01. I will reduce my chances of having a heart attack or stroke.02. I will reduce my chances of getting lung cancer, emphysema, and other lungdiseases.03. I will have better smelling clothes, hair, breath, home, and car.04. I will climb stairs and walk without getting out of breath.05. I will have fewer wrinkles.06. I will be free of my morning cough.07. I will reduce the number of coughs, colds, and earaches my child will have.08. I will have more energy to pursue physical activities I enjoy.09. I will treat myself to new books or music with the money I save from notbuying cigarettes.10. I will have more control over my life.-------How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingThis is Dale Carnegie's summary of his book, from 1948--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Table of ContentsFundamental facts you should know about worryBasic techniques in analyzing worryHow to break the worry habit before it breaks youSeven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happinessThe perfect way to conquer worryHow to keep from worrying about criticismSix ways to prevent fatigue and worry and keep your energy and spirits high--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part OneFundamental facts you should know about worryIf you want to avoid worry, do what Sir William Osler did: Live in "day-tightcompartments." Don't stew about the futures. Just live each day u ntil bedtime.The next time Trouble--with a Capital T--backs you up in a corner, try the magicformula of Willis H. Carrier:Ask yourself, "What is the worst that can possibly happen if I can't solve myproblem?Prepare yourself mentally to accept the worst--if necessary.Then calmly try to improve upon the worst--which you have already mentally agreedto accept.Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of yourhealth. "Those who do not know how to fight worry die young."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part TwoBasic techniques in analyzing worryGet the facts. Remember that Dean Hawkes of Columbia University said that "half
the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before theyhave sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision."After carefully weighing all the facts, come to a decision.Once a decision is carefully reached, act! Get busy carrying out your decision--and dismiss all anxiety about the outcome.When you, or any of your associates, are tempted to worry about a problem, writeout 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?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part ThreeHow to break the worry habit before it breaks youCrowd worry out of your mind by keeping busy. Plenty of action is one of the besttherapies ever devised for curing "wibber gibbers."Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things--the mere termites of life--to ruin your happines.Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries. Ask yourself: "What are the oddsagainst this thing's happening at all?"Co-operate with the inevitable. If you know a circumstance is beyond your power tochange or revise, say to yourself: "It is so; it cannot be otherwise."Put a "stop-less" order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing maybe worth--and refuse to give it anymore.Let the past bury its dead. Don't saw sawdust.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part FourSeven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happinessLet's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "ourlife is what our thoughts make it."Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurtourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let'snever waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let's expect it. Let's remember that Jesushealed ten lepers in one day--and only one thanked Him. Why should we expect moregratitude than Jesus got?Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude--butto give for the joy of giving.Let's remember that gratitude is a "cultivated" trait; so if we want our childrento be grateful, we must train them to be grateful.Count your blessings--not your troubles!Let's not imitate others. Let's find ourselves and be ourselves, for "envy isignorance" and "imitation is suicide."When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.Let's forget our own unhappiness--by trying to create a little happiness forothers. "When you are good to others, you are best to yourself."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part FiveThe perfect way to conquer worryPrayer
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part SixHow to keep from worrying about criticismUnjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. It often means that you havearoused jealousy and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.Do the very best you can; and then put up your old umbrella and keep the rain ofcriticism from running down the back of your neck.Let's keep a record of the fool things we have done and criticize ourselves. Sincewe can't hope to be perfect, let's do what E.H. Little did: let's ask forunbiased, helpful, constructive criticism.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part SevenSix ways to prevent fatigue and worry and keep your energy and spirits highRest before you get tired.Learn to relax at your work.Learn to relax at home.Apply these four good workings habits:Clear your desk of all papers except those relating to the immediate problem athand.Do things in the order of their importance.When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts to make adecision.Learn to organize, deputize, and supervise.To prevent worry and fatigue, put enthusiasm into your work.Remember, no one was ever killed by lack of sleep. It is worrying about insomniathat does the damage--not the insomnia.-------How to Stop Worrying and Start Living is a self-help book by Dale Carnegie. It wasfirst published in Great Britain in 1948 by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press),Ltd., Bungay Suffolk (S.B.N. 437 95083 2). It is currently published as a MassMarket Paperback of 352 pages by Pocket (Revised edition: September 15, 1990),ISBN 0671733354.Carnegie says in the preface to How to Stop Worrying and Start Living that hewrote it because he "was one of the unhappiest lads in New York". He said that hemade himself sick with worry because he hated his position in life, which heattributes to wanting to figure out how to stop worrying.Contents [hide]1 Major sections and points1.1 Fundamental facts you should know about worry1.2 Basic techniques in analyzing worry1.3 How to break the worry habit before it breaks you1.4 Seven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace andhappiness1.5 The perfect way to conquer worry1.6 How to keep from worrying about criticism1.7 Six ways to prevent fatigue and worry and keep your energy and spirits high2 External links[edit] Major sections and points
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