“What do you think I do?” And frisky too.“A model?” She shrugs. “An actor?”“No,” I say. “Flattering, but no.”“Well?”“I’m into, oh, murders and executions mostly. It depends.” I shrug.“Do you like it?” she asks, unfazed.“Um… It depends. Why?” I take a bit of sorbet.“Well, most guys I know who work in mergers and acquisitions don’t really like it,” she says.“That’s not what I said,” I say, adding a forced smiled, finishing my J&B. “Oh, forget it.””
“if you ever see me on Tinder, make sure you swipe up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, start.””
“Positive thinking... allows you to create rational coping self-statements and images that aid your goals and enhance your life. However, it is limited, and sometimes even dangerous, b/c you can easily use it unrealistically and polyannaishly. Thus, you can positively tell yourself, 'I can accomplish anything I want!' But, of course you can’t. You can enthusiastically think, 'Everything will happen for the best.' But, alas, it won’t. Positive thinking, moreover, often covers up and doesn’t really remove your underlying negative thinking””
“This book presents the ABCs of REBT (and of other forms of cognitive and cognitive behavioral therapy) in a simple, understandable way, and it shows how stimuli or Activating Events (A) in your life do not mainly or directly cause your emotional consequences (C). Instead, your Belief System (B) largely upsets you, and you therefore have the ability to Dispute (D) your dysfunctional and irrational Beliefs (iBs) and to change them. It especially shows you many thinking, many emotive, and many behavioral methods of disputing and surrendering your irrational Beliefs (iBs) and thereby arriving at an Effective New Philosophy (E) of life.””