5 Things we can all learn from Barney Stinson

For peeps out of the chickens nest, Barney is the most raddest and awesome character to ever grace a comedic sitcom. The show is HIMYM or How I Met Your Mother. If you have not seen the show, run; don’t walk to your neighborhood video rental shop, or fire up netflix and get the first season on DVD, and prepare to take notes on the lessons of Barney.

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1. Variety is the spice of life

“Look, our forefathers died for the pursuit of happiness, okay? Not for us to sit around and wait on happiness. Now if you want, we can go to the same bar, drink the same beer, talk to the same people every day or you can lick the Liberty Bell. You can grab life by the crack and lick the crap out of it.” ~Barney

This simple lesson has helped to slow down time in my life. If you do the same thing every day and every week, soon it all starts to run together and time just keeps going by faster and faster, mix it up, go to a new place, meet a new person, play a new game, get silly and love it!

2. Confidence comes from within, you can be as awesome as you want to be

“Think of me like Yoda but instead of being little and green I wear suits and I’m awesome. I’m your bro - I’m Broda!” ~Barney

Barney is awesome no matter what he is doing! He is awesome at work, he is awesome playing laser tag against 12 year olds, he is awesome because HE says he is awesome. Barney does not wait for validation from anyone, he realizes that he ultimately holds all the validation for his life! He is confident in his awesomeness and everyone else buys what he is selling!

3. Dress for success

Suit Up! ~Barney

Barney is almost always wearing a suit and looking his best to stand out from all the jean and t-shirt wearing drones. Dressing a notch above the rest tells the world that there is something special going on with you. This advice works for your job you and everywhere else! Looking your best will not only change the way you feel about yourself but will affect how others interact with you and their perception of you.

4. The universe gives you what you know to be a sure thing

“My life rocks! Money, suits and sex? These are tears of joy! I could… …. but instead I’m out in the world being awesome 24/7/365! ~Barney

Barney makes a great salary doing god knows what, gets women left and right, and basically has fun every day. Sure he may seem shallow and various other insults, but he knows what he wants, makes no apologies for it and sure enough he get it in spades. This is how life works, the universe will work to give you whatever you think about and whatever you manifest. If you think negative thoughts about everyone then they will prove you right. If you feel you will have money to have everything you want then it will be so. The trick is to realize that you can’t just say it but that you must feel it. Barney does not just talk about being awesome, he is awesome. So if you want to be successful you can’t just say it but you must FEEL it and the world will somehow make it so.

5. Make it legendary

“Dude! We haven’t hit legendary yet, we’re only at the Le, we still got the Gen, the Da, the Ry. “ ~Barney

You know those times in life where you have a grand thought, a fantasy, a wild gesture, a silly prank, anything really, anything that peaks your senses and makes you feel like you are living? If so then take advantage of these moments! When you brain is telling you to call it a night, but your heart says to keep going, listen to your heart and do something new, do something fun, do something legendary and your brain will thank you for it later.

Reference:

Neil Patrick Harris on IMDB

How I Met Your Mother Official site (watch new episodes here)