Tuesdays with Morrie

an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
by Mitch Albom

Morrie Swartz is a dying professor, yet he shares his final lesson on life itself. Through his final dying 3 months, while he was cripplied slowly by ALS and losing his bodily functions, he teaches us how one can still live in hope, gratitude and joy... Something that many people around the world don't, even though they might be healthy, rich and enjoying all of life's comforts.

He points out that the popular culture around the world is wrong... All the blind chase for materialistic comforts and status, the struggles of making great achievements... So many people are running all their lives chasing their dreams, only to be trapped in an eternal cycle of dissatisfaction and wanting more, and to finally find that they don't really know what they really want in fact.

They do not realise that life is to be enjoyed daily. There's nothing at the end of the journey, but it is the journey itself that is enjoyable. The part where most people rush through in frustration, the part which has been taken for granted by so many..

Summary available in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesdays_With_Morrie

"Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, you won’t be longing for somebody else’s things. On the contrary, you’ll be overwhelmed with what comes back."

"You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning. Because if you’ve find meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward."

Lateral Thinking

by Edward de Bono

The Way the Mind Works
The mind is a pattern-making system -- the information system of the mind creates and recognises patterns. How effective the mind is in its one-way communication with the environment depends directly on this ability to create patterns, store them and recognise them. It is possible that a few patterns are built into the mind and these become manifest as instinctual behavior. The mind does not actively sort out information. Instead, the information sorts itself out and organises itself into patterns. In other words, the mind is passive. The mind only provides an opportunity for the informaton to behave in this way. This special environment is a memory surface with special characteristics.

The mind has a limited attention span. Hence, only part of the memory surface can be activated at any one time. It means that the activated area will be a single coherent area and this area will be found in the most easily activated part of the memory surface, which is the most familiar one -- the one which has been encountered most often, the one which has left most trace on the memory surface. And because a familiar pattern tends to be used, it becomes even more familiar. In this way, the mind builds up the stock of preset patterns which are the basis of code communication.

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Difference Between Lateral and Vertical Thinking

• vertical thinking is selective, lateral thinking is generative.
  
• vertical thinking moves only if there is a direction in which to move, lateral thinking moves in order to generate a direction.
  
• vertical thinking is analytical, lateral thinking is provocative.
  
• vertical thinking is sequential, lateral thinking can make jumps.
  
• with vertical thinking one has to be correct at every step, with lateral thinking one does not have to be.
  
• with vertical thinking one concentrates and excludes what is irrelevant, with lateral thinking one welcomes chance intrusions.
  
• with vertical thinking categories, classifications and labels are fixed, with lateral thinking they are not.
  
• vertical thinking follows the most likely paths, lateral thinking explores the least likely.
  
• vertical thinking is a finite process, lateral thinking is a probabilistic one.
  

The difference between lateral and vertical thinking are very fundamental. It is not a matter of one process being more effective than the other, for both are necessary -- it is a matter of realising the differences in order to be able to use both effectively.

- With vertical thinking, one uses information for its own sake to move forward to a solution.
- With lateral thinking, one uses information not for its own sake, but provocatively in order to bring about repatterning.

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Further thinking~
The Generation of Alternatives
Challenging Assumptions
Innovation
Suspended Judgement
Design
Dominant Ideas and Crucial Factors
Fractionation
The Reversal Method
Brainstorming
Analogies
Choice of Entry Point and Attention Area
Random Stimulation
Concepts / Divisions / Polarisation
The New Word - Po
Blocked by Openness
Description / Problem Solving / Design

Parallel Thinking

by Edward de Bono

Parallel Thinking vs. Western Thinking

Traditional thinking is firmly based on 'judgement'.
This is the key mental activity:

• Is / Is not
  
• True / False
  
• Either / Or
  
• Right / Wrong
  
• Proven / Not proven
  

What are we judging?

