Joseph Nguyen’s "Don’t Believe Everything You Think"

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Your mind is not a friend it’s a tyrant. It spins stories of inadequacy, catastrophizes the future, and replays past failures like a broken record. This mental noise isn’t just distracting; it’s soul-crushing. Joseph Nguyen’s "Don’t Believe Everything You Think" isn’t another platitude-filled pep talk. It’s a scalpel, cutting through the illusion that your thoughts define reality. In a world drowning in overthinking, anxiety, and self-doubt, this book is a rebellion against the prison of the mind. If you’re exhausted by the war inside your head, these pages don’t just offer relief they hand you the keys to freedom.

7 Lessons from "Don’t Believe Everything You Think":

1. Your Thoughts Are Not Facts They’re Fiction. Nguyen’s core thesis: Thoughts are stories, not truths. The mind generates narratives (“I’m not enough,” “This will fail”) masquerading as reality. Exhaustion and anxiety thrive when you conflate thoughts with facts. The antidote? Observe your mind like a movie screen. Ask: “Is this thought serving me, or enslaving me?” Disidentify. Let the storm pass without building a shelter in it.

2. Suffering Begins When You Cling to the “Why”. The mind obsesses over solving problems, dissecting past traumas, or seeking reasons for pain. Nguyen argues this fixation perpetuates suffering. “Not everything needs to be understood to be released,” he writes. Exhaustion dissolves when you stop interrogating every wound and instead let it exist without judgment. Healing isn’t in the analysis it’s in the surrender.

3. You Are the Sky Your Thoughts Are Just Weather. A central metaphor: You are not your thoughts; you’re the awareness beneath them. Emotions, doubts, and fears are passing clouds, not the sky itself. Nguyen urges readers to anchor in this awareness. When exhaustion or self-criticism arises, remind yourself: “This too shall pass." The less you fight the storm, the quicker it dissipates.

4. Presence Is the Ultimate Antidote to Overthinking. The mind’s chaos thrives in the past or future. Nguyen insists that presence grounding in the now is the only space where peace exists. Exhaustion is often a byproduct of mental time travel. Breathe. Feel your feet on the ground. Taste your coffee. “The present moment,” he writes, “is where life actually happens. The rest is noise.”

5. Self-Compassion Isn’t Soft—It’s Revolutionary. The mind’s default mode is self-attack: "You should’ve done better. You’re failing.” Nguyen reframes self-compassion as radical defiance. Treat yourself with the kindness you’d offer a struggling friend. Say aloud: “It’s okay. I’m human.” Exhaustion softens when you stop weaponizing your thoughts against yourself.

6. You Don’t Need to “Fix” Yourself to Be Worthy. The self-help industry profits by convincing you you’re broken. Nguyen dismantles this lie: “You are already whole.” Striving to “improve” implies lack. True peace comes not from fixing but from accepting. Exhaustion fades when you stop chasing an idealized version of yourself and rest in the truth of who you are here, now.

7. Freedom Lives in Questioning, Not Controlling. You’ll never control every thought, but you can question their power. Nguyen teaches: When a toxic thought arises (*

“I’m unlovable”), ask: “Is this true? What evidence do I have?” Exhaustion thrives in mental autopilot; freedom blooms in interrogation. The more you doubt your doubts, the less they own you.

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Katelijne Sedeyn

Do not believe you're next thought..

Thoughts are like clouds passing by..you don't have to follow every cloud...

The mind is a beautiful instrument to be .

Not the otherway around...

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Paul Barlow

It's even more dangerous when these illusions are in the heads of Political leaders. Our whole society has been built on what goes on in people's heads. The most catastrophic being Two World Wars. The irrational fear of the future and regret of the past stops us living in the present. Society is structured to give us things to constantly worry about. FEAR the four letter word that controls the world.

The irrational fear of climate change and most recently Covid based on POSSIBLE SCENARIOS in a computer simulation not actual ones is two examples driving policies that made/are making life too expensive and will potentially cause economies to suffer as a result. Maybe even collapse based on faulty thinking and computer based simulations like AI.

Many rushed to take a vaccine because the Government feared them around catching Covid and millions ended up vaccine damaged or even died as a result of the vaccine all based on irrational fear of a virus that for most was mild and average age of death from it was 83.

Even the PCR test produced millions of false positives/negatives skewing the figures and question whether actually did die from Covid and not some similar illness instead. Not my figures but official statistics. The media and Government whipped up fear that was unjustified. The solution was more harmful than the original problem.

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Matt Sheldon

This book changed me 

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Sharon Viviers Correia

"I am 82 years old, I have 4 children, 11 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a room of 12 square meters.

I no longer have a home or expensive things, but I have someone who will clean my room, prepare food and change my bedding, measure my blood pressure and weigh me.

