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Does Worrying Serve Any Purpose?

" Howto Stop Worrying and Start Living " is certainly one of the best motivational books. The points Dale Carnegie has written in it are relevant even today, though he wrote the book five decades back. In the book, Carnegie suggests that we should accept the "inevitable" in order to overcome our worries. In the book, Carnegie obviously used the word "inevitable" in the present tense and did not want the word to denote the future.  This means the word has been used for describing current situations. For example, if a person has been born blind, he or she has to accept this inevitable fact. At the same time, we cannot be oblivious of the fact that many blind people or those with other types of physical and mental issues have accomplished great feats in their life.  In short, the only inevitable thing we all should accept is "death." As Frank Sinatra, with his typical candidness, said, “You better enjoy livin’ baby, ’cause dying is a pai...

Obstacles To Success And How We Can Overcome Them

No one will say that they do not want to succeed in life . Of course, definitions of success vary from one person to another. A few people may like to have financial success, some people may to succeed in their business, most of us want to succeed in having good relationships and so on. But, almost everyone finds it difficult to achieve success. There may be a few reasons for this. One of the reasons is that people are afraid of failing. You may be surprised to know that there are people who fear success also. Another strange reason is that many of us are afraid of criticism of others. We think that others may laugh at us if we fail. we fear that others may stop accepting or loving us. But, we should not forget the fact that even if we succeed, we will be criticized. So, we want to play it safe by not taking risks. When we are not ready to take risks, there is no question of achieving success also. Apart from not taking risks, we try to please others. That is the reason we do no...