Dr. Ashkan Khabazian is an avid reader when not serving Sharp HealthCare of San Diego as an emergency department clinical pharmacist. One of Dr. Ashkan Khabazian's favorite books is Gorilla Mindset by Mike Cernovich, a self-help expert and political commentator.
The idea behind Gorilla Mindset is that all elements of a healthy lifestyle, such as finance, fitness, and body language, form a cohesive whole, and one must focus on uplifting all of them to create a better life. One's mindset, or baseline assumptions and methods, informs one's approach to every aspect of life, and changing the mindset can change the life as a whole. Conversely, small changes in one area can feed back into the whole, building a new mindset that then affects other areas of life as well.
One major thread through the book, and one which some readers consider a major takeaway, is the idea of self-talk. Cernovich argues that it's unreasonable to abuse oneself with negative self-talk, and that most wouldn't consider someone who talked to them the way they talk to themselves a friend. This in turn leads into Cernovich's argument in favor of affirmations, which can create a new, healthier mental frame.