We set up 'true' definitions, categories, boxes, and we judge whether something fits into a box or not. We judge which box the matter fits into. We seek to derive these boxes from experience, as Socrates sought to drive his true definitions of 'justice' etc., or we may decree these boxes, as in 'game truth' (we decide the rules of the game). We set up dichotomeies and opposites in order to force a judgement choice or to prove another party wrong. We also judge consistency, fit and the sufficiency of evidence for a statement. Why are we doing this?

We are doing it because we want to 'discover' the truth. We are interested in the truth of 'what is'. We believe that if you have the truth then all else is easy. It is a basic 'search idiom', like prospecting for gold. To help us in this search we use analysis and collect information.

New ideas are supposed to be presented by evolution, by creative individuals, or by 'opposites' process of thesis / antithesis followed by synthesis. Once presented, the ideas are battered into useful shape by criticism. Judgement always within the existing paradigm.

In parallel thinking the key idiom is 'design', not search. Instead of the harsh accept / reject operation of judgement, there is 'possibility'. We accept possibilities even if they are contradictory and mutually exclusive. We lay them down alongside each other in parallel.

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Parallel Thinking vs Traditional Thinking

Parallel		Traditional
Thinking		Thinking

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'What can be' ..... 'What is'
Design ................ Search
Build ................... Discover
Create ................ Repeat
Constructive ..... Destructive
Action ................ Description
Possible ............. Certain
Acceptance ....... Refutation
Value ................. Righteousness
Windows ........... Categories
Flagpoles ........... Boxes
Spectrum .......... Dichotomies
Overlap ............. Discrimination
Soft edge ........... Hard edge
Reconcile ........... Reject ( contradictions )
Parallel .............. Adversarial
Laying aside ...... Gatekeeping judging
Exploration ....... Clash
Perceptions ....... Processing
Subjective .......... Objective
'to' ........................ 'is'
'Water logic' ...... 'Rock logic'
'What next' ....... 'What is'
Flow .................. Identity
Ideas ................. Information
Creative ............Description
Movement ....... Judgement
Whole ............... Part
Non-linear ...... Linear
System ............ Element
Forward ........... Backward
Change ............. Stability
Challenge ........ Defend
Wisdom .......... Cleverness
Plural ............... Single
Humility .......... Arrogance

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The Failure of Western Thinking
1. Western thinking has failed because it is suitable only for certain purposes and totally inadequate for other purposes.

The Socratic method was designed for a very specific purpose - to find the one truth. Following the subjectivity of the Sophists, some whom believed that personal perceptual truths were the only truths, Socrates set out to 'discover' the 'true definitions' of such things as 'justice'. He was concerned with putting ethics onto a firm basis so that the persuasive skills of the Sophists could no longer sway society. Plato, with his strong fascist tendencies, developed the notion of 'ideal forms' which was imposed on the world by this thinking. Later Aristotle ( the third member of the 'Gang of Three' ) tightened up the system and showed its application to science. Throughout the ages, this 'discovery-of-the-truth' idiom has been very attractive to philosophers, to religious thinkers and to scientists because it has been the basis of their employment.

But this idiom is totally inadequate when there is a need to construct, to build, to change and to design a way forward. You can discover gold, but you have to design and build a house. Applying standards is no use if there is a need to develop new ideas. Where problems cannot be solved by identifying and removing the cause, there is a need to 'design a way forward'.


2. Western thinking has failed because it is actually dangerous and forces us to look at the world in a harmful way.

From the 'search for the truth' and the harshness of the judgement system have come righteousness, arrogance and intolerance of plurality. When you have found the 'truth' you know that everyone else must be 'wrong'. Indeed you must show them they are wrong, because this is one of the fundamental ways of proving that you are right. You set up a mutually exclusive dichotomy and then prove the other side wrong.


3. Western thinking has failed because of its complacency and its ability to defend itself have made it impossible to develop different thinking methods.

