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The
Trouble With Troublemakers
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When you work with a
troublemaker, it is upsetting. There is something you can do
about it without getting embroiled. |
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Just
Keep Planting
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Is your goal important but
difficult? Here's a little encouragement from Utah. |
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Unnatural
Acts
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Learn how to improve the
general mood-atmosphere at your place of work. |
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Work
is Good Therapy
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When you're doing your work
in the right way, it can be powerfully therapeutic. |
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Burn
Your
Own BTUs
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What is more fun: Things
that require the expenditure of resources like material and
electricity and gas? Or self-powered activities? |
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The
Spirit
of the Games
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Competition doesn't have to
be an ugly affair. In fact, from at least one perspective,
it is the finest force for good in the world. |
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Do
You Want to
Give Up?
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Achieving goals is sometimes
difficult. When you feel discouraged, check out this
chapter. There are three things you can do to make the
achievement of your goals more likely. |
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A
Terrible Thing
to Waste
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Some tasks are just plain
boring and yet they have to be done. Washing the dishes, for
example. Learn how to make the tasks more fun. |
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Life
is a
Meditation...
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Here is a way to turn your
daily life into a fulfilling, peace-inducing meditation. |
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Forbidden
Fruits
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This is a simple technique
to allow you to get more done without relying on time-
management or willpower. |
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Use
What You Get
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Here's a technique to use
when you're having a hard time accomplishing your goals
because other people seem to interfere with you. |
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A
Lasting State
of Feeling Great
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Comfort and luxury are not
the chief requirements of life. Here's what you need to
really feel great. |
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Zoning
Out
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If your job is too stressful
or too boring, there is something practical you can do about
it. |
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Getting
Paid
to Meditate
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How to turn your job into a
spiritual discipline. |
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Time
Management Made Simple
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Complicated instructions or
information only makes things more difficult. Read about one
simple principle that can easily make you more efficient. |
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Envision
it Done
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When you tend to put things
off that you know you ought to do, this is the chapter for
you. |
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As
Good as Gold
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The one fundamental
principle that makes things happen. |
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Personality
Counts
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The active development of
one's personality is not just for salespeople and
shopkeepers. |
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R-e-s-p-e-c-t
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If you want more respect
from the people you work with, here's the way to earn it. |
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Sometimes
You Shouldn't Listen
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If you have a friend who is
pursuing a difficult goal and your friend's family members
are trying to talk her out of it, have her read this. |
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Be
More Energetic
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Feeling lethargic? Although
it will take an act of will, there is something you
can do about it right now. |
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How
to Earn
More Money
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Simple, practical ways of
increasing your income over time. |
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You
Create
Yourself
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We all fall victim to our
circumstances and our biology and our upbringing now and
then. But it doesn't have to be that way as often. |
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An
Island of Order in a Sea of Chaos
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If you are a manager or a
parent, it behooves you to learn to create self- discipline
in people. Check this out. |
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Taking
Credit
|
A good principle of human
relations is don't brag, but if you internalize this
too thoroughly, it can make you feel that your efforts are
futile. |
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Make
It Happen
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Aggressiveness is the cause
of a lot of trouble in the world, but it is also the source
of much good. |
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American
Reading Ceremony
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Experience a few moments of
peace, anytime, anywhere. |
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Play
the Game
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Here's a way to make your
work more enjoyable. |
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Vocabulary
Raises
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One way to be promoted at
work and succeed on the job may seem entirely unrelated to
your actual tasks or purpose at work. |
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Speedy
Reading
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Three simple techniques for
improving your reading speed. |
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Thousand-Watt
Bulb
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How to enjoy your work more,
ultimately get paid more, and feel more secure on the job. |
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The
Samurai Effect
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Make your boss a great
person to work for. |
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The
Shortest Distance
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The classic method of
solving problems. |
