As we journey into the first few days of the New Year we may often find ourselves reflecting on the past and on our dreams for the future. We set goals and resolutions for the year to come, and we make an effort to brainstorm lists of ways we can ensure we achieve them.
We often, however, forget to ask ourselves one simple question that almost always results in undeniable positive change: Does the way I think hinder me from living life to its fullest potential? This is the ultimate question Brianna Wiest explores in her #1 International Bestseller 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think.
Since its release in 2016, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think has seen a resurgence of attention online, with more and more readers taking to social media to praise Wiest for her work, and to discuss and promote the ideas she presents forward to help facilitate positive change in one’s life.
So, we at Setting Mind asked ourselves: Will 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think really change the way we think going into this New Year? The answer: yes, yes it will. A few essays into the book we already knew it had, and we hope it will do the same for you.
The compilation featuring a collection of never before seen and popular essays by Wiest, dances with the ideas of discomfort and obstacle being “the way” to growth and expansion, presents ways to change and overcome limiting subconscious behaviours and biases and explores the ideas of purpose, negative thinking, and daily ritual in both a series of “how to’s” and reflections.
As Wiest explains “many of the worlds ‘best’ people understood that to change their lives, they had to change their minds,” and as you dive deep into her collection of essays, you will inevitably be presented with a new perspective that differs from your own, and therefore has the powerful potential to influence and change the way you think.
Change of any kind in our opinion — by choice or not — is always positive in life because it forces you to step outside of your comfort zone. Wiest too argues “our most intense discomfort is what precedes and necessitates thinking in a way we have never conceived of before. That awareness creates possibilities that would never exist had we not been forced to learn something new. In a more cerebral context, if you consciously learn to regard the ‘problems’ in your life as openings for you to adopt a greater understanding and then develop a better way of living, you will step out of the labyrinth of suffering and learn what it means to thrive.”
The essay compilation, a dazzling take on the root of the work of being human, guides readers through a variety of life’s biggest obstacles with flowing ease and is bound to be a revitalizing and grounding force in your life for many years to come.
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