Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life, Gift Edition

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life, Gift Edition
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Are you kidding me?

don,t sweat the small stuff its all small stuff

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Very helpful little book

Putting life into its proper perspective

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life, Gift Edition
Richard Carlson
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Got a stress case in your life? Of course you do: "Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things all at once." Carlson's cheerful book aims to make us stop and smell--if not roses--whatever is sitting in front of our noses. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... offers 100 meditations designed to make you appreciate being alive, keep your emotions (especially anger and dissatisfaction) in proper perspective, and cherish other people as the unique miracles they are. It's an owner's manual of the heart, and if you follow the directions, you will be a happier, more harmonious person. Like Stairmasters, oat bran, and other things that are good for you, the meditations take discipline. Even so, some of the strategies are kind of fun: "Imagine the people in your life as tiny infants and as 100-year-old adults." The trouble is, once you start, it's hard to stop.

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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff is an audiobook that tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incredibly hurried, stress-filled life.

You can learn to put things into perspective by making the small daily changes Dr. Carlson suggests, including advice such as "Choose your battles wisely"; "Remind yourself that when you die, your 'in' box won't be empty"; and "Make peace with imperfection." With Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...you'll also learn how to:

* Live in the present moment

* Let others have the glory at times

* Lower your tolerance to stress

* Trust your intuitions

* Live each day as it might be your last

With gentle, supportive suggestions, Dr. Carlson reveals ways to make your actions more peaceful and caring, with the added benefit of making your life more calm and stress-free.

Customer Reviews:

Are you kidding me?.......2007-10-07

I can buy "don't sweat the small stuff," but when the author adds "it's all small stuff" he just lost all credibility. It's ALL small stuff? Tell that to a family whose loved one was just murdered. Or a parent who has to raise three severly deformed babies. That's the problem with self-help books of this genre, everything is penned into a nicely managed coral that totally ignores the REAL pains of life. If you want inspirational truth, check out the Bible where even Jesus, who never pulled any punches, tells us "life is difficult."

don,t sweat the small stuff its all small stuff.......2007-10-03

This book should be mandatory in high schools. It would help kids understand in simple ways how to response to emotional and spiritual and body. Very positive book for living the fast pace we live in today..I urge parents to get don,t sweat the small for teens..

Mystery Book.......2007-09-06

I never received the above mentioned book, and ONCE AGAIN very disatisfied with the used book service and will try another company. Granted there was a change of address and later a change in password because "review request" would not accept original password. Very UNSATISFIED wih service, and for $7.00 I would not waist anymore of my valuable time pursuing the mater....James A. Stapleton

PS. If I see the charge on my credit card I will dispute chatge.

Very helpful little book.......2007-09-04

Reading "Dont Sweat the Small Stuff" is a must for people like me who feel that they can't sit down and watch the news until he or she has run down a to-do list and checked off everything.

Putting life into its proper perspective.......2007-08-08

It has been my experience that life has a tendency to give us what we need (at the most unexpected times) when dealing and coping with problems in our lives. The other afternoon, for example, in my disorganized garage, was searching frantically for an old receipt for tax purposes. Now it really wasn't worth much, nevertheless, to me this tiny problem was all pressing and all stressing. In the scheme of things, it wasn't worth the energy. What I did find in one of the old boxes, though, was this terrific little book. Sitting down on a box amongst the dust, I read it for at least an hour and within that short span of time, it truly changed my perspective on what is really important to gain a more loving and stress-free existence.

Interestingly as a child my father's favourite saying was, "Don't sweat the details:" Meaning don't let little things get in the way of what is important. Richard Carlson's message is basically the same. In this treasure of a book, he has written 100 suggestions on how to deal with life's "small stuff", such as developing our patience, compassion, and our tendencies to criticise and make knee-jerk judgements; essentially developing our potential to become more caring and loving human beings.

My personal favourites:

Make Peace with Imperfection

Develop your compassion

Don't interrupt Others or Finish Their Sentences

Become a Better Listener

Become an Early Riser

Stop Blaming Others

Practice Random Acts of Kindness

There are 93 other suggestions in this book that if practiced could well change one's life for the better. But like all things truly valuable, it takes work, practice and discipline to achieve anything worthwhile on this planet.

