Introduction
Think Like a Monk is a book of Jay Shetty. Jay Shetty is a British vlogger, and motivational speaker. He was named in forbes 30 under 30 class of 2017 for being a game changer in the world of media. This is a Self-help book. In this book, Jay tells his own story which he experienced in his life as a monk. What inspired him to leave the life of a normal person and become a monk. Although the things written in the book are things in his life, but in the book, he has made every effort to connect us with his wisdom and ideology. The book is completely over 3 topics. First, Let go. Second, Grow. Last, Give. Every page of the book will take you to enlightenment. So let’s turn on again. (Think Like a Monk Summary)
Summary
There are 11 chapters in the book, which would be right to say topics. Which is different from each other and at the same time also connected to each other. They are, Identity, Negativity, Fear, Intention, Purpose, Routine, Mind, Ego, Gratitude, Relationship and Service. From whom you can learn such things. Let’s talk about them first.
YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO
- Train your mind for peace and purpose everyday
- Learn to stop living based on people’s opinions and start living on your terms
- Remove negativity and overcome toxic relationships and habits
- Heal your anxiety, fear and pain from the past
- Uncover your true passion and purpose
- Create effective morning and evening routines that transform your daily habits
- Stop overthinking and procrastinating and train your mind to focus
- Put aside your ego to clear the path to success
- Develop an impactful gratitude practice that goes deeper than a list
- Find and develop true compatibility in relationships
Why think like a monk?
Jay Shetty says that if you want to do something innovative in your life, then you can learn from people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates. If you have stage fear and want to learn how to perform on stage, you can learn from Beyoncé, but if you want to keep yourself and your mind calm, steady and productive, then you should learn from a monk because they are experts in them.
Let’s talk about some topics of the book.
Identity
Identify yourself. Suppose you are standing in front of your mirror but you do not see your face in it because there is a lot of dust in that mirror. Now here that mirror is your identity, all you have to do is remove that dust to see yourself. Jay Shetty says that the only way to build a meaningful life is to filter out that noise and look within.
Negativity
Negativity is everywhere like we keep discussing about the misery of the day except the happiness of the day. We keep doing evil to our friends behind their back. We do not hold back from showing shame to anyone. We compare ourselves to others. We do evil to peoples. Jay says that the more we keep ourselves close to Gossip, Negativity and Conflict, the more we push ourselves into Negativity.
Routine
Above this topic, our day-to-day routine is described and Jay shares some points.
Early to rise
If we get up late in the morning, we program our body to do all our work in a hurry. Due to which high pressure and stress starts forming in our body and due to this we remain in this mood all day. Jay Shetty says that by getting up early in the morning, our whole day is productive so that we are able to give all our time to all our work.
The evening routine
Jay Shetty says that when he was in his ashram, he used to go to sleep at 8 pm and read something before that. He says that if you want your day to be good then you should make your evening routine.
There are many more chapters in the book that will make your heart happy and will lead you to Purpose.
Some quotes we all need to know
When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.
Jay Shetty
Think Like a Monk
Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
Jay Shetty
Think Like a Monk
When you learn a little, you feel you know a lot. But when you learn a lot, you realize you know very little.
Jay Shetty
Think Like a Monk
When you’re present in gratitude you can’t be anywhere else.
Jay Shetty
Think Like a Monk
Insight/Review
This is a very beautiful book. If you are a new reader then this can be a must read book for you. The most beautiful thing in the book is what distinguishes this book from other self-help books, its simplicity. The kind of language used in the book is so simple that you will be able to connect with it very easily.
The words of the book are so effective that you will not be able to stop yourself from reading. You will get to learn something from every chapter in the book. Everything in here is just like all self help books. But the difference is that words are described very easily. In the book too, you will get to see the same image of Jay Shetty’s video, if you are very impressed with his video, I am sure that this book will not disappoint you.
The strength of the book is its topics and their solution and above all the manner of presenting them. The book contains the same things that remain in a spiritual self help book. If you are fond of reading self-books, then this book will definitely try to provide you with a reminder on your habit.
The language style of the book was sweet and simple. The words were easy to understand. No hard words to see. Truly, a very impressive book.
Rating
4.8/5
Conclusion
This book helps you understand yourself, fear, ego, mind, intuitions etc. It helps you understand the purpose in life and what is true gratitude. This book will help you improve your life, relationships and service to others. It is such an easy to read, yet incredibly easy to understand concept that will change your life for the better. Also a great gift idea for anyone struggling or going through difficult times, getting up and eye opening.
Strongly recommend Everyone to read this wonderful book
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ABOUT THE Author
Jay Shetty is an Award-Winning Storyteller, Podcaster, and former monk who is making wisdom go viral. He was named in forbes 30 under 30 class of 2017 for being a game changer in the world of media.
