Dale Carnegie
•From New York • Selling Motor Cars • Interested in reading and writing books • Trained from State Teachers’ College Missouri • Started teaching in YMCA night schools • Wrote book “How to Win Friends and Influence People “ • Main problem faced by adults – WORRY ! “How To Stop Worrying and Start Living”
Fundamental Facts About Worry
• Sir William Osler- Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University
• 21 words by Thomas Carlyle - “ Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand“
• RULE 1 - Shut the iron doors on the past and future.“Live In Day -Tight Compartments”
Magic Formula by Willis.H.Carrier
RULE 2 1.Ask yourself, “ What is the worst that can possibly happen?” 2. Prepare to accept it if you have to 3.Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst
RULE 3 “ Those who do not know how to fight worry, die young “
Basic Techniques in Analyzing Worry
Steps of Problem Analysis 1. Get the facts 2. Analyze the facts 3. Arrive at a decision- and then act on that decision 4. Try finding answers for the followingwhat is the problem? what is the cause of the problem? what are all possible solutions? what is the best solution?
How to break the worry habit before it breaks You!
• Rule 1 - By keeping BUSY • Rule 2 - Don't fuss about trifles • Rule 3 - Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries • Rule 4 - Cooperate with the Inevitable • Rule 5 - Put a "stop-less" order on your worries. • Rule 6 - Don't worry about the past
Seven Ways to Peace and Happiness
Rule 1: Think and act cheerfully, and you will feel cheerful
Rule 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.
Let’s never waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like.
Rule 3: • A: - Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let’s except it. Let’s remember that Jesus healed ten