Top 10 lesson learned from book -"You're Too Good to Feel This Bad" By Nate Dallas

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 Top 10 lesson learned from book -"You're Too Good to Feel This Bad" By Nate Dallas


1)"Take charge of your health and wellbeing. No one can do it for you."


2)"Failure, suffering, and setback are typically the place where we experience the most learning and growth."


3)"We create lasting change by taking control of the things that control our behaviors. We modify inputs to improve outputs."


4)"Make no mistake: poor sleep always negatively affects the mind, body, and spirit. There is no escaping this truth, so if you are serious about living, you must be serious about sleeping."


5) "As a society, we are addicted to sugar, and the food companies know it. They are happy to make you dependent on their products by adding copious amounts of sugar."


6) "Five glasses of water a day reduces the risk of a heart attack by 41%."

"If we are growing, we can look back and see how childish, unloving, selfish, arrogant, or inexperienced we were. It should be gratifying, not shameful, to look back and see foolishness. It validates growth and progress."


7) It's important to refrain from making big decisions in a poor state...When I'm sad, I rarely see things accurately. When I'm tired, I take the lazy approach."


9) )"Anxiety is a call to action. It will continue to signal to us, robbing us of our potential peace until we make the changes it demands."


10) "Love is a discipline. It's not mystical or magical. It is a choice, and it takes practice to be any good at it. One does not fall into love, but rather, steps into it."




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