7 Ways to Stop Worrying and Start Living - The Dale Carnegie Way

So here I am with more Dale Carnegie. It's the juice I need now so I hope you enjoy it as well. It's part of his 1948 book summary on "How to stop worrying and start living".

Seven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness.

1. Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."
2. Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Do as General Eisenhower did: never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.
3. Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let's expect it. Let's remember that Jesus healed ten lepers in one day--and only one thanked Him. Why should we expect more gratitude than Jesus got?
   
   
   
   
   
   1. Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude--but to give for the joy of giving.
   2. 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.
   
   
   
4. Count your blessings -- not your troubles!
5. Let's not imitate others. Let's find ourselves and be ourselves, for "envy is ignorance" and "imitation is suicide."
6. When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
7. Let's forget our own unhappiness -- by trying to create a little happiness for others.  When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.

I'm putting this advice into practice to develop a new way of thinking because this worry habit is a killer. So I'm grateful to stop worrying. How about you?

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