Because criticism is so easy, it has become a dominating habit of even intelligent people. There is a ridiculous belief that it is enough to get rid of the 'bad things' and what will be left are good things. today's experience all over the world shows that getting rid of the bad things only results in chaos. There may no longer be any people or party to blame, but that is the only gain.

The elevation of the 'critical intelligence' to the highest level of human endeavour has probably been the single greatest mistake of Western intellectual development. Yet that is still the basis of our culture and our universities. That is danger indeed.

In times of total stability, the critical intelligence might have been necessary to prevent any change and to keep things on the agreed course. But we are so very poor at dealing with change because we still hold that dangerous belief.

Western thinking is failing because it is not designed to deal with a changing world. It is failing because it is inadequate to deal with change, because it does not offer creative, constructive and design energy. It is failing because it suggests dangerous judgements and discriminations which tend to make things worse ( as in legistrative chambers and politics ). It is failing because its complacent arrogance prevents it from seeing the extent of its failure.

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Further thinking~
The Wrong Tackle
Order out of Chaos
Order
The Socratic Method
How the Socratic Method Worked
The Doubters
The Search
Criticism and Removing 'Untruth'
Adversaries, Argument and Debate
Parallel Thinkning
Problem-Solving
The Evolution of Ideas
The Search for the Truth
The Truth
Questions
Definitions, Boxes, Categories and Generalisations
The Value of Boxes
The Problem of 'Is'
The Tyranny of Judgement
Possibility vs Certainty
Exploration vs Judgement
Design vs Analysis
Information vs Ideas
Movement vs Judgement
Create vs Discover
Inner World vs Outer World
Alternatives
Parallels
Possibilities
Designing a Way Forward
Wisdom vs Cleverness
Dialectic vs Parallels
Actiond vs Description
Value vs Truth
Water Logic and Parallel Thinking
Overlap
Change vs Stability
New Language Devices

What Color Is Your Parachute?

by Richard Nelson Bolles
Online site: http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/intro/wciyp.php


The Traditional Job-Hunt

The Way a Typical Employer Prefers to Fill a Vacancy (Downwards) The Way a Typical Job-Hunter Prefers to Fill a Vacancy (Upwards)

From Within : Promotion of a full-time employee, or promotion of a present part-time employee, or hiring a former consultant for in-house or contract work, or hiring a former "temp" full-time. Employer's thoughts: "I want to hire someone whose works I have already seen." Implication for Job Hunters : See if you can get hired at an organisation you have chosen - as a temp, contract worker, or consultant -- aiming at a full time position only later (or not at all) Using Proof : Hiring an Unknown Job-Hunter who brings proof of what he or she can do, with regards to the skills needed. Implication for Job Hunters : If you are a programmer, bring a program you have done -- with its code; if you are a photographer, bring photos. etc. Using Best Friend or Business Colleague : Hiring someone whose work a trusted friend of yours has seen ( perhaps they worked for him or her ) Implication for Job Hunters : Find someone who knows the person-who-has-the-power-to-hire at your target organisation, who also knows your work and will introduce you two. Using an Agency They Trust : This may be a recruiter or search firm the employer has hired; or from a private employment agency -- both of which have checked you out, on behalf of the employer. Using an Ad They Have Placed ( online or in the newspapers, etc ) Using a Resume : Even if the resume was unsolicited ( if the employer is desperate ).

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Looking for a Job

• Write your resume well. There are several resume-writing resources enumerated in the book for your easy reference. You may also ask your friends who are known for writing excellent resumes for assistance.
  
• Your resume should be a summary of relevant work accomplishments, citing what tasks you were responsible for, what obstacle you had to overcome and what you did to solve the problem and what the results of your actions translated into in terms of profits, etc.
  
• Go where the employers go: www.monster.com, www.hotjobs.com, www.flipdog.com, and www.eurojobs.com are just some sample sites you could look at.
  