I no longer have the laughter of my grandchildren, I don't see them growing, hugging and arguing. Some come to me every 15 days, some every three or four months, and some never.

I don't bake cakes, I don't dig up the garden. I still have hobbies and I like to read, but my eyes quickly hurt.

I don’t know how much longer, but I have to get used to this loneliness.

Here at home, I lead group work and help those who are worse than me as much as I can.

Until recently, I read aloud to an immobile woman in the room next to me, we used to sing together, but she died the other day. They say life is getting longer. Why?

When I’m alone, I can look at photos of my family and memories I brought from home. And that's all.

I hope that the next generations will understand that families are born to have a future (with children) and that they do not forget about the family even in old age."

- Author Unknown 

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Noel Maher

Echhart Tolle has been saying this for 40 years plus ….buy the book ..The power of now by Echart Tolle ..learn this and much much more ……and by the way ….your thought processes will considerably change..for the better…

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Mar Co

"The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master"

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Adam Norman

Don't trust everything you read on socials, with great looking helpful mantras... Trust your gut!

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Nigel Jessen

This book is full of someone's thoughts ...

Some of which might be useful , and some of which might serve to hinder the self-reflection and strategizing that we need to "grow" in a society that has certain expectations of us.

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Antoinette Dunn

The bible is filled with fiction and misinterpretations.

And toxicity!

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Anonymous participant 733

Just bought this book from Kmart yesterday

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Michael Mccabe

Krishnamurti

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Josephine Cheung

this is Buddhism without religion

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David Ochoa

Very good read. I enjoyed this book a lot.

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Jeannie B Hunter

We are not over thinking of stupid but living in a corrupt world.

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Eunice Veloso

Thanks for teh summary! I particularly enjoyed the reminder: "The mind’s chaos thrives in the past or future. Nguyen insists that presence grounding in the now is the only space where peace exists." Many of us already know this: sometimes we forget....

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Daniel Karpinský

Great book!

Namgok Lee 극심한 혼돈과 내전의 위기 속에서 한국의 진보 운동을 생각한다.

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뉴스에 주로 나오는 인물들의 뒷편에 오래된 원혼(冤魂)들의 그림자가 어른거리지 않기를 바랍니다. GDP가 일본을 앞서고 남북 체제 경쟁에서 완승한 대한민국에서 이제 좀 밝은 정치를 합시다. 누가 덜 나쁜가로 다투는 선거가 아니라, 누가 상생과 통합의 정치에 더 적합한가로 선택하는 선거를 만들어 갑시다.

급박하게 진행되는 정치 일정 속에서 중도(상생과 통합)가 주류로 되는 신기원의 정치가 되기 위해서는 낡은 이데올로기와 정서에서 벗어난 새로운 정치세력이 당당하게 선택지로 나설 수 있어야 합니다.

 선거 과정을 통해서 개헌을 포함한 공약과 정책이 대한민국의 시대정신을 실현하는 방향으로 큰 흐름을 형성하기 바랍니다.

현실에 토대한 건강한 정당들이 이 과정에서 출현하기를 바랍니다. 

오래된 고전(古典) 속에서도 정치적 메시지를 찾게 되는 심정을 헤아려 주셨으면 합니다.

사분오열(四分五裂)을 부추기는 것이 아니라, 새롭고 건강한 진영으로 재구성되는 것을 바라보는 것입니다.

건강한 좌우보혁 진영 간의 연합정치만이 뿌리 깊은 내전을 종식시키고, 대한민국을 한 단계 도약시키는 길입니다.    

<<“더불어 말할 만한 사람인데도 말을 나누지 않으면 사람을 잃고, 더불어 말할 수 없는데도 말을 하면 말을 잃는 것이 된다. 지자(知者)는 사람도 잃지 않고, 말도 잃지 않는다.” 

子曰 可與言而不與之言失人 不可與言而與之言失言 知者不失人亦不失言(15/7) 

요즘 나라의 정치를 보면 차마 눈뜨고 보기 힘든(目不忍見) 일이나 듣고나서 귀를 씻고 싶은  언행들이 백주대낮에 횡행한다.

부끄럽고 창피하다.

위기라고 생각하는 것은 그런 현상 자체가 아니라 난국(難局)을 극복할 보편적 합의와 그것을 실행할 주체가 안 보인다는 것이다.

기존의 정당과 정치문화로는 중층의 위기를 넘어설 수 없다.

낡은 진영논리와 정치문화 그리고 현실과 괴리된 낡은 관념과 정서에서 벗어나 보편적 합의를 이끌어내고 실천하는 새로운 정당들이 출현해야 한다. 

