How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Dale Carnegie

by Dale Carnegie

Part Four in a Nutshell - Seven Ways to Cultivate a Mental Attitude That Will Bring You Peace and Happiness RULE 1: Let’s fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for ' 'our life is what our thoughts make it”. 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 do as General Eisenhower does: let’s never waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like. RULE 3: A. 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? B. Let’s remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude-but to give for the joy of giving. C. 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. RULE 4: Count your blessings-not your troubles! RULE 5: Let’s not imitate others. Let’s find ourselves and be ourselves, for “envy is ignorance” and “imitation is suicide”. RULE 6: When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade. RULE 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.”