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Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It Kindle Edition

by Kamal Ravikant (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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I almost didn't publish Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It. I was terrified. Here I was, a CEO who'd fallen apart after his company failed, writing a book about how loving himself saved him. I thought I'd be a laughing stock and my career would be finished. But I stepped through the fears and shared my truth with the world. What happened next changed my life. The book went viral. Amazing people all over shared it online and on social media. They bought copies for friends and family. They wrote heartfelt reviews. For some, this book literally saved their lives. For others, it was the first time they ever loved themselves. To think how close I was to giving into my fears. An important life lesson. Many readers reached out and showed me how they'd applied it. They asked questions. This taught me that, despite its success, what I'd shared wasn't enough. To create lasting impact, I had to go deeper and share a lot more. I owed it to this book. I owed it to everyone who would read it. So, seven years after I first put it out, here it is. All the questions I received, resolved. My intention is that by the time you finish, not only will you be committed to loving yourself, you'll know exactly how to do it. And most importantly, how to make it last. This version, although it contains the original, is significantly expanded - over four times as big. And from all the feedback I've received, much more helpful in a practical way. I hope it serves you well. Thank you, Kamal
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"One of the most important books I've read this year." - James Altucher, author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, Choose Yourself

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I've been fortunate enough to have some amazing experiences in my life so far.  I've trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, meditated with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama's monastery, earned my US Army Infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain, lived in Paris, been the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women's writers' group, written a novel, held the hands of dying patients, and worked with some of the best people in Silicon Valley.
But the most transformative experience has been the simple act of loving myself.  

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0086BX8UE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Love Yourself; 2nd edition (May 25, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 178 KB
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I've been fortunate enough to have some amazing experiences in my life so far. I've trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, earned my US Army Infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain, lived in Paris, been the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women's writers' group, written several bestsellers, held the hands of dying patients, and worked with some of the best people in Silicon Valley.

But the most transformative experience has been the simple act of loving myself.

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Twitter: @kamalravikant

Instagram: @kamalravikant

Podcast: Curious Kamal

(Podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, etc.)

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I read Kamal's original self published version of Love Yourself..and in 2020 reaching for something I decided to pull it off the bookshelf and re-read again. However I caught a podcast where Kamal was on talking about this new edition. Where he went back and answered questions people had sent him over the past 7 years.I appreciate those answers in section 2 but what helped me most was his vulnerability in discussing how he fell off the wagon and what that looked like and how he managed to drink his own kool-aid and recover again.I so very much appreciate it and believe all who appreciate version one would benefit from this revisit
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Cassandra Ruffo
5.0 out of 5 stars Transformative Journey to Self-Love: A Must-Read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
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This book is not just a read; it's an experience, a journey inward toward self-love and acceptance.

What I appreciated most about this book is its simplicity and practicality. Ravikant offers straightforward exercises and insights that anyone can implement in their daily life. The idea of repeating the simple mantra "I love myself" might seem too easy, but its profound impact cannot be overstated.

Whether you're struggling with self-doubt, insecurity, or simply seeking a deeper connection with yourself, this book offers invaluable wisdom and guidance. I highly recommend this book to anyone on a journey of self-discovery and self-improvement. It's a book that I'll keep coming back to whenever I need a reminder to love myself unconditionally. Thank you, Kamal Ravikant, for sharing your wisdom and light with the world.
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J. Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for self love
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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This is a great book if you are hard on yourself and reject parts of yourself because of the mistakes you make. You learn how to accept yourself and love yourself the good parts with the bad. I love myself are powerful words that can change your life. His story is amazing and he talks about his failures which makes him likable and makes his message penetrate deeper. I really recommend it if you need to start accepting yourself and want to uncover your real potential.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Short, simple, clear, and useful steps for loving yourself
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019
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I loved the brevity of the book and I felt it could have been shorter. The core concept that drives the book is learning to love yourself. I took that concept on as a meditative practice. The question posed in the book was if you loved yourself what would you do. It also took on the concept on reprogramming your thought patterns which was very helpful and what makes the book a good read. This is a book where it would be wise to do some journaling and practicing the meditation. I loved the revision. I think adding in letters of forgiveness to the practice is immeasurably useful. The cover was off putting for me and the lack of audiobook was also off putting. And it’s a quick read that you can finish in one evening. Well worth the time as it helped me find my center and I have been happy instead of anxious since I started to doing the steps in the book.
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James Altucher
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most important books I've read this year
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2012
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I reviewed this also on my blog. Here is the review:

Kamal went missing. We had been corresponding for over a year, ever since I started this blog. I'm very grateful for the great friends I have met through this blog. It has been a totally unexpected but much appreciated benefit of doing this.

Finally I was visiting San Francisco and after 100s of emails back and forth during the prior year, I was getting all set to meet Kamal Ravikant. But he didn't show up for our planned breakfast. His brother, Naval, called him a few times. "He's at home," Naval said, "but he's not picking up. His illness must be overwhelming him today." Naval had a GPS specifically attached to where Kamal was.

Kamal was very sick. This had been going on for months. He had gotten more and more sick. Some days he couldn't move or wake up. Other days he had enough energy to go outside but only for minutes and then he had to go back inside. Kamal's sickness was chronic. The doctors couldn't help him, he was infinitely tired, feverish, in pain, and it was getting worse.

I knew from our correspondences that Kamal had been going through a hard time before he got sick. His company, which had once been well enough to raise a significant amount of money, was faltering, perhaps failing. He had recently broken off a relationship. A close friend had died.

Often when we attach our happiness to external goals: financial success, relationship success, etc, we get disappointed. Even when things work out, everything cycles, the happiness is often fleeting.

