About the Author:

Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) is an American writer, lecturer and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm. He is the author of one more best selling book  “How to win friends and influence people”.

The content in brief:

“How to stop worrying and start living” is one of the good books I have read so far, I am sure, Dale is a thought provoking writer. I could see the content is still fresh though the first copy was published on 1948 as he had touched the basics of the subject, the content is most relevant to the title and I would agree with all his solutions. No one can solve all of your problems however, he had given the solutions for majority of the root causes which cause the worries in life with Realtime examples. Dale says, 1.Get the facts 2. Analyze the facts 3. Arrive at the decision are the three steps help to solve majority of the problems, it looks simple but we don’t take the time out and analyze the facts as the worry confuse and occupy our mind.

Money caused seventy percent of all of our problems, Dale says, increase in income accomplished nothing but an increase in spending cause all the headaches, he explained with a real example. Don’t worry about the dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, just focus on today. Your worries are negligible comparing the people who have chronic deceases, who has no food to eat at least once in a day, who has no shelter to sleep. Finally, Worrying will confuse you, spoil your health, keeps you down, consequently, focus on solutions rather problems. “Stop worrying and start living”. Let me finish with one more important note, get ready to face the worse  so you will be mentally ready to face any situation.

Highlights from the book:

1. If a man will devote his time to securing facts in an impartial, objective way, his worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge.
2. Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
3. Touch a button and hear, at every level of your life, the iron doors shutting out the past – the dead yesterdays. Touch another and shut off, with a metal curtain, the future – the unborn tomorrows.
4. “The true peace of mind,” said this Chinese philosopher, “comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think, it means a release of energy.
5. The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.” So don’t bother to think about it ! Spit on your hands and get busy. Your blood will start circulating: your mind will start ticking.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear or the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Corrie Ten Boom

Enjoy reading,

Yours,

Narasimha Mohan.

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