I've decided to choose one suggestion a day and make a conscious effort to practice it; because I believe if followed will change life's vagaries and problems, at least putting them into a proper perspective.

Highly Recommended.

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XP installed is both interesting and thought provoking.......2006-09-26

Whether you believe XP can work or not, this book will cause you to think about software programming in ways you never had before. By now most of us are familiar with the basics of XP: simplicity, communication, feedback, and courage. At the core of the XP philosophy are the concepts of pair programming, writing unit tests before coding, and small incremental software releases. The emphasis is on quality and rapid turn around.

The book opens with a foreword by Kent Beck. He is the creator of XP, and the author of Extreme Programming Explained. "XP was conceived and developed to address the specific needs of software development conducted by small teams in the face of vague and changing requirements." What this book does is to take it one step further by showing us how to implement the controversial principles of XP. The process begins by defining the roles of the customer, programmer, and manager. Each participant must provide a symmetric piece of the XP pie. The customer: determines what is to be done and how it is tested. The programmer: designs, tests, and builds. The manager: coordinates and facilitates the interactions between customer and programmer.

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After reading this book, readers will be amazed at the simplicity of the XP system. Metrics and modeling is not really necessary in the XP world. "Success is measured in Resources, Scope, Quality, and Time." The book was written in the clear and lighthearted manner we've come to expect from the XP family. You may not be ready to embrace the change, but XP installed is both interesting and thought provoking.

Good solid content, but not the best book to start with.......2003-09-07

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Jeffries and the team are not afraid to face up to things people have trouble with in real situations. The book covers dealing with difficult managers and customers, deciding what needs testing, making pair programming work for you, and lots more. The bulk of the book goes through the practices of Extreme Programming step by step, but some of the most useful stuff is contained in the so-called "bonus tracks" which appear at the end. The book also has a large and interesting annotated bibliography. Well worth reading, but I'd recommend that you start with "Extreme Programming Explained", then read this one if you like the idea, but want a more practical approach.

One book, many authors.......2003-08-08

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But there's good practical advice here.
Take out a yellow highlighter and resolve: "OK, I'm going to highlight at least one good idea on every page". You'll be able to do it.

If you read only one book on XP, this should be it........2002-12-06

I've read several of the original XP books (Explained & Planning) and to me this is the one that best explains XP and how to implement it. This book was a revolution for me, and I haven't looked at software development in the same way since I read it. It's hard to convert a company (especially managers) to XP, even at a new company on a new project. Managers typically want developers to agree to schedules based on business goals. XP will show you how to do this, but XP won't let you do the impossible. There are tradeoffs, functionality for time. Less time equals less functionality. Sometimes managers just don't understand this (they want it all and they want it now). In that case, it's best to find a new job! But if you are able to apply the XP method, you will love your work, your customer and manager will be happy, and software development will be a pleasant and enjoyable experience.

A final note, I've read this book twice and several sections probably over a dozen times. It can be a little skimpy on details and examples in a few places. I've recently glanced through the new XP books and they give examples and fill in details, but they're expensive and you'd have to spend hundreds of dollars to buy them all and get all the details! Instead look to the web. There's an XP newsgroup (search for it with Google). This book won't take you 100% but it will get you close enough to make it the rest of the way. And of course if you can afford to buy XP Explained and Planning XP I think they're worth it.

Accurate, Practical.......2002-10-13

This book, as well as "Extreme Programming Applied" by Ken Auer and Roy Miller are the two which should be read by a developer after the introductory "Extreme Programming Explained" by Kent Beck. XP Explained will encourage a reader to the new way of thinking, without bothering with technical details. For a manager it is OK, but for the developer, a bunch of questions will arise. "XP Applied" and "XP Installed" are to answer these questions, providing lots of tips, tricks and case studies.

The only disadvantage is that all the useful examples in these book contain code in SmallTalk, while C++ and Java are popular nowadays. SmallTalk has a distinct, unique style and may frighten C++ or Java developers. That's why I've rated the book four stars.

I would recommend this book to any XP'er.

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