50 Ways to Yay!: Transformative Tools for a Whole Lot of Happy
By Alexi Panos
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“If you want to go from ‘blah’ to ‘YAY!’ this book is your guide. An uplifting read with stories to inspire confidence and action steps to actually change. Alexi is the perfect mix of the encouraging best friend you can’t live without and the cool teacher you always wanted.”
—Christine Hassler, author of Expectation Hangover
“Apply Alexi Panos’s 50 Ways to Yay! and you will light a luminous spark of joy in your life that will cause your heart to sing and your soul to soar.”
—Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Life Visioning and Spiritual Liberation
“Alexi Panos is to this generation what Debbie Ford and Marianne Williamson are to past generations.” —Jake Ducey, author of The Purpose Principles
Thought leader and inspirational vlogger Alexi Panos has helped hundreds of thousands with their own search for personal happiness and to create an epic life. In 50 Ways to Yay!, Alexi helps you do the same with fifty motivating, empowering, and thought-provoking lessons and exercises to help you break out of the ordinary and jump into the extraordinary. With her guidance, you can experience a domino effect of inner peace, inspiration, and a whole lot of happy.
Alexi Panos
Alexi Panos has inspired hundreds of thousands of people toward a life of personal fulfillment through her various business, multi-media, and philanthropic platforms. Her new transformational methodology she co-created called The Bridge, is making waves all over the world for is revolutionary new take on radical self-development. In 2005, Alexi Panos cofounded the non-profit organization E.P.I.C. (Everyday People Initiating Change) which brings safe, clean drinking water to those in need in parts of the developing world. Named as one of Origin Magazine’s Top 100 Creatives Changing the World, winner of Elixir Magazine’s Millennial Mentor Award, and dubbed one of “11 Noteworthy Millennials” in the Huffington Post, Alexi is truly shaking things up with her passionate and energetic delivery, making a unique mark on the world. Connect with Alexi at AlexiPanos.com.
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50 Ways to Yay! - Alexi Panos
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50 WAYS TO YAY!
lineAlexi is the next generation of thought leader, paving a path with her incredibly unique and down-to-earth approach. Alexi’s insights and tools to uncovering personal happiness and freedom will leave you inspired and empowered to take action in all areas of your life!
—Jack Canfield, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and The Success Principles™
If you want to go from ‘blah’ to ‘YAY!’ this book is your guide. An uplifting read with stories to inspire confidence and action steps to take to actually change. Alexi is the perfect mix of the encouraging best friend you can’t live without and the cool teacher you always wanted. She offers you simple yet powerful ways to stop making excuses and start creating your own happiness.
—Christine Hassler, author of Expectation Hangover
Alexi Panos is a force of positivity in a world that so desperately needs a nudge. Inspiring and motivating, this book offers practical reflections and exercises so you can treat every day with the intention and purpose it deserves.
—Adam Smiley Poswolsky, author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough
Alexi Panos is to this generation what Debbie Ford and Marianne Williamson are to past generations.
—Jake Ducey, author of The Purpose Principles
I am extremely excited for the world to experience her magic in this book. What she’s done here is create a resource that will allow you to finish and implement easily to create an experience that can and will change your life. Brava, Alexi!
—Elizabeth DiAlto, author of Untame Yourself: Reconnect to the Lost Art, Power, and Freedom of Being a Woman
"I loved the no-nonsense, workbook-style approach in 50 Ways to Yay. It’s truly life-altering!
-Light Watkins, author of The Inner Gym
An A+ read! If you follow this book the way Alexi has laid it out for you, you will see your life explode with happiness and peace of mind.
—Ben Altman, editor of Charisma on Command
CONTENTS
lineRead This First!
