Gary John Bishop

"Assertive self-talk that points at the next action"

Gary John Bishop is a Scottish-born personal development trainer and former senior programme director at Landmark Worldwide. Unfu*k Yourself (HarperOne, 2017) became a New York Times bestseller and launched a series of blunt, assertion-first books.

1 book·Assertive self-talk and action

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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes

Talk, don’t listen

Issue an assertion that points at action instead of rehearsing the problem.

Personal will

Your hours already voted. Change the game you keep winning.

You are what you do

Thoughts are weather. The scoreboard is the next ten minutes.

Notable Quotes

"Stop listening to yourself and start talking to yourself."
— Unfu*k Yourself
"You are not your thoughts; you are what you do."
— Unfu*k Yourself

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