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Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Spend a moment every day thinking of someone to love.

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is d...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is d...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Ask yourself this question: 'Will this matter a year from now?

Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

100: Live This Day as if It Were Your Last.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we know how with the circumstances ...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're a...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking tha...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems,but when we change our relationship ...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Ask yourself this question: will this matter a year from now?

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

It is our ability to forget our problems, through the process of thought, rather than the passage of...

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You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective

Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.

You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The Big Book of Small Stuff: 100 of the Best Inspirations from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens: Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times

The fact that we can't see the beauty in something doesn't suggest that it's not there. Rather, it s...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Choose being kind over being right and you'll be right every time.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Choose being kind over being right and you'll be right every time.

Ask yourself this question: 'Will this matter a year from now?

It is our ability to forget our problems, through the process of thought, rather than the passage of...

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You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective

Remember that everything has God's fingerprints on it.

Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.

You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The Big Book of Small Stuff: 100 of the Best Inspirations from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Every day tell at least one person something you like admire or appreciate about them.

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens: Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times

The fact that we can't see the beauty in something doesn't suggest that it's not there. Rather, it s...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Remember that everything has God's fingerprints on it.

Every day tell at least one person something you like admire or appreciate about them.

Trust your intuitive heart.

Trust your intuitive heart.

Spend a moment every day thinking of someone to love.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

Ask yourself this question: will this matter a year from now?

If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems,but when we change our relationship ...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking tha...

Show More
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to...

Show More
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're a...

Show More
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we know how with the circumstances ...

Show More
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

100: Live This Day as if It Were Your Last.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are...

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

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Richard Carlson

Author

Born: 1961-05-16

Died: 2006-12-13

Richard Carlson Ph.D. (16 May 1961 – 13 December 2006) was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. His book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff... and it’s all Small Stuff (1997), was USA Today's bestselling book for two consecutive years and spent over 101 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.More