
How to stop worrying and start living
Title:
How to stop worrying and start living
Author:
Carnegie, Dale, 1888-1955.
ISBN:
9780671506193
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Edition:
[Rev. ed.].
Publication Information:
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1984.
Physical Description:
304 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
How this book was written--and why -- Fundamental facts you should know about -- Basic techniques in analyzing worry -- How to break the worry habit before it breaks you -- Seven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness -- The perfect way to conquer worry -- How to keep from worrying about criticism -- Six ways to prevent fatigue and worry and keep your energy and spirits high -- "How I conquered worry."
Part one: Fundamental facts you should know about worry. Live in "day-tight compartments" ; A magic formula for solving worry situations ; What worry may do to you -- Part two: Basic techniques in analyzing worry. How to analyze and solve worry problems ; How to eliminate fifty per cent of your business worries -- Part three: How to break the worry habit before it breaks you. How to crowd worry out of your mind ; Don't let the beetles get you down ; A law that will outlaw many of your worries ; Co-operate with the inevitable ; Put a "stop-loss" order on your worries ; Don't try to saw sawdust -- Part four: Seven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness. Eight words that can transform your life ; The high cost of getting even ; If you do this, you will never worry about ingratitude ; Would you take a million dollars for what you have? ; Find yourself and be yourself : remember there is no one else on earth like you ; If you have a lemon, make a lemonade ; How to cure depression in fourteen days -- Part five: The perfect way to conquer worry. How my mother and father conquered worry -- Part six: How to keep from worrying about criticism. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog ; Do this--and criticism can't hurt you ; Fool things I have done -- Part seven: Six ways to prevent fatigue and worry and keep your energy and spirits high. How to add one hour a day to your waking life ; What makes you tired--and what you can do about it ; How to avoid fatigue--and keep looking young! ; Four good working habits that will help prevent fatigue and worry ; How to banish the boredom that produces fatigue, worry, and resentment ; How to keep from worrying about insomnia -- Part eight: "How I conquered worry" / [by various contributors].
Abstract:
This book may change the whole course of your life by showing you how to break the worry habit, and teaching you mental attitudes that will lead to inner security and happiness.
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