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The book 'How to stop worrying & start living' suggest many ways to conquer worry and lead a wonderful life. The book mentions fundamental facts to know about worry and magic formula for solving worry-some situations. Psychologists & Doctors' view: • Worry can make even the most stolid person ill. • Worry may cause nervous breakdown. • Worry can even cause tooth decay • Worry is one of the factors for High Blood Pressure. • Worry makes you tense and nervous and affect the nerves of your stomach. The book suggests basic techniques in analysing worry, step by step, in order to cope up with them. A very interesting feature of the book is 'How to eliminate 50% of your business worries'. The book offers 7 ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness. Also, the golden rule for conquering worry, keeping your energy & spirits high. The book consists of some True Stories which will help the readers in conquering worry to lead you to success in life. The book is full of similar incidences and narrations which will make our readers to understand the situation in an easy way and lead a happy life. A must read book for everyone.

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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

This is one of the most popular self-help book all of times. Published by Dale Carnegie (the same guy who wrote the 7Habits …), first published in 1948.

The Good & The Bad about Worrying

The Good & The Bad about Worrying

Worry is important because it can help us to identify potential problems and to take steps to avoid them:

  • When we worry about something, we are essentially thinking about the potential consequences of that event.
  • Sometimes, worry can motivate us to take action & avoid a potential problem.
  • When we worry about something that has already happened, we can learn from our mistakes and avoid making them again in the future. 

However, worry is not always helpful, and that it can be harmful to our physical and mental health if we allow it to consume us. Navigating our worries is a super-power.

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"Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."

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The Formula For Solving Worry Situations

The Formula For Solving Worry Situations

  1. Analyze the situation and figure out what is the worst that could possibly happen as a result of this failure.
  2. Prepare yourself mentally to accept the worst-if necessary.
  3. Focus on the present: Don’t dwell on the past or the future. Focus on what you can control
  4. Try to improve upon the worst scenario you have already mentally agreed to accept.

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Dale Carnegie shares how to finally stop worrying and start living using the practical tips he collected from various people from all over the world. Please note that I read the book in German, which is why some quotes might differ from the English version.

Live Today

Live Today

We should be living in the present moment instead of living in the past or the future. Live one day after another. Divide your life into units of days.

Pretend as if every day was the first and the last day that you are alive.

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DALE CARNEGIE

“Every day is a new day to a wise man.”

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THOMAS CARLYLE

“Our main task is not to see what lies in the vague distance, but only to do what is closest.”

THOMAS CARLYLE

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Live in Day-Tight Compartments

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at distance but to do what lies clearly at hand"

“Life is a ceaseless change, the only certainty is TODAY”

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3-Step formula to solve worry situation

1. Analyse the situation & think what Worst can happen.

2. Assume that the worst has happened. 

3. Now devote your time and energy to trying to improve the worst. 

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<p><em>Happy the man, and Happ...

Happy the man, and Happy he alone,

He who can call to-day his own,

He who, is secure within can say,

Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today. 

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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1. Live in “Day-Tight Compartments”

1. Live in “Day-Tight Compartments”

  • Focus only on today, not the past or future.
  • Don’t let worries about tomorrow ruin the present.
  • Example: Handle tasks one step at a time.

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2. Stop Worrying About the Inevitable

2. Stop Worrying About the Inevitable

  • Ask yourself: “Can I do something about this?
  • If yes, take action. If no, let it go.
  • Worrying about things beyond your control wastes energy.

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Fundamental Principles for Overcoming Worry

1. Live in “day tight compartments.”

2. How to face trouble:

a. Ask yourself, “What is the worst that can possibly happen?

b. Prepare to accept the worst.

c. Try to improve on the worst.

3. Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health.

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Basic Techniques in Analyzing Worry

1. Get all the facts.

2. Weigh all the facts — then come to a decision.

3. Once a decision is reached, act!

4. 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?

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Break the Worry Habit Before It Breaks You

1. Keep busy.

2. Don’t fuss about trifles.

3. Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries.

4. Cooperate with the inevitable.

5. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth and refuse to give it more.

6. Don’t worry about the past.

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Here I add the summaries of the book found in "in a nutshell" pages.

The Book

It is not just a book but a manual for happy worry-free life. All the chapter deals with real world application of ideas to tackle the worry. The tools are so easy to understand and use that one may actually turn himself from worrier to a warrior.

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Fundamental Facts You Should Know About Worry

Live each day until bedtime. Don't carry tension from yesterday to tomorrow. Live in day-tight compartment

Ask yourself about the troubles you're facing

  • What worst could happen if you can't solve it?
  • Prepare mentally for the worst case scenario
  • Calmly try to improve upon the worst

Remind yourself what could happen to your health if you don't stop worrying.

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Basic Technique In Analysing Worry

  1. Get the facts. Remember that half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision
  2. After carefully weighing all facts, come to a decision
  3. Once a decision is carefully reached, act! Get busy carrying out your decisions and dismiss all anxiety about the outcome
  4. When you are tempted to worry about a problem, write out and answer the following questions:
  • What is the problem?
  • What is the cause of the problem?
  • What are all possible solutions?
  • What is the best solution?

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Find a short Summary here - https://thetometreasure.blogspot.com/2024/08/how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-living.html

“I found it wasn’t so hard to live only one day at a time. I learned to forget the yesterdays and to not think of the tomorrows. Each morning I said to myself, ‘Today is a new life.”

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“Let’s not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember ‘Life is too short to be little’”

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“What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world—and loses his health?”

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In spite of the daily hustle and bustle life throws at you daily your mental health is of utmost importance to you.

SEVEN WAYS TO CULTIVATE A MENTAL ATTITUDE.

SEVEN WAYS TO CULTIVATE A MENTAL ATTITUDE.

RULE 1: Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage,

health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."

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Peace

Peace

RULE 2: Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hun them. Let's do as General Eisenhower docs: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

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Gratitude

Gratitude

RULE 3: A Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let's expect it. Let's remember that Jesus healed ten lepers in one day--and only ooe thanked Him. Why should we expect more gratitude than Jesus gor?

B. Let's remember that the only way to find hap piness is not to cxpect gratitude--but to give for the joy of giving.

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Worrying too much?

Worrying too much?

Take a short moment to read these few tips that helped me a lot

  • Just take a deep breath, believe me it works, however big the problem is it will tend to reduce
  • Do one thing at a time
  • Stop adding more and more responsibilities to yourself, you are doing someone else work
  • Just keep an another activity that improves your skill, like learning languages, etc.
  • Just make sure you are 15 min alone, that means nothing else need to be done.

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10 Affirmations For A Better Day

10 Affirmations For A Better Day

1.Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals.

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Adjust Yourself

Adjust Yourself

2.Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.

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Take Care Of Your Body

Take Care Of Your Body

3. Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.

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