Book Review – You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought

I’ll be doing book reviews now and again, for books I think you should avoid or ones that I think you could benefit from reading – ones that would help us create a future we want, help us focus our energies on the Future to birth it as we intend.

You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought by John-Roger and Peter McWilliams is a great book. It’s in the Life 101 series of books, which includes Life 101 and Do It Now, both of which I also recommend. You Can’t… is about how our thoughts affect our life, how our focus in life increases, no matter what that is. Have you ever known anyone who constantly was negative? Focused on the clouds instead of the sky? Always thought about the five minutes of turbulence on a plane ride instead of the three other hours of easy flight? And how did their lives go? Were they all fluffiness and sunshine? Or did they have a miserable life? (and perhaps seemed the happier for it, ironically)

Where you place your focus, your thoughts, your energy, is what increases in your life. If you focus on the negative, negative will increase, or at the very least it will seem so, because that’s all you’ll think about. If you forget to be grateful for your blessings, they’ll go find someplace where they’re welcome.

This book can help you rearrange your thoughts until they are in line with the life you want, with the Future you want. It’s an easy read. Don’t be intimidated by the size. Half the pages have a single quote on them. Let me know what you think, and if you have any books that you would suggest to those who would give Birth to the Future.