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  How to Stop Worrying and Start Living is a practical, common-sense bible filled with stories, case studies, and simple step-by-step guides to conquering worry, anxiety, and depression. Keep Takeaways - Focus on today “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” – Thomas Carlyle Thinking about what needs to be done in the future can lead to overwhelm and inaction. But if you focus on what you need to accomplish today, it’s much more doable. It will help you create the future you want, one day at a time. A formula to follow - “Frameworks for dealing with worry can be helpful, especially since worry destroys our ability to concentrate. Without being able to concentrate, not only do we feel worse, but we’re less effective.” If you have a situation where you’re worried about failing, follow these three steps. Step 1: Analyze a situation causing you to worry to determine the worst possible scenario if you fail. Step 2: Accept...

The idea has been taken from the book   Peaks and Valleys   by   Spencer Johnson , which contains a short parable that focuses on how to lead your life during the ups and down phase. In other words how to manage yourself while going through the good and bad times. Ups and Down In Life The story goes like this — A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first, the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Key takeaways  - Peaks And Valleys Are Connected in Two Ways: > The Errors You Make In Today’s Good Times Create Tomorrow’s Bad Times. > And The Wise Things You Do In Today’s Bad Times Create Tomorrow’s Good Times. T...

A Minute To Win It is one famous tv show which people love to watch. It is also, games that are organized at company events, and family gatherings where a person has to complete a task in 60 seconds and based on the completion of the assigned task a winner is decided. 1 Min To Win How quickly we can leave an impression on team members, managers, or your family members.  or If you want to become a manager, leader, and better person. You can use the below one-minute approach - > One Minute Goals - Setting one-minute goals is the beginning of one-minute management. Your one-minute goals should only include your top priorities. The easiest way to identify this is to use the 80/20 rule (Pareto Analysis). Find the activities that take 20% of your time but provide you with 80% of the total results. > One Minute Praising - People perform better when they receive crystal and clear feedback. If you want your colleagues to reach their full potential, try to catch them doing something ...