How to Stop Worrying

"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune." This book (along with other books by Dale Carnegie) can be life-changing. The book takes the incessant problem of worry, head on. It says that of all the liars in the world most of the time it's......more

"ويحسن أن أخبرك أنك لن تجد في هذا الكتاب شيئاً جديداً ولكنك ستجد الشيء الكثير مما يتجاهله الناس. وهذا هو المهم.. فلا أنت ولا أنا, نحتاج إلى شيء جديد يقال... فإننا نعلم ما يكفي لأن يجعل حياتنا كاملة من جميع نواحيها. فعِلّتنا ليست الجهل, وإنما هي التجاهل . ومهمة هذا الكتاب هي تكرار حقائق قديمة معروفة......more

I almost forgot I had read this book before. Day-tight compartments strategy is very effective for me. When I was studying in college, I was so worried about everything. Sometimes I could not concentrate on everything because I worried too much. Most of the time, you don't know what you are worrying......more

The advice Carnegie gives is all stuff you've heard before, but he pairs it with compelling stories about people who've taken the worrying to an extreme and who've totally turned their lives around by ditching their angst. Some of my favorite points: Fatigue comes from stress, not from work. Becoming......more

I was so blue that I didn't have nice shoes to wear, and it was until I met a man on the wheelchair at the corner of the street. He didn't even have both legs. I helped him buy drink from the vending machine. I asked him if he was upset of sitting on the wheelchair every day. He smiled to me, "I use......more