Dale Carnegie - "How To Win Friends And Influence People!"

Fundamental Principles for
Overcoming Worry

1. Live in “day-tight compartments.”
2. How to face trouble:
a. Ask yourself, “What is the worst
that can possibly happen?”
b. Prepare to accept the worst.
c. Try to improve on the worst.

3. 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:
a. What is the problem?
b. What are the causes of the problem?
c. What are the possible solutions?
d. What is the best possible solution?

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.