This book is a self-help guide on how to make your life what you want it to be through seven personal assertions: I am willing; I am wired to win; I got this; I embrace the uncertainty; I am not my thoughts, I am what I do; I am relentless; I expect nothing and accept everything.

It was the kick in the pants that I needed. I found it to be very helpful. Though I highlighted a lot of passages and dog-eared plenty of pages, two points stuck with me the most:

1.) Our thoughts shape our lives. E.g., If you always talk about how life is unfair, you'll only ever see the unfair parts.

”Create the reality you want to live in by beginning the process of having the kind of conversations (with yourself and others) that actually shape that reality."

2.) We need to be realistic about our goals by determining not what we want but rather what we are willing to do. E.g., Ideally I'd like to have strong, visible abs, but am I willing to go to the gym seven days a week and/or hold myself to a strict diet? No, I don't want to be that tough on myself. So maybe I don't actually want rock hard abs after all.

”When you start to view the world through the lens of what you're willing and unwilling to pursue, rather than what it seems you want and don't want, things start to become a lot clear.”

I'd recommend this even if you don't think you're wrapped up in your head, because it's great advice that really puts things in to perspective.

”If [your plan] succeeds, you can celebrate. If it fails, you can recalibrate. Don't expect victory or defeat. Plan for victory, learn from defeat."