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The main message of Good Vibes, Good Life is to create a positive mindset and live a fulfilled life.

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The author of Good Vibes, Good Life is Vex King.

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Name: Good Vibes, Good Life
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Author: Vex King

Vex King

How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness

4.3 (394 ratings)

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"Good Vibes, Good Life" by Vex King is a guide to improving your mindset and manifesting positivity in your life. King shares his personal journey and offers practical advice for cultivating self-love, gratitude, and mindfulness.

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What’s in it for me? Learn how to choose love and positivity.

Consider for a minute: Are you really happy? We often tell ourselves that our lives would be better if we had more money, or more free time, or a different job.

But that’s not really how happiness works. In fact, as you’ll find out in these blinks, the key to unlocking your best life is already in your hands – and it starts with self-love.

Learn tried-and-true techniques to welcome joy into your world, and discover how shifting your mindset can change your reality. Packed with inspirational wisdom and insightful advice, this is your guide to leading a good life.

In these blinks, you’ll learn

how to harness the law of attraction;
why pain is an opportunity; and
what atomic energy has to do with happiness.

According to the Law of Attraction, your thoughts dictate your reality.

When the author was a student, his family had very little money. So when friends asked him to join them on their vacation, he knew he couldn’t afford it. But then, just a few weeks later, a check came in the mail for £500 (about $650) – almost exactly the amount the author needed.

What could have possibly happened? The author believes it was all thanks to something called the Law of Attraction. The idea goes that if you believe something good will happen, you make it more likely that it will happen.

The key message here is: According to the Law of Attraction, your thoughts dictate your reality.

The opposite is also true: if you dwell on negative thoughts and expect the worst, then you increase the likelihood that this will come true instead. In the author’s case, he spent weeks thinking he would be able to afford the vacation, and the universe responded by making it so.

But even though he had some success using the Law of Attraction, the author found it didn’t always deliver. He realized that even though he was thinking positively, his thoughts were often accompanied by negative feelings. And this combination made him feel confused and inauthentic – not a great recipe for success.

To combat this problem, he came up with his own law: the Law of Vibration. According to the Law of Vibration, when you radiate joyful, positive energy, your reality becomes positively charged, too – and you attract joyful, positive things.

This theory might sound far-fetched, but it’s based in real science. Consider that everything in the universe, including our minds, is made up of atoms that vibrate. It follows, then, that everything else, including our thoughts and emotions, must also vibrate. The author believes that joyful, loving emotions have a high vibrational frequency, whereas angry, depressed emotions vibrate at a low frequency.

It’s through tapping into these vibrations that you can start to influence the world around you. When an atom vibrates, the atoms around it start vibrating at the same frequency. So if your emotions vibrate higher, then your reality will start to vibrate higher, too. The result? Your external world becomes more loving and joyful.

You can take control of your vibrational frequency.

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.

It’s not selfish to cut toxic people out of your life.

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.

Love yourself to become more secure.

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.

In life, you can choose to sow either the seeds of joy or the roots of unhappiness.

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.

You don’t need a lot of resources to make your dreams come true.

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.

You can’t control what happens, but you can control your reactions.

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.

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What is Good Vibes, Good Life about?

Good Vibes, Good Life (2020) explores the power of positive thinking. By outlining simple techniques for changing your mindset, it reveals how every one of us can take control of our happiness – and our future.

Good Vibes, Good Life Review

Good Vibes, Good Life by Vex King (2018) is a book that guides readers on the path to a more positive and fulfilling life. Here's why it's worth reading:

Full of practical advice and actionable steps, it empowers readers to make small changes that have a big impact on their well-being.
By combining personal experiences, spiritual wisdom, and scientific research, the book offers a well-rounded perspective on personal growth and happiness.
With its inspiring stories and uplifting messages, the book keeps readers engaged, ensuring that personal development never feels dull or tedious.

Best quote from Good Vibes, Good Life

Dont spend your life being imprisoned by a belief system that limits your potential.

—Vex King

Who should read Good Vibes, Good Life?

Anyone feeling overwhelmed by 2020
Wallflowers looking for a confidence boost
Budding entrepreneurs searching for inspiration

About the Author

Vex King is a British-Indian social media influencer, author, and entrepreneur. He is also the founder of Bon Vita, a lifestyle brand focused on uplifting perspectives, spiritual insights, and accessible solutions.

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