Don't Believe Everything You Think (English)

A nice read, Joseph Nguyen’s Don’t Believe Everything You Think is a refreshing and transformative guide to understanding the mind. Its core insight, “Thinking is the root cause of all suffering,” invites deeper awareness beyond habitual thoughts. My favorite line is, “Goals created by inspiration, not by desperation, is the real goal,” which beautifully captures the book’s empowering spirit. Nguyen blends simple psychology with practical wisdom, showing how overthinking fuels stress and how clarity emerges when we detach from mental noise. Concise, relatable, and actionable, it offers lasting guidance for personal growth, inner peace, and meaningful change—an impactful read for anyone seeking mental freedom.

This book helped me a lot in understanding my thoughts and dealing with my overthinking. I felt really positive whenever I was reading it. The book is very easy to read and understand, and I would recommend it to anyone who spends a lot of time in their head worrying.

This book is a must read if you want to know that why we suffer from stress, anxiety and depression. This is a practical guide to overcome these by looking at broader picture of thinking and thoughts.

This is the book I needed all my life. This is my first self help book which for the first time I completed finished all the pages with complete self awareness and I must tell this to those who are stuck in life due to over thinking this is for you. A big thank to the author who brought up this topic in a simple yet convincing way so that everyone can relate to their life's suffering. I am grateful to come across this beautiful book in my life which completely changed my perspective of thinking. Sending my deepest gratitude to the author 🙏🥹

A calm, reassuring read that helped me slow my thoughts and see things with more clarity. Practical yet comforting, it gently guided me out of overthinking and into a more mindful way of living.

Whoever wishes to live a positive life and upgrade their way of thinking must buy this book. Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen explains in a very simple and practical way how our thoughts create unnecessary stress and suffering. It helped me understand how to observe my thoughts instead of believing every negative one. The book is easy to read, calming, and truly eye-opening. Highly recommended for anyone seeking mental peace and clarity.

I picked up Don’t Believe Everything You Think hoping it would help with the kind of deep, overwhelming anxiety that I call the “red zone.” In my personal scale, the green zone is normal life stress, the yellow zone is manageable anxiety that improves with positive effort, and the red zone is where thoughts feel uncontrollable and everything feels heavy. For someone like me currently in the red zone, this book offered some help, but not as much as I expected. The author repeatedly emphasizes one main idea: you are responsible for how you think, and you can stop negative thoughts by identifying a reason and shifting your focus. While this may work for people in the green or yellow zones, it starts to feel repetitive if you’re already overwhelmed and trying everything—from medication to meditation. There are a few story-based paragraphs that were okay but not very inspiring or deeply impactful. So far, I have read about 107 pages (12 chapters), and the message keeps repeating without offering deeper tools for someone who is struggling intensely. Overall, I would rate this book 3 out of 5. It may help readers with mild to moderate anxiety, but for those dealing with severe or “red-zone” levels, it might feel too repetitive and not practical enough.

One of the best books to declutter your mind and gain clarity on which thoughts truly matter—and which ones quietly hinder your happiness. A must-read.