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Summary of Think Like A Monk 

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Monks live a detailed, well-defined life that’s full of peace, contentment, and lasting happiness. But how do they achieve this? Living a life of happiness means knowing what true happiness is and how to create it ourselves. We control the majority of our lives, which means we wield enough power to influence the world. In this summary, we’ll learn how to live and think like monks. Jay Shetty is a storyteller, podcaster, and former monk. He is on a mission to share the world’s timeless wisdom in an accessible, relevant way. His experience as a former monk makes his methods practical and educational for everyone. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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To live a fulfilling life, we must learn to live like monks

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Never before have so many people been so dissatisfied and obsessed with chasing unlimited happiness. We chase fame, money, glamour, sex, etc., but in the end, none of these things can satisfy us. We’ll seek more and more, a cycle that leads to frustration, disillusion, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, and exhaustion. To avoid this, we need to think like monks.

Why should we think like monks? The answer is not far-fetched; If we wanted to know how to dominate the basketball court, we might turn to Michael Jordan; if we wanted to innovate, we might investigate Elon Musk. If we’re going to train our mind to find peace, calm, and purpose, however, it’s only expected to look at monks.

Monks are the experts. They can withstand temptations, refrain from criticizing, deal with pain and anxiety, quiet the ego, and build lives that flow with purpose and meaning. Learning about true love and gratitude from the calmest, happiest, most purposeful people on earth is a massive advantage.

While we appreciate the calm, relaxed, and serene attitude of monks, we mustn’t think it’s easy being a monk. They’ve hidden away in quiet settings where they don’t have to deal with jobs. To think and live like monks, we must be focused, willing, and determined.
Evil cannot drive out evil: only love can do that. We must love unconditionally to live a fulfilled life.
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Our identity is mostly shaped by what others think of us or what we think others think of us

We believe that our self-image is tied up in how we think others see us, but most of our self-improvement efforts are because we want to live up to those thoughts. When we believe someone we admire sees wealth as success, we chase wealth to impress that person.
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When we become self-critical, we remind ourselves that we also have positive qualities

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We have so much power over the world, but fear and anxiety disconnect us from our true abilities

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Purpose and meaning, not a success, lead to true contentment

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Exploring our strengths and weaknesses in the universe leads each of us to our dharma

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Once we quell our external distractions, we can address the voices inside our heads

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Once we have trained the mind to look inward, we are ready to look outward at how we interact with others in the world

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Service is the essence of human consciousness

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