INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR RICHARD CARLSON shows us once and for all that improving how we live doesn't have to be so hard. He zeroes in on difficult areas in our lives-- from work to personal relationships to family to finances to physical fitness and health. On these and countless other issues he offers insightful, proven, and practical advice, spelling out thirty-nine ways in which we can all take control of our day-to-day experiences. By making small changes, such as remembering the power of hope, stopping the blame game, planting a seed of doubt, and saving for a rainy day, we soon learn that it is Easier Than You Think to get the most out of life.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR RICHARD CARLSON shows us once and for all that improving how we live doesn't have to be so hard. He zeroes in on difficult areas in our lives-- from work to personal relationships to family to finances to physical fitness and health. On these and countless other issues he offers insightful, proven, and practical advice, spelling out thirty-nine ways in which we can all take control of our day-to-day experiences. By making small changes, such as remembering the power of hope, stopping the blame game, planting a seed of doubt, and saving for a rainy day, we soon learn that it is Easier Than You Think to get the most out of life.

Introduction: Small Change

A PENNY for YOUR THOUGHTS

1. A Penny for Your Thoughts

2. Paving Your Own Way

3. Be There for Yourself

4. Your Life Can Change at the

  Drop of a Hat

5. The Most Basic Choice of AU

6. Remember the Power of Hope

7. "I Won't Go There"

8. Watch Your Thoughts

9. The Grass Is as Green as It Needs to Be

TAKE FIVE

10. Take Five

11. Take a Vacation Every Day

12. Notice What Gets You

13. Recognize When You're Fighting Reality

14. Focus on the Blessings

15. A Golden Pause

16. Plant a Seed of Doubt

17. Believe It or Not, This Too Shall Pass

18. Set Your Expectations to Zero

19. Are You in There?

20. Find a Way to Laugh Every Day

TURNING on a DIME

21. Turning on a Dime

22. Lay Out the Welcome Mat

23. A Small Secret

24. Learn to Say No

25. Stop the Blame Game

26. Be Careful What You Do and Say

27. First Things First

28. Innocent Until Proven Guilty

29. No More Regrets

3o. Listen Without Interrupting

31. Save for a Rainy Day!

32. Don't Take Notes

MY TWO BITS

33. MyTwo Bits

34. Give a Little

35. Reading Is for Everyone

36. A Little Kindness Just Might Keep the

Doctor Away

37. Leave Things as You Found Them

38. Make a Small Difference in

Someone's Life Every Day

39. Sail Away with Small Change

Acknowledgments

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