갑자기 하늘에서 뚝 떨어지는 것이 아니다. 기왕에 존재하는 사상 이념들 그리고 사람들이 헤쳐모여 재구성하는 것이다. 창조적 재구성이다.

우선 말이 통하는 사람들이 만나야 한다. 양심적이고 합리적이며 현실적인 사람들은 말이 통하는 사람들이다. 이제 그들이 낡은 벽을 허물고 만나서 새로운 정당을 만드는 것이다. 좌(左) 우(右) 녹색이 만날 수 있고 만나야 한다. 만나지 않으면 공자는 사람을 잃는다(失人)고 했지만, 우리는 위기를 벗어나 새로운 세상으로 나아갈 기회를 놓친다.

여러 진영에서 나름의 이상(理想)을 실현하려고 노력하는 사람들이 기이한 퇴행적 편가름과 권력투쟁 속에서 말이 통하지 않는 사람들과 같은 배를 타고 있는 경우가 있다. 그들은 그 속에서 그들의 이상이 공허한 말장난으로 되고 있는 것을 느낀다. 말(言)을 놓치고 있는 것이다. 빠져 나와서 자신의 말(理想)이 생명력을 갖게 해야 한다. 

 사람과 말을 잃지 않는, 적극적으로 사람과 말이 다 살려지는 새로운 진영을 만들어야 한다. 

시대의 요구라고 생각한다.

지금까지 낡은 진영의 구심력은 도덕적으로나 담론에 있어서나 구심력을 상실하고 있다. 

물실호기(勿失好機)다.

합리적이고 애국적인 정치인들과 지식인들에게  보내는 메시지다.>>

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Way of the Peaceful Warrior

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Author	Dan Millman
Language	English
Genre	Personal-success
Publisher	J. P. Tarcher
Publication date	1980
Pages	240
ISBN	978-1-932073-20-1

Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a part-fictional, part-autobiographical book based upon the early life of the author Dan Millman. The book has been a bestseller in many countries since its first publication in 1980. The book initially had only modest sales, before Hal Kramer came out of retirement to republish the book, from the H. J. Kramer imprint of New World Library. In early 2006, a film based on the novel, Peaceful Warrior, was released.

Summary

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The story tells of a chance meeting with a service station attendant who becomes a spiritual teacher to the young gymnast, Dan Millman. The attendant, whom Millman names Socrates, becomes a father figure and teaches Millman how to become a "peaceful warrior".

Plot

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Dan is a world-class trampolining gymnast attending college at the University of California, Berkeley. The story begins when Dan experiences a series of nightmares, where he is in a dark lane. In front of him is Death, about to claim his life, when an old man appears out of nowhere and confronts Death. One particular night, Dan heads out to an all night gas station, where he meets the same old man from his dreams.

Dan, nervous, leaves immediately, but as he turns back, he sees the man standing on the roof. Surprised that he could move so quickly, Dan strikes up a conversation with the old man, and calls him Socrates. Dan begins to meet Socrates on a regular basis, and is interested in his philosophy.

Socrates ridicules Dan, pointing out that he is trapped in the illusions created by his mind, causing Dan so much trouble. Dan keeps a diary and is surprised that his mind is so troubled, that he is used to it. Dan demands Socrates to teach him. Socrates begins his initiation, by showing Dan visions of his whole life; his purpose; the world and "re arranges" the young man's mind. Socrates tells Dan that he should eliminate attachments and live in the present, but warns him that it would be a painful journey. Dan becomes besotted with Socrates's other protégée, a mysterious girl named Joy, who keeps turning up, unpredictably.

A few weeks later, Dan suffers an accident, where his right leg is badly fractured. Socrates arrives and accelerates Dan's healing process. Socrates takes Dan to a café, owned by his former disciple, Joseph, who serves simple food. Socrates instructs Dan to take up celibacy, consume only light food and avoid intoxicating substances.

Dan is frustrated, and even fails once, but resumes. Next, Socrates begins to train Dan physically, making him run, correcting his poise and breath, practice tai chi, meditation and aikido and refine his gymnastics.

Dan graduates and Socrates decides to part ways with him, as Dan must travel his path on his own. Dan marries Linda, but the marriage fails. He travels around the world for six years, learning new physical teachings, but is unable to find peace. Dejected, Dan returns to Berkeley, to an old place which Socrates had told him about long ago.

Dan meets Socrates again, now over one hundred years old. Socrates tells Dan that he is almost near to his goal. Mystified, Dan follows Socrates to an ancient Native American burial ground. A thunderstorm breaks out and the two go inside a cave. Dan experiences a vision where he dies but still remains conscious. He finally overcomes his fear of death. Socrates reminds Dan of his teachings and that he must be happy without any reason. Socrates and Dan return home. Dan wonders where Socrates is and opens the door. Socrates has disappeared, died presumably. Dan returns home as a wiser man. He falls in love and marries Joyce, who is revealed to be Joy.

