Book Summary Preview : How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job

PART ONE: Seven Ways to Peace and Happiness

1. Find Yourself, Be Yourself

If you have a dark, scary secret, you may need to reveal it. If you think you are too tall, do not slouch for others. If you think you are too beautiful for this world, you don’t necessarily have to leave.

"Be yourself" is advice that is too often ignored. In the search for peace and happiness, the eyes and the mind often wander out to the world for meaning. The hard truth is that if you always adapt to the inspirational models others have been successful with, then you will just be a copy. Studies accurately define you to be unique, one and alone, without resembling anyone. This makes everything easy and simple – it means you need no one and nothing else other than yourself to be happy.

2. Practice Four Good Working Habits

• Clear your desk

Decide now and not a moment later. If you must, then tarry only to verify and gather additional facts in order to come up with a decision. The critical moment is "right now" to finish one business after another and avoid accumulation of tasks. Focus only on one problem at any one moment, progressing from one sheet of paper to another, one stack at a time. It is an unassuming wisdom but the result is awesome. A clear drawer is effective in avoiding tension and confusion and, more significantly, cures anxiety.