When those goals break, the external pain immediately gets reflected into our internal bodies. Our emotions break. We feel sad, disappointed, in pain. We cling to the past happiness, or our hoped-for goals that now have to change. It often feels like your arm is being torn off your body.

But Kamal was trying to hold it all together to be fair to everyone within his company - the employees, the investors, the customers. He was clinging to the past, to the future. To everything and everyone but his own happiness in the present.

So his emotional body couldn't handle it anymore. His emotional arms and legs were torn off. And then his physical body broke. He completely broke down. I noticed he had dropped out of touch a few months earlier and I hadn't seen his comments on the blog in awhile. "What's going on?" I wrote him. "I'm sick," was his reply. He dropped out.

But then he started getting better. He started writing again and telling me what was going on in his life. He started commenting on the blog again and interacting with the great community developing here. He was aive again. We finally ended up meeting.

"How'd you get better?" I asked. "What happened?"

"I'll tell you the secret," he said, "I thought I was going to die. I was just lying in bed and couldn't move, I had a high fever, and was in too much pain. I really thought I was going to die. Finally, I just started saying over and over again, "I love myself." He paused and started saying it right then as if still in the cure. "I love myself. I love myself. I love myself. I would repeat it all day. "

As Kamal then says in the just published book, "Love Yourself As If Your Life Depends On It" about his experience:

"And I got better. My body started healing faster. My state of mind grew lighter. But the thing I never expected or imagined, life got better. But not just better, things happened that were fantastically out of my reach. This I couldn't have dreamed of [...] I found myself using the word `magic' to describe what was happening. And through it all I kept repeating to myself, "I love myself. I love myself. I love myself."

In the book Kamal describes his transition from sickness into health and the other magical things that happened to him. He also gives a series of techniques and practices to try this for yourself in a variety of ways and finally he answers the dreaded question, what happens if you don't love yourself? Can you still get this magic into your life?

"Think about it," he said to me months later when we met in NYC, "when someone is in love, they almost magically look better. I needed to be in love with myself to feel better. So much of what had happened had weighed on me until I collapsed. Now I needed to love myself. It became a mantra for me."

As someone explained to me the other day, the word "mantra" has two parts (in Sanskrit): "man" - thoughtfulness with zeal, and "tra" - to protect. So by saying "I love myself" over and over Kamal was protecting the thought, nourishing it, and the love was nourishing the rest of his body, his emotions, his mind, his spirit.

Kamal is now completely recovered. He also figured out the situation with his business and when I saw him in NYC it was as if a gigantic weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He is so recovered that I can't recommend enough the book about his experience, available on Kindle right here. He used Amazon directly, uploaded the book and it became available within days after he wrote it.

I'll let a quote from Kamal's excellent book close this post:

"If a painful memory arises, don't fight it or try to push it away - you're in quicksand. Struggle reinforces pain. Instead, go to love. Love for yourself. Feel it. If you have to fake it, fine. It'll become real eventually Feel the love for yourself as the memory ebbs and flows. That will take the power away.

And even more importantly, it will shift the wiring of the memory. Do it again and again. Love. Re-wire. Love. Re-wire. It's your mind. You can do whatever you want.[...] The results are worth it. I wish that for you."
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Shoeb
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in India on March 22, 2024
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Easy language. Easy practice. Amazingly beautiful and it 100% works.i love myself.
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Fermín
5.0 out of 5 stars One powerful thought for self-care.
Reviewed in Spain on February 14, 2022
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One single idea, though powerful if you commit to it.
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Dielson Sales de Carvalho
5.0 out of 5 stars Simples e direto
Reviewed in Brazil on September 22, 2019
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Apesar de curto, o livro apresenta um conceito interessante para seguir. Amar a si próprio é uma tarefa que exige atenção constante, sempre revendo e repetindo o que você faz aos olhos de alguém que te ama verdadeiramente. Você aconselharia alguém que você ama a fazer a mesma coisa coisa que você está fazendo? A viver no mesmo lugar? Continuar no mesmo emprego? Ou você desejaria algo melhor?
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Nicolaj Jurczenko
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiritional
Reviewed in Germany on November 19, 2020
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All I can say is if you your mind is open and ready to true things that may even seem abstract and possibly even kitschy at first thought-- , and you have a desire to be more content and thereby be filled with more happiness in every moment.

Give this book a try, but remember it will only help transform you if you open your heart to trying new things and commit to at least the notion that you can live a happier more content life than your current self is. As Kamal himself states in the book and I also am a firm believer of - 'The external mirrors the internal' ! (I should mention this is a very rough paraphrasing my dudes XD !)

As to the physical quality of the bound-book. Its nothing special but also what o you expect for 10-12 euroes?! I will say, however, I absolutely love the texturing of the cover. The indiviual pages on the interior also have a nice coarseness to them that i absolutely love feeling on my fingers. There is also a pragmatic effect that stems from this... they're much better suited to be gripped and the pages turned as you diligently continue your research on one method to self-improvement!
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Wolver Rene
5.0 out of 5 stars I love myself, l love you all❤️
Reviewed in Australia on January 12, 2022
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God bless Kamal, you left a lump in my throat or 2 💕 l bought this book awhile ago because of the reviews, but only browsed through it. I decided to do something radical, read & listen to this book. It is very special & spoke directly to my heart, what you think of yourself, community, your predicament, challenges, the World is what you end up with. I've read & listened to 100's of books in the. last few years about mindfulness, Spiritually trying to find something that in modern language that speaks to me, parables, Koans, aphorisms are great, but there truth is hidden to most. This is beautiful, read and listen to this as the narrative was brilliant. I love myself & all of Creation & l thank a power greater than myself to of found this book, Kamal & all of you beautiful people x🙏❤️
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