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How To Stop Worrying And Start Living: Time-Tested Methods For Conquering Worry is about dealing with worry and stress in a positive and sustainable manner. The author suggests that to achieve the goal, i.e., being free from the harmful effects of worry, into small, achievable steps is the way to tackle the problem. The book is divided into 8 sections, starting with Fundamental Facts You Should Know About Worry, moving on to sections about analyzing worry and tackling the tendency to worry before it takes over one’s life completely.
Some very practical tools and tips are outlined in the third section. The author suggests simple ways to overcome the worrying habit, like staying busy, ignoring trifles instead of trying to sort them all out and trying to keep the past away from one’s thoughts.
According to this book, there are seven ways through which one can shift one’s mental attitude towards building happiness and peace. Some of these are expecting people to be ungrateful and also being able to ignore wrongs that have been rendered to oneself.
The concluding section, How I Conquered Worry, has anecdotes from many illustrious individuals about how they won mastery over worry.
First published in 1948 by Simon and Schuster, How To Stop Worrying And Start Living: Time-Tested Methods For Conquering Worry was a product of the author’s own fight with the overwhelming tendency to worry. It is a major self-help book along with some other very popular books that he has written.ISBN - 9780671733353
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Pages : 358
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