Series

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Way of the Peaceful Warrior was followed by three sequels:

• Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior
• The Journeys of Socrates
• The Hidden School

Editions

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• Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives, H J Kramer, 20th Anniversary Edition, ISBN 0-915811-89-8
• Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel, H J Kramer, ISBN 1-932073-48-5

Robert Dugoni

Robert Dugoni

Robert Dugoni


Robert Vincent Dugoni (born February 17, 1961) is an American author currently living in Seattle, Washington. His novels have earned spots on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BookSense and Amazon bestseller lists.

Robert Dugoni
Born
Robert Vincent Dugoni
February 17, 1961

Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
Education Stanford University (B.A.)
University of California at Los Angeles (J.D.)
Occupation lawyer, author
Spouse(s) Cristina Dugoni

Awards

Dugoni is a two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association's Literary Award, has twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction (Murder One and My Sister's Grave), was a 2015 and a 2017 International Thriller Writer's finalist for thriller of the year (My Sister's Grave and In the Clearing), a 2017 finalist for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award (The Seventh Canon), the 2015 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction (My Sister's Grave) and a two time winner of the Spotted Owl Award for best novel in the Pacific Northwest. His literary novel, "The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell" was Suspense Magazine's 2019 Book of the Year. His novel, The Eighth Sister, the first in the Charles Jenkins series is an international best-seller and has been optioned for television. In 2010 The Providence Rhode Island Journal called him "The undisputed king of the legal thriller." His novels Bodily Harm and Murder One have been recognized by the Los Angeles Times and Library Journal as top-five thrillers of the year. My Sister's Grave became an Amazon, Library Journal, and Suspense Magazine 2014 Best Book of the Year and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, as well as the #1 Amazon download in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Italy, and France. In the Clearing is an Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestseller. The Trapped Girl is a #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller. His true story exposé, The Cyanide Canary, was a Washington Post 2004 Best Book of the Year. Dugoni is published in more than 25 languages and has sold more than six million copies.

Bibliography
Standalone novels

The Cyanide Canary (Simon & Schuster, Free Press, 2004) ISBN 978-0743246521
Damage Control (Grand Central Publishing, 2007) ISBN 978-0446617086
The Seventh Canon (Thomas & Mercer, 2016) ISBN 978-1503939424
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel (Amazon Publishing, 2018) ISBN 978-1503949003

Charles Jenkins Espionage Series

The Eighth Sister (Thomas & Mercer, 2019) ISBN 978-1503903319
The Last Agent (Thomas & Mercer, 2020) ISBN 978-1542014984

David Sloane novels

The Jury Master (Grand Central Publishing, March 2006) ISBN 978-0446617079
Wrongful Death (Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, April 2009) ISBN 978-1416591009
Bodily Harm (Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, 2010) ISBN 978-1416592983
Murder One (Simon & Schuster, Touchstone 2011) ISBN 978-1451606690
The Conviction (Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, 2012) ISBN 978-1451606720

Tracy Crosswhite novels

My Sister's Grave (Thomas & Mercer, 2014) ISBN 978-1477825570
Her Final Breath (Thomas & Mercer, 2015) ISBN 978-1503945029
In the Clearing (Thomas & Mercer, 2016) ISBN 978-1503953574
The Trapped Girl (Thomas & Mercer, 2017) ISBN 978-1503940406
Close to Home (Thomas & Mercer, 2017) ISBN 978-1542045018
A Steep Price (Thomas & Mercer, 2018) ISBN 978-1503954182
A Cold Trail (Thomas & Mercer, 2020) ISBN 978-1542093224

Short stories

Tracy Crosswhite SeriesThe Academy (Thomas & Mercer, 2014) ASIN B00LMKD6SU
Third Watch (Amazon Digital Services, 2015) ASIN B0141GRCVS
CollectionsWhat I Would Tell Her (Harlequin, Original Edition, 2010) ISBN 978-0373892105
Killer Nashville Noir: Cold Blooded (Diversion Books, 2015) ISBN 978-1626818781
"Odd Partners" (Ballantine Books, 2019) ISBN 978-1524799359
"Trouble and Strife" (Down and Out Books, 2019) ISBN 978-1643960562
"Private Investigations (Seal Press, 2020) ISBN 978-1580059213

External linksOfficial website
Teaching Website of Robert Dugoni

References

Hubbell, Martindale (September 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 1998: California (S-Z), Colorado - Volume 3. Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561602490.
https://www.martindale.com/seattle/washington/robert-v-dugoni-230957-a/
http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Licensee/Detail/130816
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