How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

by Dale Carnegie

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.

good thinking deals with causes and effects and leads to logical, constructive planning; bad thinking frequently leads to tension and nervous breakdowns.

“Step I: I analyzed the situation fearlessly, honestly and figured out what was the worst that could possibly happen as a result of this failure.

“Step II: After figuring out what was the worst that could possibly happen, I reconciled myself to accepting it, if necessary.

“Step III: From that time on, I calmly devoted my time and energy to trying to improve upon the worst which I had already accepted mentally.

Ask yourself, “What is the worst that can possibly happen?”

Prepare to accept it if you have to.

Then calmly proceed to improve o...

“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.”