Have You Checked Out This Book List?
If you are an entrepreneur and you are hoping that success will just fall into your lap, you are greatly mistaken! Building a successful business not only takes a creative mind and exciting vision, but it requires you to go back and find out what brilliant principles have been discovered and practiced over the years. Yes, our society continues to evolve in areas of technology and entrepreneurial opportunities, but there are many fundamental truths that should not be passed over.
Reading renowned books on business success a major aspect in opening up the doors of opportunity that will challenge you not only to look at ways to improve your business; more importantly, you will be forced to look deep within yourself to determine what it is that is helping or hindering your success.
{Book 7} How To Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Most entrepreneurs are probably professional “worriers” (if that’s even a word).
- What if sales continue to drop?
- How will you pay for the machine that just broke?
- Would you be able to afford expanding your business?
- Can you really afford to hire extra help, even though you desperately need it?
This is not said in order to minimize the serious challenges and crises that business people must face on a regular basis. However, the point that Carnegie is trying to make is that worrying has no value: it does nothing but bring you down, and in turn, you will bring others down.
“How To Stop Worrying and Start Living” is basically a continuation from his first book, “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” but the difference lies in his specific focus on the problem of worrying and how to make small steps to overcome this debilitating habit. The book is broken into 8 different sections, with the last section being a wonderful collection of successful men and women, and how they have conquered the problem of worry. While written in 1948, the truths of these principles remain applicable to generations to come.
- Fundamental Facts You Should Know About Worry
- Basic Techniques In Analyzing Worry
- How To Break The Worry Habit Before It Breaks You
- Seven Ways To Cultivate A Mental Attitude That Will Bring You Peace And Happiness
- The Perfect Way To Conquer Worry
- How To Keep From Worrying About Criticism
- Six Ways To Prevent Fatigue And Worry And Keep Your Energy And Spirits High
- “How I Conquered Worry”
The beauty of Carnegie’s books is that each concept is broken down into bite-sized portions to show that we can conquer worry in practical and manageable ways. His writing is so simple and yet still eloquent:
“Think of your life as an hourglass. You know there are thousands of grains of sand in the top of the hourglass; and they all pass slowly and evenly through the narrow neck in the middle. Nothing you or I could do would make more than one grain of sand pass through this narrow neck without impairing the hourglass. You and I and everyone else are like this hourglass...if we do not take [tasks] one at a time and let them pass...slowly and evenly, then we are bound to break our own...structure.”
Not only do we have a responsibility to stop worrying for our own benefit, but also for the benefit of those who work for us, around us, and especially for the benefit and well-being for those who are closest to us and love us anyway.
Choose to read an entrepreneur classic this month - then share it with someone. Write down the areas you most want to focus your attention on improving in your personal and business life.
And please share here, too....What book has been most life changing for you?
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