as well. For example, if you want to have more dates with your partner or something
like that, then you need to be more understanding towards your partner, and you need to be less
judgmental about their emotions, and just listen to them whenever you need to and do not really
need to give them advice, so these are some of the things that I learned, and of course, live
your life with purpose, because that's what all Jay Shetty is all about, living life with purpose.
The third lesson that I learned from this book is the fact that give thanks to those people
who actually helped you to get where you are right now, and whenever you achieve something, you need
to be humble about it, and always remember all the struggles that you actually had to endure to make
sure that you got the success that you have right now in your life, so whenever you think of success
do not always think that it was all me that was thought about it, and it was all me doing this,
and it was me who did everything, and I didn't have a team behind, like 50 people behind me,
to do this with me as well, so you want to make sure that you are, of course, you're going to get
the recognition for it, but you need to always give thanks to every single thing, and everyone
that actually has brought you so far, and of course, thank God as well if you're somebody
who believes in God, because that's something that will make you very humble in the long term, and
I believe that when people say that, or whenever you get rich you change, that's not actually true,
whenever you keep yourself humble, and you keep giving thanks to those people who actually helped
you to come this far as well, so make sure that you are giving thanks to every single person,
thing, and also God if you believe in God whenever you achieve any kind of success in life.
The lesson number four is a combination of two things that I learned from the same chapter,
and the first one is keeping a gratitude journal, because we all have heard how helpful gratitude
journals are, because sometimes, we forget all those blessings that we actually have in our life,
and whenever we do not appreciate the things that we already have, that's when the universe, or God,
actually thinks that you're not actually worth of actually getting more blessings, and now because
you already can't recognize whatever you already got in your life, and you're not feeling enough
with those things, and whenever you feel enough with those things that you already have, that's
when the universe, or God, actually provides you with more things, more blessings that you can
actually imagine, or explain yourself, and that's when you actually get all those blessings as well,
so whenever you're actually grateful for the things that you already have,
that's when you receive more from universe, and God, and the other thing that I actually
learned is very simple and quite self-explanatory, something that I've actually discussed in a lot of
my videos is to make sure that you're choosing your friends really wisely, and you become
as picky as you can be with your friends, and the people they actually spend time with,
because whoever you spend time with is actually a reflection of who you are,
and if you're wasting your time with someone for example, who drinks a lot, or smokes a lot,
then obviously, that shows up what kind of a person you are as well, and what kind of a person,
or what kind of a lifestyle you actually want to achieve in your life, so you want
to make sure that you're choosing your friends really wisely. Number one, and number two is
making sure that you're keeping a gratitude journal for all the things that you already got,
and be grateful for those. The last thing that I actually learned from this book is quite nice,
and something that I strive to do myself, and I so basically do things that actually are a service
at people, and choosing a career path that is based on service, rather than always making money,
and making cash in a way, because whenever you're giving service to people, that's when you strive
to live a purposeful colorful, and a beautiful life, because that's when you start feeling like
your life is meaningful, and you're worth it, and you're worthy to people, and you're worthy
to yourself as well, because you're doing so much good to others, and I believe that, whenever you
become valuable to others, that's when you start feeling the most confident as well, when you can
make a change to this world, and whenever you start really thinking that, you are worth it,
and you can contribute to a change on this world, and so if you can, of course, do a nine-to-five
job, but also at the same time, I would suggest definitely to have a side hustle, where you're
actually giving service to people, or providing service to people, for example making quotes,
which I do on a regular basis, and also making YouTube videos as well right now as I'm doing,
this is something that I'm really passionate about since I was a young child actually,
and also in my whole life. This is really meaningful to me, and providing help to others,
and with my tips and tricks are based on any kind of problems, and issues, and insecurities.
So, strive to live a meaningful life. This brings me to the end of today's video. I hope you really
enjoyed this video and found this really helpful all the lessons that I learned from the book
Think Like A Monk by Jay Shetty, and if you are interested to get this book, this is of
course available everywhere literally, and on Amazon.com as well, but if you're interested to
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learned from this book, and it was not just me reading, and skimming through pages and letters,
and if you have read this book, of course, then what is the one thing that you actually learned
from this book, and do you actually follow Jay Shetty on Instagram? Comment down below,
because I really want to find out, but other than that, I'll see you in my next week's video.