• There are other ways to find a job than on the Internet. Use your contacts. Study the phone book, or look around your neighborhood. It is still always best to be referred to an employer by a good friend or colleague.
  

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How Employers Hunt for Job-Hunters
Employers like it when you:

• Find their job ad on the Internet or on their web site.
  
• E-mail your resume immediately.
  
• Mail a professionally laid-out paper copy to the employer’s mailing address on the same day.
  
• Make a follow-up phone call within the week to see if both copies were received, and to inquire about an appointment for an interview.
  
• If you do get interviewed, send a thank-you note immediately after the interview.
  

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23 Tips to a Successful Job-Hunt

1. No one owes you a job. You have to go out and look for it.
   
2. Your success is directly proportionate to your effort.
   
3. Be willing to change your strategy.
   
4. Ask successful job hunters what they did.
   
5. Treat your job-hunt as a full time job.
   
6. Remember that the shortest job hunt still lasts between two and eighteen weeks.
   
7. Persistence is the name of the game.
   
8. You will not find the same exact job you had before, so redefine yourself.
   
9. Forget what is “available” and go for the job you really want.
   
10. Tell everyone to keep a lookout for that type of job opening.
    
11. If you own an answering machine, tailor your opening message to communicate your ongoing job hunt.
    
12. Join a job-hunter’s support group in your area. If you can’t find any, create your own.
    
13. Go after several organizations at once.
    
14. Go after any place that interests you regardless of whether there are vacancies or not.
    
15. Concentrate on organizations that employ 20 people or less.
    
16. Go see 4 potential employers a day. If you are using the telephone, call up 40 a day.
    
17. Use the phone and the Yellow Pages to call up places of interest and ask if they are hiring.
    
18. Go to places where you would like to work and knock on their doors.
    
19. Look for full-time, part-time, contract jobs or temporary jobs and other types of jobs.
    
20. Forget about your handicap, whether real or imagined.
    
21. Don’t become depressed if you encounter several rejections.
    
22. Treat everyone you meet with courtesy.
    
23. Write a thank-you note to those who gave you their time that day.
    

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Finding Your Dream Job
How do you identify your dream job?

• What are my transferable skills? What are my fields of fascination?
  
• Draw a picture or in this case, The Flower diagram we use in Parachute, to have a picture of your new career. Give it a name. Go find a person who is already doing it.
  
• Interview that person for information, to find out what the job is really like.
  
• Research organizations in your area.
  
• Network and seek out the persons who have the power to hire you.
  
• Use your contacts to get to this person and show him how you stand out among others.
  
• Take no short cuts, if you need to re-train or go back to school to get your dream job, do it.
  
• Do not put all your eggs in one basket. If one path isn’t working, try a Plan B.
  

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The 10 Commandments for Job Interviews

• Go after small organizations, those with 20-50 employees.
  
• Ask everyone you know to keep a look out for your specific job opening.
  
• Do your homework on the organization before going there.
  
• Identify the person with the power to hire you and use your contacts to see this person.
  
• Ask for only 20 minutes of their time and keep to your word.
  
• Go to the interview to see if this organization suits your values, your agenda and your life.
  
• When answering questions keep your answers down to 20 seconds or two minutes, max.
  
• Approach them as a resource person who can offer a service rather than a job beggar.
  
• Always send a thank-you note the very next day after an interview.
  
• Little things may turn them off such as personal hygiene and lack of self-confidence.
  

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The Seven Secrets of Salary Negotiation

• Never discuss salary until the end of the interviewing process, when they have definitely said they will hire you.
  
• The purpose of salary negotiation is to find out the most that an employer is willing to pay to get you.
  
• Never be the first to mention a salary figure.
  
• Do your homework on how much you will need per month.
  
• Do careful research on salaries in your field or in that organization.
  
• Define a range the employer may have in mind, and a range for yourself.
  
• Don’t leave it hanging. Bring the salary negotiation to a close. Request a letter of agreement or an employment contract. Get it in writing.
  

