Just F*cking do it! Book takeaways

Book written by Noor Hibbert and published in 2019. It has 242 pages distributed in 13 chapters. Each chapter ends with a Top Takeaways section and a JFDI! section.

Takeaways

Noor Hibbert is a powerhouse, and her book delivers a no-bullsh*t guide to transforming your life. Useful for professional coaches and IT experts, I found her approach refreshing and practical. Here’s why:

• Psychological Rigor Meets Practical Wisdom: Just F*cking Do It combines psychological insights with actionable steps. Noor emphasizes that true personal development starts with changing our mindset and interactions. As coaches, we know that mindset matters, and this book reinforces that beautifully.
• Law of Attraction for Success: Beyond the usual self-help fluff Noor dives into the Law of Attraction. She shows how aligning our thoughts with positive energy can multiply our success. As IT professionals, we understand the power of alignment – whether it’s code or life goals.
• Content Accessible to a Diverse Audience: What sets this book apart is its versatility. It’s not just for seasoned self-help enthusiasts; it’s for us – the coaches, the tech wizards, the problem solvers, Software Architects designing new solutions. Noor’s candid style resonates across diverse audiences, making this a must-read for anyone seeking growth and transformation.
• Beyond the Buzzwords: Noor doesn’t sugarcoat. She challenges us to stop thinking small, cut through the noise, and take action. As IT experts, we appreciate practical advice that cuts to the chase. In summary, Just F*cking Do It is a wake-up call for those who want to break free from mediocrity. Whether you’re coaching clients or debugging code, this book will throw away your excuses and push you towards your best life.

The Book

In the first 3 chapters the author talks about how her life was changed once she adopted what she reports in the book. Talk about the Law of Attraction: to achieve things you have to think positively and think that things will happen. She talks about the positive vibes you have with the Universe entity. The Law of Attraction allows you to decide what you get out of life. The right way to synchronize with the Universe is by using Radio Universe if it connects us using a negative, short-tempered approach you are using Radio Shit. The author underlines that people's freedom is determined by having objectives in the 8 areas that govern human happiness:

• Spiritual
• Emotional
• Mental
• Physicist
• Relational
• Professional
• Financial

She suggests defining a maximum of 3 objectives for each area. To define them she suggests these precautions:

• Write down your goals, don't just think about them
• Define 5 very specific stages that are required to achieve the objective
• Set a deadline
• Write the objectives in the present tense, as if they had already been achieved
• Think of 5 things you would think, believe and feel once you reach your goal and re-read it often

Once the objectives have been defined, we should not be surprised if we are unable to achieve them by the expected date or through the planned stages. Changes are often decided by the Universe in an irrational way

The writer defines 2 voices that are within us, the Ego and the Soul. The Ego is that part that always justifies us, that blames others when we don't succeed, that makes us angry when a car cuts us off. The Soul, on the other hand, is that positive voice that pushes us to smile when someone cuts us off, that makes us smile and get along with others.

In chapters 4,5,6 the author describes three fundamental aspects to prepare to become the best version of ourselves:

• Knowing how to look inside ourselves: we must look inside ourselves to understand where we want to go, who we want to become. Social media often leads us to define models and objectives that are not ours, which only serve to satisfy others.
• Recognize your limiting beliefs: when we look inside ourselves we must be able to identify our limiting beliefs. We are often blocked in our evolution because we have incorporated beliefs in the first years of life. We were not born with these beliefs, we absorbed them from the context in which we grew up. Once identified, we need to understand when we have received them and from whom so that we can chase them away using self-awareness and a technique such as Tapping.
• Visualize who you want to be: once you have identified the external and internal noises you need to proceed to the self-forgiveness phase (spiritual facelift). That is, we need to reset the Ego which is the collector of these disorders and we need to visualize who and how we need to be to achieve the objectives and trigger change. Visualization is learned with practice.

In the following 3 chapters Nori Hibbert describes the main steps to define the best version of yourself:

• Choose yourself: you need to know how to forgive yourself and others at all times, even if unpleasant things happen you need to look at the positive side of things and think about how to transform that event into a positive one. Furthermore, you need to be selfish to the right degree and celebrate yourself every day.
• Your word is your magic wand: our internal and external dialogues are crucial in defining who and how we are. It is enough to change some words that we usually use and the perspective changes from pessimistic to optimistic.
• Not all karma is the same: every day we deal with karma, even when it manifests itself adversely we must accept it and not be discouraged by negative events. We must be aware that the choices we make are decisive for our future. We need to be “more crab”. The crab periodically recycles its carapace based on the growth of its body; in practice it is a metaphor to push us to often leave our comfort zone, to take risks, in order to grow more than those around us who do not necessarily have to be our growth model.

In the final chapters sher goes beyond the basics defined in the previous chapters and focuses on more advanced aspects:

• Google doesn't know all the answers: we often search for answers on Google but we have a very powerful weapon that we don't know how to exploit: intuition. Intuition is often magically precise; it is the means by which The Universe speaks to our Soul.
• Exercise gratitude: gratitude is the frequency of love. The more we distribute, the more we get back. We must not spare ourselves to express gratitude when it is sincere and true.
• The power of your circle: we are the sum of the 5 people we hang out with the most, so surrounding ourselves physically and virtually (via social media) with the right people is essential. We need to cut the cord with negative people, let's not give too much importance to the advice of those who have not been able to achieve results in a certain context. In addition to being inspired by those around us, we must also inspire others; questions are better than advice.
• Don't just say it, do it, get to the bottom of it: it's not enough to know and talk about everything the book has covered up to this point, you have to put it into practice. There are two things that often prevent you from taking action: the pursuit of perfection and procrastination. It is better to have achieved a goal even if not perfectly or incompletely than to not have tried at all.