Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success (The Scott Adams Success Series)

One reframe made me 25k in the form of a salary increase. Another helped me let go of a grudge I had been holding for years- Huge, instant relief.Thank you, Scott, for your fatherly wisdom. My life is so much better because of you.

An excellent book which combines all current science on how to effect personal change without troubling you with the pesky details of what they are and why they work. Read the book, then feel and do better, almost automatically. This book will help you to persuade yourself to do the very thing you have the most trouble getting done. And you may also enjoy your time outside with your dog more.

I really love Scott Adams' book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. I was excited when I got this one. However Reframe Your Brain is essentially a rewrite of How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big except Adams' just adds relevant "reframes" throughout the book to make it different. The reframes are important and life-changing. For example, in the beginning of the book he illustrates how to do a simple reframe by stating "alcohol is poison" to tell your brain if you want to stop drinking (mostly socially...not adequate for hard-core alcoholics). It's pretty powerful. I've never been a big drinker anyway and I mostly drink socially...and I really don't even like drinking socially anymore...but this one simple reframe has definitely minimized and, in many cases, encouraged me to choose a non-alcoholic beverage because I can't stop thinking about the "alcohol is poison" reframe. So, this is a really good book if you enjoyed his other book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big and want some powerful reframes to go along with his original materials. In fact, just to be clear, I read A LOT and it was BOTH Scott Adams' books Reframe Your Brain and How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big that were my TOP BOOKS for 2024. That's how much I liked both of them. So...highly recommended if you want to change your life fast!

Though I haven't finished the book yet, I am already reframing my brain.I mean do you need more proof that it works than that? Do you? Do you? Realllly? Reaaaalllllly? .. .. .. Really?-- OK, I just started talking like Scott Adams for a moment there. But seriously, the book is very fun so far, and it is helping me to re-think and address the problems I sometimes create in my own life, as well as search for more ways to achieve harmony with the world around me. A fun route to a serious new way of thinking.The book makes your brain swirl with new ideas to help yourself help yourself (that's not a typo). To oversimplify the ideas this book is giving me so far:When I'm in slow moving traffic - I'm enjoying some music on the car stereo."Neat! 'Fate' just gave me an unexpected music break."Rather than being frozen with fear about making a mistake in a task - I'm striving *towards* discovering the answer."I'm getting to the real solution. Let's strive ahead and see how this all comes out in the end!"When I'm folding laundry - I'm organizing my life and making my clothes nice."I'm a talented fabric beautifier!"The problem with some people reading this review is that they'll think they've "got it" now, from a few examples. It is much more than a bunch of examples! You need the BOOK. You NEED the BOOK. Just hearing a few examples, without Scott's in-depth analysis of how we can arrive at reframes, and why these ideas work to begin with .. well that kind of cheating is not sufficient.With the book, you'll see ideas about how the past is in some ways "imaginary;" about ways to think about the concept of "luck;" about some ways to address worry and even death; about the nature of love .. and yes, also a lot of tips on how to use re-framing to understand, cope, and succeed better in life (and to still feel pretty ok when you don't succeed at things).Why not buy the book and get the entire methodology? Plus it's genuinely funny to read, and your brain's light bulb will light up so many times it might show up in your electric bill.In summary: Many of the recurrent undesirable aspects of life can be given a better perspective, thanks to this book. It is like performing jujitsu on yourself, psychologically. Don't just go by a bunch of examples (although one could generate an infinite number of examples). *Read* the book itself, so you can fully understand this approach! Damn, you already read this whole rambling review! You could have spent that time reading the beginning book! Get the book, man! There's an "order now" button on this page somewhere. Click it! You'll feel pretty good about the decision.

Easy to digest concepts.There will be at least one or two of these reframes that will make you a better person.

Good book

I've always believed that the way you look at a problem changes the problem. Scott formalizes that idea in this book. If you look at a problem as insurmountable, it probably will be. But if you change how you "frame" the problem, suddenly it becomes something you can break down into more manageable chunks and fix. This is empowering when used with the intent of crafting a solution to problems.There's a multitude of different reframes he presents in this book, but the real gift is understand how to do it on your own, so you can create and apply them to your individual circumstances/situations using your own unique perspectives/gifts.So if you're buying this hoping Scott will tell you exactly what to do with your specific problem, you may (or may not) find what you're looking for. But if you want to study and understand how to create your own reframes you can then apply to your own problems, I think you'll find this book quite helpful.

When I read God's Debris, it threw me for a loop. It was the first book I'd read by Scott Adams even though I'd be a Dilbert fan as long as I could read. How did Scott know what was going on in my mind all these years? How to Fail at Everything changed my life and started me on my life system I call Project Creating Better Habits. Since then I lost 85 lbs, gained tons of strength, have built a family of 5 and begin each month by reading a new self-improvement book. Last month it was Reframe Your Brain and I'm so glad I chose it! Scott once again blows my mind with how well he helps me reprogram my old, degraded mentality into a brand new Corvette brain! Must read! 5/7 perfect score!