Introduction

• Self-Help Stuff That Works Homepage
• About Me
• About the Author of Self-Help Stuff That Work
• Explore This Site
• Making Changes Stick

Negative Feelings

• Immediate Relief of Negative Feelings
• Angry: Argue With Yourself And Win!
• Bored at Work: Zoning Out, Bored at Home: Wasting Time... The Old Fashioned Way, Always Bored: The Ocelot Blues
• Tired: Be More Energetic
• Worried: Expect the Best
• Impatient: Having the Time
• Annoyed: Meanings and Feelings
• Frustrated: Positive Thinking - The Next Generation
• Discouraged: Just Keep Planting
• Stressed Out: Stress Control
• Insecure: Insecurity and How to Be More Self-Confident
• Depressed: Optimism
• Discontented: The Root of All Happiness and Contentment
• Relatives Upset Your: Attitudes and Kin
• Improve Performance: A Wiser Adviser
• Parenting Problems: Necessary Conflict
• Trouble Makers at Work: The Trouble with Troublemakers

Self-Help Stuff That Works - The Book

• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• Comments by Readers
• Questions and Answers

Part One: Attitude

• Attitude - Table of Contents
• Optimism
• Optimism is Healthy
• A Wiser Advisor
• Honest Abe
• Master the Art of Making Meaning
• Brighter Future? Sounds Good!
• Adrift
• Maybe it's Good
• You CAN Change
• The Neutralizer
• Stress Control
• The Old Switcheroo
• Having the Time
• Think Positive Positively!
• The Uncertainty Principle
• Unpleasant Feelings
• The How of Tao
• Pillar of Strength
• Meanings and Feelings
• Expect the Best
• Fighting Spirit
• How to Improve Your Self-Esteem
• All in Your Head
• Think Strong
• Where to Tap
• A Simple Way to Change How You Feel
• We've Been Duped
• How to Like Yourself More
• Rx to Relax
• Interest is Life
• Positive Thinking: The Next Generation
• From Hope to Change
• Be All You Can Be
• Riches
• Adventure
• The Ocelot Blues
• Argue With Yourself and Win!
• Constitutional Right
• Why Ask Why?
• Science of Happiness
• A Slave to His Destiny
• Attitude Principles

Part Two: Work

• Work - Table of Contents
• Zoning Out
• Time Management Made Simple
• Envision it Done
• Use What You Get
• Do You Want to Give Up?
• As Good As Gold
• Law of Return
• Personality Counts
• R-e-s-p-e-c-t
• A Terrible Thing to Waste
• "I Don't Know What to Do With My Life"
• Sometimes You Shouldn't Listen
• Just Keep Planting
• Getting Paid to Meditate
• Be More Energetic
• Burn Your Own BTUs
• How to Earn More Money
• The Trouble With Troublemakers
• The Spirit of the Games
• A Lasting State of Feeling Great
• You Create Yourself
• Wasting Time the Old-Fashioned Way
• Taking Credit
• Make it Happen
• Forbidden Fruits
• Life is a Meditation
• Play the Game
• Self-Help
• Speedy Reading One Chunk at a Time
• Thousand Watt Bulb
• An Island of Order in a Sea of Chaos
• The Samurai Effect
• Unnatural Acts
• The Shortest Distance
• American Reading Ceremony
• Work is Good Therapy
• Work Principles

Part Three: People

• People - Table of Contents
• How to Avoid Feeling Socially Awkward
• Your Inner Guide to Self-Esteem
• Complaint Compunctions
• Here Comes the Judge
• The Power of Listening
• Confidence With People
• Attitudes and Kin
• Very Impressive
• Make Your Own Labels
• Danger
• How to Find a Lifemate
• Personal Propaganda
• Play Yourself Down
• The Conflict of Honesty
• E-Squared
• How You Measure Up
• Send a Blessing
• Personality Myth
• Suggestive Moves
• We're Family
• Mastery
• Is That Clear?
• To Zip or Not to Zip
• Take the Sting Out
• How to Be Close to Your Friends
• How to Have More Life in Your Time
• How to Melt Hard Feelings
• How to Get What You Want From Others
• Elicit Your Own Acknowledgement
• Self-Confidence
• The Power of a Poker Face
• TRUE Love
• Right Makes Might
• The Bad Apples
• Refuse to Flinch
• Forging Mettle
• People Principles
• Parting Shot
• Index

Bonus Chapters

• Bonus Chapters Homepage
• The Bad News About Bad News (and What You Can Do About It)
• A Friend in Deed
• Conversation on Optimism
• Thoughtical Illusions
• Interpretations

Bite-Size Help

• Bite-Size Self-Help That Works Homepage
• Why Failing to Lose Weight Is a Good Thing
• How Thinking Negatively Can Make You Feel Better
• How to Make People Like You For Five Cents
• How Being Irresponsible Can Improve Your Life
• How to Have More Time (and Less Stress)
• The Ancient Hindus Used the Same Technique as Modern Cognitive Science to End Human Misery
• Is There an Easy Way to Stop Feeling Angry or Annoyed?
• The Root of All Happiness And Contentment
• Why Optimism Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
• How to Be Healthier Without Lifting a Finger
• How to Persist Without Willpower
• Invigorate Your Life In a Profound Way Using a Technique Developed In a Concentration Camp
• Why Pessimism Shuts Down Our Immune System
• What Was Abraham Lincoln's Religion?