How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Sections

The book contains eight sections, as follows:

Fundamental Facts You Should Know About Worry

1. Live in "Day-tight Compartments"
2. How to face trouble:
   1. Prepare to accept the worst
3. Keep calm and try to make it the best
4. Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health

Basic Techniques In Analyzing Worry

1. Get all the facts
2. Weigh all the facts – then come to a decision
3. Once a decision is reached, act!
4. Write out and answer the following questions
   1. What is the problem?
   2. What are the causes of the problem?
   3. What are the possible solutions?
   4. What is the best possible solution?

How to Break the Worry Habit Before It Breaks You

1. Keep busy
2. Don't fuss about trifles
3. Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries
4. Cooperate with the Inevitable
5. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth and refuse to give it more
6. Don't worry about the past

Seven Ways to Cultivate A Mental Attitude That Will Bring You Peace and Happiness

1. Fill your mind with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope
2. Never try to get even with your enemies
3. Expect ingratitude
4. Count your blessings, not your troubles
5. Find Yourself and Be Yourself (Remember There Is No One Else on Earth Like You)
6. Try to profit from your losses
7. Create happiness for others

The Perfect Way to Conquer Worry

1. Pray

How To Keep From Worrying About Criticism

1. Remember that unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment
2. Do the very best you can
3. Analyze your own mistakes and criticize yourself

Six Ways to Prevent Fatigue and Worry and Keep Your Energy and Spirits High

1. Rest before you get tired
2. Learn to relax at your work
3. Protect your health and appearance by relaxing at home
4. Four Good Working Habits That Will Help Prevent Fatigue and Worry
   1. Clear your desk of all the papers except those relating to the immediate problem at hand
   2. Do things in the order of their importance
   3. When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision
   4. Learn to organize, deputize, and supervise
5. Put enthusiasm into your work
6. Don't worry about insomnia

"How I Conquered Worry"

32 personal stories from people including Roger W. Babson, Elmer Thomas, R. V. C. Bodley, Prof. William Lyon Phelps, Dorothy Dix, J. C. Penney, Percy H. Whiting, Gene Autry, E. Stanley Jones, Homer Croy, Jack Dempsey, Ordway Tead, Connie Mack, John D. Rockefeller, Paul Sampson and Benjamin Franklin.