Summer Project

I have decided to put myself through a summertime improvement course on how to deal with people (including myself). There's no good summer TV, and I've already got lots of material to use (several semesters' worth). Seems there's a bit too much saying out loud what I'm thinking, and as much as I appreciate my own opinion =-) that's not always appropriate.

One Big Lesson: Learn to keep my mouth shut and thoughts to myself. NO ONE is as fascinated with them as you are.

READING LIST so far:

• Norman Vincent Peale: Positive Thinking Every Day
• Robert Bramson: Coping With Difficult People
• Viktor Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning
• Robert Cialdini: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
• Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Dale Carnegie: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
• Dale Carnegie: How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job
• Cesar Milan: Be the Pack Leader
• W. Timothy Gallwey: The Inner Game of Tennis
• Brinkman & Kirschner: Dealing With People You Can't Stand
• Beverly Engel: The Power of Apology
• Beverly Engel: Healing Your Emotional Self
• Joyce Meyer: Peace
  

CONCRETE CHANGES:

• Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented & happy attitudes, and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. NVP, Jan. 24
• First thing every morning before you arise, say out loud, "I believe" three times. NVP, Jan. 26
• Act the way you need to be. NVP, Jan. 27
• Quick analysis of the situation... what would help most? Behaving pissy and petty? Acting positive and supportive? ACT THAT WAY!
• Practice Word Therapy. Say the powerful, mind-healing words over to yourself every day. Let them recondition your stressful attitudes. NVP, Jan. 29
• At least 10 times every day, affirm, "I expect the best and with God's help will attain the best." NVP, Apr. 5
• God's peace deeply embedded in your mind can often have a more tranquilizing and healing effect upon nerves and tension than medicine. God's peace is itself medicinal. NVP, July 2!