Quarter-Life Crisis

by Alexandra Robbins & Abby Wilner


How Am I Supposed to Figure Out Who I Really Am?

• "So, What Do You do?"
  
• What Now?
  
• Compromising Promises
  
• Finding a Passion
  
• Keeping the Faith
  
• Trial and Error
  
• Changing Their Minds
  
• Job Hopping
  
• Constant Evolution
  

What If I'm Scared to Stop Being a Kid?

• End of Innocence
  
• Are We There Yet?
  
• The Parent Trap
  
• Inescapable Influence
  
• The Times They Are A-Changing
  

What If I Fail?

• Ready, Set, Fail
  
• Going After the Dream
  
• Abort Mission
  
• Plan B
  
• Advice from the Pros
  

What Do All of these Doubts Mean?

• Doubts and Questions
  
• Working Problem
  
• Social Adjustments
  
• Overwhelming Factors
  
• Anchors Aweigh
  
• Dashed Expectations
  
• Paradise Cost
  
• Trying Out Therapy
  
• Brushing It Off
  

How Do I Know the Decisions I'm Making Are the Right Ones?

• Many Right Thing
  
• How Do I Know If I'm Sure About Somebody?
  
• Gut Instinct
  
• Gray Matter
  
• Going With It
  

How Do I Work Out the Right Balance Among My Career, Friends, Family and Romance?

• Stuff Happens
  
• Work Won't Make You Coffee in the Morning
  
• When Love Comes to Town
  
• Stress Fractures
  
• Balancing Act
  

Can I Carry Any Part of My College Experience into the Real World?

• 6 Degrees of Separation
  
• Battling for the Majors
  
• Look at All the Lonely People
  
• Lifestyle Changes
  
• Continuing Education
  
• What You Can Take With You
  

No More Butterflies

Overcoming Stagefright, Shyness, Interview Anxiety & Fear of Public Speaking
by Peter Desburg, Ph. D

What do you fear?
Ask yourself this question.
Whenever you're not in action, you are in fear of something.
When you feel that you're underachieving, you're also under the control of fear...

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So how do we deal with our fears?
1. Relax.

Simply relax. Let go of everything for a moment. Realise that you cannot multitask effectively - you cannot concentrate on your performance when you are constantly worried that someone is ridiculing you, or when you are constantly judging yourself.

2. Identify and analyse your fears.

Write them down. Make the abstract more concrete. Imagine the situation you fear to be in. Look and feel the evidence supporting your fear. Include the worst-case scenarios you think may happen, and possible alternative interpretations. Basically, confront your fears head-on. Then spring into action. Analyse your fears. Look at what you have written down. Does it still make sense? Is it exaggerated? Are there logical thinking flaws?

3. Challenge your fears.

Set goals to minimize the chance of such situations occurring. Plan and act.

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Dealing with avoidance and procrastination
1. For avoidance -

It's all about convincing yourself. Write down the rewards for doing whatever action, as well as the advantages of avoiding the task. It should now seem that action is almost always superior to inaction and avoidance.

2. For procrastination -

Prepare a "con list". Every time you procrastinate some action, for legitimate reasons or not, write that reason down on that list. And every time you do that, look at your previous entries. You'll be surprised how difficult it is to use a reason after you have used it a few times already.

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Stress Inoculation -- "anxiety vaccination"
1. Systematic Desensitization (The Gradual Approach)

Be relaxed. Set goals and milestones for yourself. Go small steps at a time, and as you master each step, move on to the next, until you arrive at your goal.

Eg. You have to give a speech to a huge audience.

You may act as follows:

1. Present your talk into a voice recorder
   
2. Try the talk on a friend or two
   
3. Try it on a few colleagues
   
4. Try it on a larger group similar to your intended audience
   
5. Give the talk to the actual audience
   

2. Flooding (Comparable Practice)

Similar to how some people learn how to swim - Plunge right in! Then plunge in again! And again! ...

