Book SummaryGood Vibes, Good Life, by Vex King

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In Good Vibes, Good Life, Vex King argues that the key to living your dream life is to have good vibrations or “good vibes.” When you put out good vibes like gratitude and joy, you attract good vibes back; however, when you put out bad vibes like resentment, regret, or impatience, you’ll attract bad vibes and consequently experience more hardships. The key to minimizing bad vibes and maximizing good ones, King argues, is self-love and acceptance.

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Good Vibes, Good Life Summary The Law of Vibration

King asserts that the key to achieving happiness and your dream life is to have a positive mindset, or in other words, put out good vibrations (or “vibes”). A positive mindset will attract positivity to your life. He calls this the Law of Vibration.

King elaborates that everything in the universe is made up of atoms that all vibrate at different frequencies. When atoms share a similar vibrational frequency, they attract each other. King says that high vibrational frequencies are positive and attract positivity, while low vibrational frequencies are negative and will attract negativity. Furthermore, he argues that positive thoughts, words, feelings, and actions cause us to emit a high vibrational frequency while negative thoughts, words, feelings, and actions do the opposite.

King claims that this is because our brain, where these thoughts and emotions take place, is made of innumerable atoms, and the vibrational frequency of these atoms is determined by the state of our mind.So, when you have positive thoughts and feelings or express positive words and actions, your atoms will vibrate at a high frequency and will attract other high vibrations (positivity) back to you. When...

Good Vibes, Good Life Summary How to Raise Your Vibration

King explains that the key to maintaining a high vibrational frequency is to accept yourself, take care of your body and mind, and embrace the present moment. The foundation of achieving these goals, King explains, is self-love.

In this part, we’ll discuss self-love and the secondary ways you can raise your vibration.

(Shortform note: In The Secret, Rhonda Byrne makes the same argument, explaining that self-love is necessary for the Law of Attraction to work at its highest capacity. She says that when you think thoughts like “I’m not worthy, I’m stupid, I’m not deserving” and so on, you’re broadcasting those thoughts into the universe—and over time, you’ll attract more people, events, and situations to reinforce them. Ultimately, like King, she argues that if we want to attract positivity into our lives, we first need to love ourselves.)

Self-Love

Self-love is composed of two parts: total acceptance of yourself (appreciating who you are and where you are in life) and taking action to improve yourself. King warns that many people fail at _improving...

Good Vibes, Good Life Summary How to Avoid Bad Vibrations

King explains that there are a number of factors, both internal and external, that can lower your vibrational frequency. When you’re aware of these factors, you can remove them from your life. Ultimately, anything that causes suffering will lower your vibration. The sections below will guide you on what to avoid to make positivity more achievable.

Avoid Toxic People

One of the fastest ways to lower your vibration is by being around negative people. King explains that vibes are contagious—if the people you’re with are thinking negatively and behaving in a toxic manner, their negativity will rub off on you.

For example, if the person you’re with is constantly complaining, criticizing, gossiping, moping, and so on, you’ll probably end up in a bad mood, even if you are a positive person. These people can be anyone from friends and coworkers to family and partners. So if you continue to be around these people, you’ll be unable to maintain good vibes.

(Shortform note: In Primal Leadership, the authors second King’s argument that emotions are highly contagious and explain that this is because of our brain...

Good Vibes, Good Life Summary How to Achieve Your Ideal Life

King explains that once you’ve reached a high vibrational state, you can attain your ideal life by visualizing your desires and taking steps to achieve them. In the sections below, we’ll discuss King’s recommendations on how to successfully manifest your dream life.

Visualize What You Want

King explains that you can attract what you want by visualizing it in your mind—if you want a new car, close your eyes and imagine yourself driving that exact car, feeling the leather steering wheel, smelling the new car smell, adjusting your mirror, rolling the window down, listening to the radio, and so on.

Similarly, if you want to learn a new skill, imagine yourself practicing that skill and go through the motions in your head. Studies show that this fires the same parts of your brain that you use when actually doing the action.

(Shortform note: In The Secret, Rhonda Byrne explains that making a vision board can help you visualize what you want. To do this, get a blank poster and attach multiple images that represent how you want your life to be—for...

Good Vibes, Good Life Summary The Final Step to Success: Take Action

King explains that while a positive mindset and manifestation are the keys to achieving your dream life, the final step is to take action to achieve these goals. We can’t just stay positive and hope that everything we’ve ever wanted will fall into our lap—we actually have to take steps to move ourselves in this direction.

King elaborates that this doesn’t have to be your only focus in life, though—you can break a big goal into small steps and do something little every day to work towards the goal.

Last but not least, **avoid procrastination...

Shortform Exercise: Manifest Your Desire

King explains that one of the best ways to manifest your dream life is through visualization and affirmations. This exercise will help you vividly identify your goals so you can effectively visualize and affirm your desires.

Consider something that you want to manifest into your life—for example, a partner or a new car. Now, list all the details you can come up with about this desire: If it’s a person, what do they smell like, how do they treat you, and what would you do together? If it’s an object, what does it look like, smell like, and feel like? Write every detail that comes to mind.