Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff

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Summary: This book made me see my life a different way
Review: If you sometimes have the blues, think the world is unfair or don't understand the people you have to deal with everyday, read this book. Every other sentence, you will remember acting the same way it is explained and you will find ways of letting go your insecurities and you'll gradually transform yourself into a more calm and happy person. Even if the books has more than 200 pages, I wish there was a chapter for everything that can happen in life. Who said life didn't come with a book?

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Summary: Helps stressed out "type-A" 's turn into calm "type-B"s...
Review: I find you will feel much more relaxed just after reading a series of "strategies" in this book, but it helps to keep going back over them many times to prevent slipping back into your old way of thinking. I just read some of the other reviewer's comments and would have to agree that the author walks a fine line between making you a more calm person and a "wet noodle" or "pushover" as some have said.

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Summary: Uplifting , Practical guide to life for anyone
Review: This book is amazing!!!! I have been searching for a book like this for years. Dr. Carlson has an innate ability to condense what would translate into many volumes of reading into a small concise and marvelous book... Buddhist beware; this book is eerily like the best texts of buddhist teachings....only much quicker!!!!

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Summary: Inspiring book I want to share with all of my friends.
Review: If all of us practice what the writer preaches, the world would be much nicer and better place to live in.

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Summary: This is a must read - and reread!
Review: What an eye opener. Not to mention a great way to remember how we go about our lives, getting all bent out of shape about things that usually amount to nothing. You may not immediately see how to apply all 100 techniques, but you'll be surprised when a sitation pops up and you remember something you read in this book. I'm having fun finding ways to practice them!!

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Summary: basic stuff to do...
Review: yet too often we forget . . . really liked this book and would strongly recommend it to others . . . nothing in it is necessarily new and you may have heard parts (or all of it) before, but it is oh so helpful to be reminded!

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Summary: It's inspirational, uplifting and a joy to soak up.
Review: I am just so pleased that this wonderful book was recommended to me. I have only had it a week and already feel Richard's suggestions are having good effects. I feel more relaxed and also that I am on the path to achieving inner peace. I am learning not to fret about daily issues - just letting irritations go. You realize that life is too short to get uptight about small problems, and I am working on focusing on my own and other people's positive points rather than negative areas. I love this book.

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Summary: Things We Know, But Often Forget To Do!
Review: A great book of simple (and short) reminders of things we all know to do to improve our lives, but often allow to slip by the wayside in the busy lives we think we must lead. Give yourself a break, read a short section each day, then apply the concept into your own life.

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Summary: destress the everyday at times
Review: As a new college graduate almost a year ago. It was inspiring to read at times helpful. But, as in one review it was said that there were times when you can't use the advice. For example I am a nurse. There are several times in the book that the author states to remember it is not a life and death situation. Well, I'm sorry in my job it is a life situatuion. As with life I would tend to take the advice at times with a grain of salt!

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Summary: Excellent, well written, and superbly concise
Review: This is marvelous magical book you hold in your hands in which every word written counts without being weighty. Richard Carlson has written a book packed with ideas that will uplift the spirit, open your mind and heart and free you in a delightful easy manner as he guides you into a clearer focusing of your life. He takes our lives and breaks our activities into bit-size pieces to savor and study easily without choking on our whole life all at once. His next book written "Don't Worry, Make Money" is just as direct and as enjoyable to read. Both books are filled with ideas that just make so much sense, you wonder why it wasn't clear to you before, yet somehow you sensed you've know these things all along. Never mind that you couldn't see them before, Richard Carlson is helping you to see them now! Carlson is a real intelligent pied piper who feeds the mind with seemingly simple words but which form profound concepts and ideas without boring or "spoonfeeding" the reader. You'll find that you won't mind sharing these books with others, in fact you may find yourself encouraging others to take a look at them while you are together; but you won't want to loan them overnight you'll rather wish to keep them nearby for easy reference, they become valuable comrades to you. One of the best things about both his books is that that you can start at the beginning, or just pick up a chapter at random, each chapter stands alone, yet works within the framework of the whole work. Kudos to Carlson, thank you for your enlightened writing.