Good Vibes, Good Life summary

It might seem unlikely, but when it comes to emotions, you have a lot in common with green algae – or, more precisely, a particular species of green algae that gets its energy from other plants.

Like the algae, you draw your emotional energy from other people and your environment. In fact, when things are going badly, summoning positive energy from your surroundings can change how you feel. 

We’ve seen how spending time with positive people can raise your vibrations to a higher level and help you to be the best version of yourself. Well, the opposite is also true: being around negative people can leave you feeling hopeless, weak, and insecure. 

While you could argue that no one can make you feel anything, and that a truly secure person can’t be brought down by other people, most of us aren’t spiritually strong enough to remain unaffected. 

If someone asked you to list five things you love, what would you say? Would you list yourself in that top five? Sadly, many of us wouldn’t. That’s because our society is suffering from a lack of self-love. 

In today’s world, we are often consumed with what other people think about us. Whether they like us. Whether they respect us. But we don’t stop to ask whether we love or respect ourselves. 

Learning to love yourself is all well and good, but to get to a point where you can change your life, you need to understand that you actually have two minds – not one. 

Your first mind is your conscious mind. It holds all the thoughts, feelings, and information that you’re consciously aware of. Your second mind is your unconscious mind. It holds all the beliefs and assumptions that exist below the surface. 

Positive thoughts and beliefs are important, but your reality won’t change unless you couple them with action. For many people who want to be more successful, doing something is the difficult part. Positive action means hard work and dedication; it means putting in effort, even on those days when you’d rather sit back and relax. 

Many people fail to take action to reach their goals and then wonder why their positivity isn’t bringing them rewards. They tell themselves that there are too many barriers to achieving their dreams – they don’t have enough time, money, or expertise. When they get these things, then they’ll take action. 

Like Richard Branson, you might be able to control your actions and take positive steps toward your goals, but you can never entirely control the world around you. Unfortunately, this means that painful experiences are in store for all of us at some point during our lives. But when the worst happens, you can practice self-love by refusing to become a victim. 

That’s not to say you shouldn’t feel sad when bad things happen – but you do have a choice about how you view the situation. And as we’ve seen, whatever choice you make will affect your vibrational energy and influence your reality.