Monday, January 30, 2012

50 Self-Help Classics [Author: Tom Butler-Bowdon]

1. We don't attract what we want, but what we are. Only by changing your THOUGHTS will you CHANGE your LIFE.
    -James Allen "As Man Thinketh"
2. “People work perfectly.” PROGRAM in new thoughts, actions, and feelings and you get a new life.
    -  Steve Andreas & Charles Faulkner
       "NLP: The New Technology of Achievement"
3. Don’t get caught up in trivia or pettiness; APPRECIATE your life within larger context.
   - Marcus Aurelius "Meditations"
4. Bring out the essential self. Learn how to say “no” again.
  - Martha Beck "Finding Your Own North Star: How to Claim the Life You Were Meant to Live"
5. Seek peace inside yourself, do the work that is yours, and wonder at the mysteries of the universe.
  - The Bhagavad-Gita
6. Love is the revelation of God to the individualised, self-conscious man, just as power and wise order were the
   revelation of God to ancient, pre-self-conscious humanity.
   -The Bible
7.  Through old stories we can resurrect the ancient and deep power of the masculine.
-- Robert Bly "Iron John"
8. No matter what happens to you, you always have freedom of mind.
  --Boethius " The Consolation of Philosophy"
9. APPRECIATE the rich experience of life, despite circumstances.
  Low expectations make for pleasant surprises.
 - Alain de Botton  "How Proust Can Change Your Life"
10. All life transitions have a pattern, which if acknowledged will make tough times more comprehensible.
  -- William Bridges  "Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes"
11. Feelings are not facts. Always question whether your emotions accurately reflect reality.
 -- David D. Burns " Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy"
12.  Always do what you love and appreciate your life as a wonderful journey.
- Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers "The Power of Myth"
13.  Put your little struggles into perspective; by doing this you can gain more enjoyment of other people and life generally.
- Richard Carlson " Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff... and It’s All Small Stuff"
14. Really try to see the world as another sees it. The appreciation he or she feels means that whatever you have to say will be truly heard.
- Dale Carnegie  "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
15. There is an easier way to get what you want from life, involvingattunement with nature and the universe.
--Deepak Chopra "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"
16. We too easily give up on our dreams, yet the universe is always ready to help us fulfill them.
  --Paulo Coelho "Alchemist"
17.  Real effectiveness comes from clarity (about your principles, values, and vision).
Change is only real if it has become habitual.
  --Stephen Covey "7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
18. Rather than being idle, doing what you love is a pathway to greater meaning, happiness, and a self of higher complexity.
-- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi       "Flow"
19. Achieving happiness does not have to depend on events. Through mental practice we can form the ability to be happy most of the time.
--The Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler "The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living"
20. Refine and improve the quality of your thoughts and you will have little to fear from the world.
 --Gautam Buddha "Dhammapada"

By Pyramid Meditation Delhi

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