1. Let’s Change the World, Shall We?
2. Nothing Required
3. You Are a Master
4. Everything Starts with Uncertainty
5. How Do You Define Success?
6. The Two Emotions
7. It’s All FOR You
8. What Are You Waiting For?
9. Be a Person of Persistence
10. The 40/40/20 Rule
11. Practice Random Acts of Awesome
12. Be Interested, Not Just Interesting
13. You’re a Genius
14. Eye on the Prize
15. Change Your Lens
16. Simplify
17. The One Thing You Can Count On
18. Be You . . . Everyone Else Is Already Taken
19. Daily Deposits
20. Just Add Gratitude!
21. Maintenance Required
22. Practice Compassion
23. Child’s Eyes
24. Take Back Your Time
25. Date Yourself
26. Unplug
27. Learn Something New
28. The Value of Vulnerability
29. Turn Failure into Fuel
30. What Are You Pretending Not to Know?
31. Say No to Yes
32. Master Your Mornings
33. Your Presence Is Requested
34. What Magic Will You Experience Today?
35. Acknowledge Abundance
36. All It Takes Is One
37. Open Mouths Get Fed
38. Have I Told You Lately?
39. Blessed To
40. Be a Go-Giver
41. Let’s Talk About Your Feelings, Shall We?
42. Turn Up the Base
43. The Power of Silence
44. I Will Destroy You!
45. You’re Such a Peach
46. You Are the Seed
47. Be a Disciple of Love
48. Own Your BS
49. The Extra Mile
50. What Will You Leave Behind?
A Note from the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Author
This book is dedicated to YOU. You are one of the special ones. You want something more out of life; you want to squeeze all of the juice from it, and THAT gets me excited. I get to live my passion because YOU are passionate about living. I can’t thank you enough for your dedication to being awesome and ultimately making our world a better place by sharing all that goodness in you.
You seriously rock.
XO
Alexi
READ THIS FIRST!
lineThroughout my twenties, I was living what most would call a successful life: I was easily earning a healthy six-figure income as a model and television host, creating my own schedule, traveling the world, and having the ability to pour my free time and money into my own nonprofit work in Africa. But something was still missing. While I seemingly had it all, I felt out of alignment with who I truly was on the inside.
So I began studying the great masters in psychology, philosophy, personal development, and neuroscience; taking countless workshops and classes; and digesting as many books as I could get my hands on. I made sure to keep an open mind with every lesson I learned; I applied each to my own life first, and then decided whether it felt right for me to incorporate into my beliefs. Through years of experimenting with different thought traditions and mental technologies, I have created my own version of the best of the best
within this book, which is fifty of the personal exercises that I use on a daily basis to check in with myself, hold myself accountable, and ultimately uncover happiness in this beautiful life that we get to live.
I made this book as fun and easy to digest as I could, so that you can actually TAKE ACTION and experience the results that you’re truly after. You can choose to go chronologically through the book, starting at Lesson 1 and ending at Lesson 50, or you can flip through and randomly select a lesson each day. Whichever way you choose, I highly recommend doing fifty consistent days of exercises in order to create a new pattern within your brain to see the world differently. It’s been proven, time and time again, that if you want to incorporate new, powerful habits, you must consistently stick with the practice. And remember, we get out of life what we put INTO it, so doing the work is critical if you want results.
Finishing a book cover to cover is an amazing accomplishment, but putting the theory into action is where your life actually transforms. The beauty of self-discovery is that it is a never-ending process. Each of us is a new person every day, so the same lesson can offer new insights again and again. Life will continue to barrage us with new circumstances, and with these tools in your arsenal you’ll be ready to meet them head-on. We could read a book about tennis all day, but until we get on the court and actually practice serving the ball, it’s all theory. The same goes for human development. We are SO very complex, and there is SO much to learn about mastering our personal potential; but until we put it into action, it’s all just a bunch of ideas floating around in our heads. Keep coming back to it and make it a daily practice until it becomes second nature to you.
It’s my heartfelt passion to inspire others to step fully into their greatness, to live lives so abundantly beautiful and filled with love that their hearts overflow with joy into the lives of others. I’m committed to that, and I want to sincerely thank you for your commitment to yourself—it’s the first step to truly changing the planet.
line50
WAYS
TO
YAY!
line1. LET’S CHANGE THE WORLD, SHALL WE?
lineThe great poet Rumi has given us these wise words: Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
When we change, the world around us changes. When we work on being the most amazing version of ourselves, on transforming our hearts and our minds, we can let that goodness ripple out and affect the world. We all have the power to change and transform ourselves, and when we realize this truth, we can bring forth that power into every circumstance we encounter.
Many of us are anxious to improve our circumstances, but we’re reluctant to improve ourselves; we want the incredible life, but we don’t want to do the work. We can’t change the world until we’re willing to change ourselves, because ultimately our view of the world is a direct reflection of how we’re personally showing up in it. In any situation where we feel something is lacking, it’s usually something within ourselves that is missing from the equation. Sure, it’s easy to look at the world around us and blame it for all of our misfortunes, but placing the blame outside ourselves doesn’t bring us any closer to actually solving the problem.
Whether we’re feeling a lack of love, of financial security, of intimacy, or of peace in our lives, the solution can usually be found within ourselves. If we dig deep enough, get brutally honest, and take responsibility for how WE’RE showing up under those circumstances, we can see that external things are not to blame; instead, it is what we’re not willing to GIVE to the situation.
I used to feel a lack of intimacy in my relationships. I felt as though my partner and friends weren’t opening up fully or sharing their true feelings. It wasn’t until I realized that I wasn’t showing up fully open, vulnerable, and willing to share that I could understand that I was the missing ingredient. When I began to shift, my reality shifted with me. I dropped my walls and began to show up as ALL of me,