3. Implosion (Going Beyond)

Doing something even more difficult - this will make your task at hand seem so easy.
Eg. Instead of giving the talk to the group of 100 people, find a larger audience of 200 and present your speech. At your actual 100-people talk, it'll seem easier.

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Improving performance
1. Reducing Anxiety
2. Reducing Self-Monitoring
~ you can't concentrate properly when you're constantly judging yourself

• additional practice - become so good at your performance that self-monitoring will be less effective
  
• attention focusing - focus your attention on the presentation and connecting with people
  
• practise while self-monitoring - judge and improve yourself in practise session to improve
  
• monitor the audience - change accordingly!
  

3. Increasing organisation

• Mnemonic Techniques
  
• Preparing an Outline
  
• Preparing the Complete Text
  

4. Praticing

• Practise Frequently
  
• Use Imagery To Simulate the Actual Presentation Environment
  
• Practise Incidentals
  
• Practise as You Will Perform
  
• Practise Physical Skills
  

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Overcoming Shyness

Causes:

1. A fear of people
2. Situations that invoke a fear of negative evaluation
3. Low self-esteem and feelings of unworthiness
4. A perceived lack of social skills


Additional skills which are useful:

• Giving (and Receiving) Compliments
  
• Saying "No"
  
  - Determine if the request is reasonable
  - Clarify any doubts
  - Avoid excuse for saying "no"
  - Avoid apologising when you say "no"
  

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Public Speaking Techniques
3 Parts - Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production

- Pre-Production

1. Choosing a Topic
   
2. Determining a Purpose - remember that a speech is not like a pamphlet; take note of your intonation, facial expressions, non-verbal techniques and gestures, eye contact, personal interaction
   
3. Establish Your Credibility - make them believe you're "real"
   
4. Prepare the Material to be Included - from the audience's perspective, scope
   
5. Researching the Topic - examples, imagery
   
6. Visual Aids - ensure they're not a distraction instead
   
7. Organising the Talk - intro, body and conclusion
   
8. Editing the Talk - shorten the presentation for greater effectiveness, double space the initial draft for easy editing, write out the original version as you edit
   
9. Audience Involvement - ask them questions, ask for comments, get them to ask you questions
   
10. Advice - reduces uncertainty, suggest preparation activities, source of criticism, role models
    

- Production

1. Handouts - too many things for them to remember? include only important points
   
2. Non-verbal Communication - don't talk about things that make you uncomfortable, appear to enjoy giving the talk, make eye contact
   
3. Never Apologise for Small Mistakes You Make - people normally do not notice, or care, and it'll make you more nervous
   
4. Compliment the Audience and Show Them Respect
   

- Post-Production

1. Evaluate the Talk
   

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Using humour

Humour and jokes should be self-directed if possible. Never direct hostile jokes to your audience or anyone who can make you seem discriminatory. Even if you think the jokes are pretty harmless, others may not think so. And remember the power of crowd influence.

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Interviews and Auditions
There are several types of interviews -

• Direct Interviews
  
• Unstructured Interviews
  
• Stress Interviews
  
• Group Interviews
  
• Board Interviews
  
• Screening Interviews
  
• Selection Interviews
  

Preparation for the Interview:

• What does the company do?
  
• What is its major competitors, and how is the company unique?
  
• Is the company growing or downsizing?
  
• What are the major books, publications, and professional organizations in your field?
  
• What are the current trends, alternate points of view, and competing theories?
  
• Identify the job specifications before the interview
  

Common Questions in an Interview:

• Tell me about yourself
  
• Explain any difficult circumstances at a previous job, and the conditions under which you left.
  
• Why do you want to work in this field, or at this job?
  
• Why do you want to work for this company?
  
• What are your career objectives?
  
• What are your unique qualifications?
  
• What are your major strengths and weaknesses?
  

