RD x's Key Ideas from How to stop worrying & start living
by Dale Carnegie

1. Healthy Religion (Have it or don’t)
2. Good Sleep
3. Good Music
4. Good Laughter

Have these, Health and happiness will be yours. 

• Get the facts
• Analyse the facts
• Arrive on a decision
• Act on that decision

• To get what you want 

and after that

• To enjoy it. 

Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. 

• Clear your brain and desk of all things except those relating to immediate problem at hand.
• Do things in order of their importance. 
• When face a problem, solve it then & there.
• Learn to Organise, Deputise & Supervise.  

• Don't increase your headaches with your income. 
• Don't imitate others, Find yourself,Be yourself. 
• Do a good deed everyday to put smile on random face. 
• Expect ingratitude,its natural. Just give anything for the inner joy of giving. 
• Count 90% blessings not 10% troubles. 
• When criticised, remember - no one kicks a dead dog. 
• Generally our fatigue is not caused by work, but by worry, frustration & resentment. 
• Choose work that you enjoy doing. 
• Be on budget, Spend wisely. 
• KEEP ACTIVE KEEP BUSY.

• Most of the diseases in the world are caused by worrying and thinking about them all the time.
• Confusion is the chief cause of worry.
• It's now called ‘Occupational therapy’- when work is prescribed as though it were a medicine. e.g. Outdoor activity like fishing, hunting, playing ball, taking pictures, making gardens, dancing, singing etc. So, the remedy for worry is to get completely occupied doing something constructive.
• 99% of the things we worry about, never happens.
• Let the past bury, it's dead. Don't saw sawdust.
• Sticks and stones may break my bones yes what words can never hurt me.

• Appreciate what you already have like your body, breath, everything around you.
• Let's remember that gratitude is a cultivated trait, so if we want our children to be grateful, we must train them to be grateful.
• Prescription for low mood or melancholy- try to think every day how are you can please someone. 
• People who live on a budget are happier people.
• Try to build credit, in the event you must borrow.