Think Like a Monk

If you know your values, you have directions that point you toward the people and actions and habits that are best for you.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

When we tune out the opinions, expectations, and obligations of the world around us, we begin to hear ourselves.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

When we criticize others, we can’t help but notice the bad in ourselves. But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity. A person’s true nature can be obscured by clouds, but, like the sun, it is always there. And clouds can overcome any of us.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Don’t just spend time with the people you love – grow with them.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

When we find ourselves judging others, we should take note. It’s a signal that our minds are tricking us into thinking we’re moving forward when in truth we’re stuck.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

In English, we have the words “empathy” and “companssion” to express our ability to feel the pain that others suffer, but we don’t have a word for experiencing vicarious joy – joy on behalf of other people. Perhaps this is a sign that we all need to work on it.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Revenge is the mode of ignorance – it’s often said that you can’t fix yourself by breaking someone else.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

When you deal with fear and hardship, you realize that you’re capable of dealing with fear and hardship.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Success doesn’t guarantee happiness, and happiness doesn’t require success.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Happiness can be elusive – it’s hard to sustain a high level of joy. But to feel meaning shows that our actions have purpose. They lead to a worthwhile outcome. We believe we’re leaving a positive imprint. What we do matters, so we matter.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Monks believe that the man won’t be fulfilled when he finds his fortune, and that if he continues his search for meaning, the answer will always, eventually be found in service.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

If we live intentionally, we sustain a sense of purpose and meaning that isn’t tied to what we accomplish but who we are.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Dharma is passion in the service of others. Your passion is for you. Your purpose is for others.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

If you try to change everything at the same time, they will all become small, equal priorities. Change happens with small steps and big priorities. Pick one thing to change, make it your number one priority, and see it through before you move on to the next.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

The ocean is full of treasures, but if you swim on the surface, you won’t see them all.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

The crane stands still in water, ignoring the small fish as they pass by. Her stillness allows her to catch the bigger fish.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

Overcoming your ego is a practice not an accomplishment.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

In every relationship you have the opportunity to set the level of joy you expect and the level of pain you’ll accept

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk

We seek to leave a place cleaner than we found it, people happier than we found them, the world better than we found it.

Jay Shetty: Think Like a Monk