A 100 suggestions that are true for me and I bet for everyone else as well, we are all agitated, anxious, tired, critical, never listen, run all the time after things, become upset if we are criticized, and so on. Actually I thought the writer had written the book about me as I am exactly like that. I become upset if a cup is broken! I worry about not finishing my work, I criticize all the time. (Maybe only in driving I am very careful because of my phobia) but all the other 99 traits are spot on.

Great read and applicable. Few spelling mistakes but easy to spot (like feet instead of feel and so on)

There was a major occasion in my young adult life, might have been a graduation or something, when my mother stopped me in my tracks, looked me in the eye, and said, “Don’t sweat the small stuff!” It’s true that she knows me better than I know myself, because I have been known to freak out over:

•tPeople who chew with their mouths open
•tLateness (mine or others’)
•tPlans that don’t work out
•tSome guy batting .190 not bunting with a runner on second and no outs in a tie game in extra innings in the playoffs (I swear to GOD)



And thus, this book spoke to me.

I got a little exasperated (clearly my comprehension sucks) when I saw Chapter 84: “Lighten Up.” Easy for you to say!

But on the whole the book has wonderful, bite-size lessons for taking things less seriously. The longest chapter has four pages, and most have two. It’s plain English, written like speech (and I listened a bit to the audiobook, which was great).

Some great takeaways:

•tNo one will remember your problems in 100 years.
•tExpress gratitude a lot.
•tWherever you go, there you are.
•tTake your Type A tendencies down to B or B-minus.

I also liked that this was a handbook, almost a list I can return to daily. I could see reading one chapter a day for 100 days, then starting again until I memorize the whole thing.

So, lighten up and read!

เชื่อได้ว่า แค่ชื่อหนังสือ คนที่คิดจะอ่านก็คงไม่ผิดหวังกับเนื้อหา
พอได้เปิดสารบัญ ยอมรับว่าเป็นหนังสือที่หัวข้อย่อยๆ ตรงสารบัญ อ่านเพลินมาก
เรียกได้ว่า แค่อ่านสารบัญ ก็เข้าใจเกือบครบแล้ว

แต่เสียดายไม่รู้ว่าเกิดจากการแปลหรือเนื้อหาจริง ที่ไม่สาธยายได้ไม่มันส์ตามที่คาดไว้

เมื่ออ่านจบ ที่แรกชื่อหนังสือน่าจะตีความว่า เรื่องบางเรื่องก็อย่าไปลงแรงกับมันเยอะเพราะไม่คุ้มหรอก (น่าจะเป็นแนวการทำงาน)
แต่จริงๆแล้วเนื้อหาออกไปในแนวของธรรมะ การใช้ชีวิต การวางความคิดของเรา ในแนวพุทธสะมากกว่า

อ่านจบก็วางไว้ตรงที่เกะกะ เพื่อหยิบมาทบทวนได้ใหม่

This is another book I never thought I would pick up, but here I am. I actually read this at the recommendation of a client of mine, so I had to give it a go!! I am really glad I did. This is a very simple, very practical, and very succinct self-help book with 100 ideas to help readers experience inner peace. None of these suggestions were new to me, but I have great appreciation for the beautiful reminders they provided. So many of the themes discussed in this book are so pertinent to my day-to-day life, and many of these conversations have been coming up at work recently, too. Themes of rest and love and kindness. All fantastic things.

A few of my favourite entries were:

11) Imagine that Everyone is Enlightened Except You
31) Become Aware of Your Moods and Don't Allow Yourself to Be Fooled by the Low Ones
32) Life Is a Test. It Is Only a Test
35) Look Beyond Behaviour
36) See the Innocence
40) When in Doubt about Whose Turn It Is to Take Out the Trash, Take It Out
42) Spent a Moment, Every Day, Thinking of Someone to Love
43) Become an Anthropologist
48) Remember that Everything Has God's Fingerprints on It
61) Read Articles and Books with Entirely Different Points of View from Your Own and Try to Learn Something
76) Get Comfortable Not Knowing
80) Become an Early Riser
83) Lighten Up
87) Redefine a "Meaningful Accomplishment"
91) Fill Your Life With Love
92) Realize the Power of Your Own Thoughts
96) Be Open to "What Is"
98) Look for the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
100) Live This Day as if It Were Your Last. It Might Be!

