Jen Sincero

“Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality.”

“It actually is a lot easier to get rich than one would think.”

“Scare yourself every day, and do something that makes you feel totally excited and totally terrified.”

“Write down everything you feel about money - 'I love you;' 'I wish I had more of you;' 'I don't trust you;' - Then, look at the ones that aren't quite so pretty and figure out how you can shift them to be in a more positive, grateful space.”

“This is part of what makes me, ahem, an excellent houseguest: I'm game. I'm flexible. I'll make you feel okay about eating an entire chocolate cake in one sitting because I'm right there by your side with my own fork.”

“If you'd rather spend the holidays with your friends or your dog or digging wells in Kenya than with your family, do it.”

“People love to tell you what you should and shouldn't want, regardless of what you have to say about it.”

“I'm in trouble with some activist women because I refuse to say I'm bisexual.”

“If something bothers you, focus on the solution or the desired outcome, not the part that has you spinning out in the middle of the night.”

“Bravely going out into the world and trying, yet still deep down believing you're ruled by your past circumstances, is like forgiving someone but still hoping they sit in something wet.”

“When my plans to become a world-famous rockstar didn't pan out, I decided to try being a lesbian instead, didn't pull that off either, and wrote my second book, the national bestseller, 'The Straight Girl's Guide To Sleeping With Chicks.'”

“You have to get outside of your comfort zone if you're going to make significant changes in your life, and since few things scare people like the unknown, feeling fear is an excellent sign that you're on the right track.”

“We don't even realize how loaded of a topic money is. We've got really serious judgments on it.”

“Acknowledging that there's something you desire, not going after it, and deciding that, 'You know what, it's fine; I'll just focus on what I do have, make myself a ham sandwich, and call it a day,' isn't happiness. It's denial.”

“If you're serious about changing your life, you'll find a way. If you're not, you'll find an excuse.”

“Wanting money has been made so taboo. We're not allowed to talk about it or admit we want it, and yet we use it every single minute of our lives.”

“So many people live lives of silent mediocrity, convinced that what really matters to them is out of their reach. So they settle.”

“All living things come hardwired with certain traits and characteristics that are part of our nature, meaning that these things come naturally to us: they're what we're meant to do, and they're how universal intelligence flows though us best. Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, etc.”

“If you want to change your life, you have to do things you've never done before.”

“We notice in others only those things that relate to ourselves. For example, you could find someone hilarious and brilliant, and I could find the same person idiotic and annoying. It's the same person doing the same thing, but because we are viewing them from our own unique perspectives, they mirror back to us something different.”