Tips for the Interview:

• Remember the interviewer's name
  
• Attempt to make eye contact
  
• Do not use the interview as an opportunity to make personal statements.
  
• As you respond, it's essential to look comfortable rather than awkward or guilty.
  
• While humour is generally a plus, be careful not to use it insensitively.
  
• Maintain total honesty.
  
• Use the full palette of presentation tools to keep the interviewer interested.
  
• Become sensitive to the interviewer.
  
• Help the interview flow smoothly.
  
• Learn to deal with silence in the interview.
  
• Bring pen and paper to the interview.
  

Grow Rich With Peace of Mind

by Napoleon Hill


Chapters...

1. Know your own mind, live your own life
   
2. Close the doors to your past
   
3. The Basic Mental Attitude that brings wealth and peace of mind
   
4. When you are free of fear, you are free to live
   
5. Will you master money? or will it enslave you?
   
6. The blessed art of sharing your riches
   
7. How to develop your own healthy ego
   
8. How to transmute sex emotion into Achievement Power
   
9. To succeed in life, succeed in being yourself
   
10. The Master Mind group -- a power beyond science
    
11. Win mighty aid from the Eternal Law of Compensation
    
12. You are very important - for a short while
    
13. Not too much, not too little
    
14. The magic power of belief
    
15. Enthusiasm - and something more
    
16. It is up to you to live the life the Creator gave you
    

"I will allow no person's opinion, no influence to enter my mind which does not harmonize with my purpose."

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close the doors to your past!
- in so far as any regrets or bitterness or post-mortems are concerned
- when you have attained peace of mind, your mind will automatically reject every thought and every mental reaction

being wealthy is not having peace of mind !!
We do need enough money so that we need not worry about everyday expenses. But money itself doesn't give us a peace of mind.
Do we realise that not working for money, but what money can bring?
Does money work for you, or do you work for money?

With positive attitudes, we see opportunities and prompts action.
With negative attitudes, we see fears, obstacles, difficulties and failure. It prompts inaction instead.

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Major motives :-

1. Emotion of Love
   
2. Emotion of Sex
   
3. Desire for Material Gain
   
4. Desire for Self-Preservation
   
5. Desire for Freedom of Body and Mind
   
6. Desire for Self-Expression
   
7. Desire for Perpetuation of Life After Death
   

motives :-

• Emotion of Anger and revenge
  
• Emotion of Fear
  

Fear is really something man created just to make himself suffer. It does nothing but cause worry and inaction, based on events that have not happened yet, and may not happen at all. Hence, it is important to LIVE IN THE NOW !!! In fact, thoughts of fear of something can actually directly or indirectly cause it to happen..

The Guardian Angels (of Guidance)

1. Angel of Peace of Mind
   
2. Angel of Hope and Faith
   
3. Angel of Love and Romance
   
4. Angel of Sound Physical Health
   
5. Angel of Financial Security
   
6. Angel of Overall Wisdom
   
7. Angel of Patience
   
8. Angel of Freedom
   

Major Fears ...

• Poverty
  
• Criticism
  
• Ill health
  
• Loss of love
  
• Loss of liberty
  
• Old age
  
• Death
  

Great Riches of Life

• a positive mental attitude
  
• sound physical health
  
• harmony in human relationships
  
• freedom from fear
  
• hope of future achievement
  
• capacity for faith
  
• willingness to share one's knowledge
  
• a labour of love as an occupation
  
• an open mind on all subjects
  
• self-discipline in all circumstances
  
• capacity to understand others
  
• sufficient money to live comfortably
  

So how rich are you? how much would you sell your health for? Or your arm?


Dark Enemies

Fear Greed Intolerance Egotism Lust Anger Hatred Jealousy Impatience Deceit Falsehood Insincerity Vanity

Cruelty Mercilessness Injustice Slander Gossip Undependability Dishonesty Disloyalty Revenge Worry Envy Hypochondria (fear of sickness) Indecision