A couple of the more unique entries included:

19) Lower Your Tolerance to Stress
41) Avoid Weatherproofing

Some of them called me out IMMENSELY:

18) Allow Yourself to Be Bored
50) Writer Down Your Five Most Stubborn Positions and See if You Can Soften Them
57) Become a Less Aggressive Driver
65) Be Flexible with Changes in Your Plans
79) Stop Blaming Others
89) If Someone Throws You the Ball, You Don't Have to Catch It
97) Mind Your Own Business

While I don't think this book necessary introduces the most unique ideas ever, I do think that there is something in here that everyone can pull from. It's an empowering book that reads quickly and provides beautiful reminders that life is beautiful if we let it. Suddenly, the immense amount of library holds this book has makes sense. Give it a go!!!

My favourite quote from the entire book is this: "Love has such transformational power." This is something I know so deeply to be true, but somehow, it is something I so easily lose in the chaos of daily life. I am grateful for the reminder!

I first read this book about twenty years ago and loved it. Each of its many entries is short and personal and shines with truth—about life and about being human. I reread it often, and it never fails to comfort, guide, or inspire. In fact, it was one of the inspirations of my own book, "Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles"; and one of the stories in my book connects to a story in Carlson's book and leads to this conclusion: "Good day, be grateful. Bad day, be graceful. Be grateful, be graceful, and on it goes."

I am grateful for the honesty and wisdom Richard Carlson gifted us with.

Good reference book. Not all the chapters in the book will benefit you, but everyone will like some of them. I prefer to use this book as a daily quick reading for inspiration and well being. There is no secret to life in this book, and a lot of what he says is common sense, but sometimes reading something will bring it more in focus than if you just thought of it yourself.

ส่วนตัวชอบมาก เป็นหนังสือที่อ่านได้เรื่อยๆ เนื้อหาเข้าใจง่ายไม่ซับซ้อน และแต่ละบทก็มีเนื้อหาที่กระชับ ไม่ยาวจนเกินไป เหมาะสำหรับเอาไว้อ่านฆ่าเวลา เพราะเนื้อหาแต่ละบทไม่ต่อเนื่องกัน

Snippets of good behavioral advice that anyone can accept....but putting them into practice? Like so many books of the "self help" variety, all good stuff however people who are strongly locked into behaving in ways that are contrary to the direction being proposed here might find this book and so many others like it, just another stick to beat themselves with for not being OK. The kinds of change that are required of people to have the behavioral changes described here take root are trans formative, that normally requires change at depth through long and arduous spiritual work. This doesn't beg the value of the advice given just the presumption that a quick read and an "uh huh" will bring about the changes necessary to alter habitual behavior.

Books offering quick fix paths to happiness are often delusional in their intent, if not in their content. In this case some good stuff, particularly if it were to encourage some self examination at depth...and support the work that might flow from it.

كتاب خفيف وفاصل جميل وإيجابي بين الكتب .. يستحق أن يكون دائماً في الحقيبة ، يُقرأ على دفعات
الجمال فيه أيضاً يناسبنا في كونه يدعم أفكار إسلامية بحتة كان المترجم ذكياً في تفسيرها إلى نصوص نبوية أو من الأثر الإسلامي ..
هذا الكتاب يناسب كثيراً أصحاب النفوس الحساسة الذين يدقّقون في التفاصيل بوعيهم أو بدون وعيهم ..

http://www.4shared.com/office/oAu5TVH...

Got to about the half way mark in this, around the third time the author mentioned how much he hates/judges punk rockers as an example to be less judgmental. Uh, doesn't sound like it's workin', buddy, if you're so worked up about it? I can't imagine what he thinks of farther leftist ideas if colored hair sends him into such a spiral. Not to mention this is the most redundant book I've ever read. He used the same Mother Theresa quote twice! Piss-poor editing is an understatement. I just skimmed the rest, confirming that he repeats entire sections, only slightly changing his wording to hound his readers about the same basic CBT therapy techniques that are Googleable for anyone with an Internet connection. If you have even the slightest bit of knowledge in the realm of mental health, don't bother with this. If you don't, Google CBT therapy instead of reading this book. I can't believe I tried to read it two times.

STRESSED?

Once I get over pressured, the second thing I always do is to read this book(of course the first and foremost is to pray).

When we are pressured and stressed, we waste our time minding the tinsy minsy stuff in this world instead of fixing and turning our faces into what really pushes us into the edge.
This inspiring book tells us literally NOT TO SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF and to stop the things that slow our progress in attaining a life free from stress.

In the struggle of attaining freedom from stress, it is hard to accept that those we're feeling are training us to become something bigger and stronger.
And because of this book, I think that is how life works.
We have to remind ourselves to go with the flow and not to break in those difficult times. Fighting the pressure is often what pushes us to the edge.

This book tells us to look optimistically at things and more importantly...stress. haha!

Lastly, the book opens up the true purpose of life beneath our trials and struggle.
And that we should value EVERY PIECE of our life :)