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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

Why We Must Let The Past Be…

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. – Leslie P. Hartley

the past

The only true consciousness of time that we have is of the present moment. Just like the previous moment, the past doesn’t exist, it’s gone. When the future arrives, which it does every moment, it is our present. For creativity to flourish we must be worry-free and operate in the Eternal Now.

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6th Basic Technique to ‘Break the Worry Habit Before it Breaks You’ : Don’t worry about the past!

Let bygones be bygones, they say. Therein lies a lot of wisdom…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM wise because I live in the Now!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

What is the ‘Law of Averages’?

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. – Dale Carnegie

worry makes bad curry!

Worrying is a waste of energy. It serves no good purpose. How can we stop investing in this losing proposition?

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3rd Basic Technique to ‘Break the Worry Habit Before it Breaks You’ : Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries.

Objectively figure out the chances that something will go wrong. As an example the odds of our dying in a 1 hour flight are less than 1 in 1,000,000! Similarly the odds of something else going wrong are not super high. Let’s not dwell on what may go wrong. That’s energy misspent! Let’s deploy the ‘Law of Averages’!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM vibrating good thoughts!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

What Is Success and Happiness?

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie

success & happiness

I’ll modify the quote as follows:

Success is getting what we truly need, happiness is appreciating what we get.

thanksgiving 2012!

Away the whole week of November 19, see you back on Monday, November 26th!

Let’s acknowledge and thank God for all that we have and all that we are!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM deeply thankful for everything!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

Why It’s All Small Stuff…

It’s all small stuff. – Dr. Wayne Dyer

don’t sweat…

Richard died suddenly in 2006; he left quite a legacy in the ‘Don’t Sweat’ series of books he wrote! There’s an interesting story about how the name of his book came about! Richard was still trying to gain permission for one of his current books when a foreign publisher published a previous endorsement by Dr. Dyer. After the fact Richard wrote apologetically to Dr. Dyer trying to explain what happened and received the following reply:

“Richard.

There are two rules for living in harmony.

#1) Don’t sweat the small stuff and

#2) It’s all small stuff.

Let the quote stand.

Love, Wayne.”

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2nd Basic Technique to ‘Break the Worry Habit Before it Breaks You’ : Don’t fuss about trifles!

This situation was not necessarily a ‘trifle’ for Dr. Dyer, but he treated it as such! What grief do we cause self and others when we fuss about mere trifles?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM treating life as small stuff!

Recommendation: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

Why We Must Keep Busy!

An empty mind is the devil’s workshop!

thinking –> worry

Most of us are big thinkers. And that’s one reason we’re so good at worrying! When we worry, we do crazy things. We get stressed, we eat, we get obsessive and we make bad decisions…

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1st Basic Technique to ‘Break the Worry Habit Before it Breaks You’ : Keep busy!

A truly empty mind would be a Zen mind! However until we can just be, we need something to do! Let’s stay busy. Later through stillness, we’ll be able to truly empty our minds. Then ‘peace beyond understanding’ descends to possess us!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM a busy body!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

How To Write Our Worries Away…

The problem of life is to change worry into thinking and anxiety into creative action. – Harold B. Walker

the problem

Sometimes all we do is worry without being clear about the problem. When that happens we tend to procrastinate. The more we procrastinate the greater the level of stress due to inaction. What can we do about this?

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4th Basic Technique in Analyzing Worry: Write out and answer the following questions:
     a. What is the problem?
     b. What are the causes of the problem?
     c. What are the possible solutions?
     d. What is the best possible solution?

Writing about the situation can be very helpful. Even if we don’t have a solution, we move forward when we express the problem via writing. Let’s try it!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM writing down what bothers me!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

How Action Opens Up Possibilities…

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. – George Bernard Shaw

decisions & action

When we decide to do something we’ve decided to move forward. We’ve resolved that we can’t stay stuck and that to move is to truly live! What is change except the movement of things, ideas and time itself? We’ve decided to embrace change when we act!

action

3rd Basic Technique in Analyzing Worry: Once a decision is reached, act!!

As we act and start moving, innumerable possibilities begin to open up to us. It’s like plunging a hand into a giant piggy bank and grabbing what we can. The universe is abundant and we’re poor only if we don’t jump in!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM going to act!

Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

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