Mountains of cash were being thrown around. In the 1990s, Sincero remembers the record industry as comparable to the show Mad Men. The book, You Are A Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, went on to sell millions of copies, was translated in close to thirty languages and become a number-one New York Times bestseller.īut before Sincero cracked open the business of self-help and success with books, speeches and coaching, she was living a much edgier lifestyle - as a singer in multiple rock bands. Sincero stayed in the glass house on the hill for two months, kept company only by the horse and two goats living on the property, and wrote about how to change your mindset to change your life. She says that email made her hair stand on end, and she took it as a motivational kickstart. That night, she treated herself to a celebratory sushi dinner - and returned home to an email from a friend offering access to a glass house on a hill about an hour east of San Francisco. She imagined she'd already found the property, and she acted how she would if that were true.

Sincero sent one last email to her colleagues asking for help finding somewhere to write, then tried to do what she does best: Manifest it. But one day, she whipped herself into a more positive mindset with one thought: How ironic is it that I'm about to sit down and write a book on manifesting your desire and believing it into truth, and I don't believe I can find a place to write it?

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