The Power of Positive Thinking
Vincent Peale
Summary
How to think more positively. Not my favourite self help book. Too religious but a lot of good insight
Rating: 3/5
Notes
Have faith in your own abilities
Eliminate the inferiority complex by filling your mind with faith
'Attitudes are more important than facts' - Karl Meninger
They conquer who believe they can. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain - Emerson
Practice daily silence
You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind
To become a happy person have a clean soul, eyes that can see romance in the commonplace, a child’s heart and spiritual simplicity
Unhappy people manufacture their own unhappiness
The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by.
Slow down. Quiet down. Do not fret. Practice being peaceful
If you expect the worst, you will get the worst. If you expect the best, you will get the best.
Don’t be a ‘holdout.’ Go all out. Do this and life will now hold out on you
Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow
Faith power works wonders
Irritation, anger, hate and resentment have a powerful effect in producing ill health
‘Humans can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their mind’ - William James
Build up as many people as you can. Do it unselfishly.
Remember names
Be a comfortable person
Don’t be egotistical
Be interesting
Congratulate everyone on their accomplishments
Allow yourself to experience heartache and emotion
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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