The Simple Secrets for Becoming Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise电子书

Dedication

Contents

A Note to Readers

This Year’s Journey

January 1. Motivation Beats Everything

January 2. Be Happy to Succeed

January 3. Give Yourself Time

January 4. Creativity Comes from Within

January 5. The Mundane Is Heroic

January 6. Never Give Up

January 7. See Possibilities Where Others See Obstacles

January 8. The Quest for a Perfect Body Is Doomed

January 9. Don’t Let Your First Idea Be Your Only Idea

January 10. What You Do Matters

January 11. There Are Second Chances

January 12. Wonder

January 13. Volunteer for Yourself

January 14. Use a Plan, Not a Piecemeal Approach

January 15. You Have Nothing to Envy in Your Partner

January 16. Resist the Urge to Be Average

January 17. Too Much of a Good Thing Is Too Much

January 18. It’s Never Just One Thing

January 19. Change Is Possible, Not Easy

January 20. Know Your Health

January 21. It’s Not How Hard You Try

January 22. You Can’t Force Yourself to Like Broccoli

January 23. The Past Is Not the Future

January 24. Competence Starts with Feeling Competent

January 25. We’re Too Good at Imagining the Worst-Case Scenario

January 26. Set Rules for Conflict in Your Relationship

January 27. Give Yourself the Best Chance to Eat Well

January 28. You Are Never Too Old to Improve Your Habits

January 29. A Victory at All Costs Is Not a Victory

January 30. You Have to Have Art

January 31. Accomplish Something Every Day

February 1. You Must Approve of Yourself

February 2. Healthy Living Is an Attitude

February 3. Write Down the Directions

February 4. It’s the Little Things That Matter the Most

February 5. Couch Time Affects Body and Mind

February 6. Winners Are Made, Not Born

February 7. See the Love Around You

February 8. The Cold Doesn’t Give You a Cold

February 9. Anticipate Irrationality

February 10. Attitude Triumphs over Outcome

February 11. The Best Defense Is to Listen

February 12. Always Being Right Is Wrong for Your Health

February 13. How We See the World Is More Important Than How the World Is

February 14. Express Your Love

February 15. Eat Your Spinach

February 16. Don’t Be Bound by Tradition

February 17. Seek Input from Your Opposites

February 18. Avoid Tanning Beds

February 19. Know What Makes You Happy and What Makes You Sad

February 20. Wipe, Don’t Blow

February 21. Do Things in Order

February 22. Avoid Internet Takeover

February 23. You Can Worry Your Health Away

February 24. Seek Harmony in Your Life

February 25. Take Small Victories

February 26. There’s Never Been a Better Time

February 27. Effort Does Not Equal Success

February 28. It’s OK to Be Right When Everyone Else Is Wrong

March 1. Think in Concrete Terms

March 2. Slow Music for Dinner

March 3. A Relationship Requires Two Equals

March 4. Cleaning Isn’t Clean

March 5. Get Experience Any Way You Can

March 6. Cultivate a Common Interest

March 7. Health Is Mental and Physical

March 8. Embrace Challenges

March 9. Look Up, Literally

March 10. Tell Your Family Story

March 11. Self-Motivation Works Once

March 12. There Are No Mind Readers

March 13. Do What You Say You Are Going to Do

March 14. Put Stuff in Its Place

March 15. History Isn’t Everything

March 16. There’s No Point to Putting on a Show

March 17. Speak Slowly

March 18. Pursue What You Need Forever, Not What You Want Today

March 19. Don’t Buy the Fountain of Youth

March 20. Make Your Mark on the Next Generation

March 21. Do One Thing at a Time

March 22. Remember Who You Are and Where You Are

March 23. Relationships Are Not Random

March 24. Emergencies Can’t Wait

March 25. Treat the Disease, Not the Symptom

March 26. Help the Next Person Who Needs Some Minor Assistance

March 27. Negotiate with Confidence, or Don’t

March 28. Your Surroundings Will Affect Your Health Approach

March 29. Money Can’t Buy Love, but It Can Buy Stress

March 30. Where You Stand Depends on Where You Look

March 31. Keep Going

April 1. Overcome the Culture of Failure

April 2. Play the Odds

April 3. Decide Whether You Want to Win or Be Happy

April 4. Travel the Stable Road

April 5. Mold is Everywhere—Relax

April 6. The Most Time Is Not the Best Time

April 7. The Past Is Not the Future

April 8. Look on the Bright Side

April 9. Avoid Generational Competition

April 10. Drink Less

April 11. Try Something New

April 12. Remember the Task, Forget the Rankings

April 13. Find a Community That Fits Your Family

April 14. Turn Off the TV

April 15. Honor Your Spiritual Beliefs

April 16. Drink Grape Juice

April 17. Get a Good Night’s Sleep

April 18. Drive Safely When It’s Safe

April 19. Seek a Tall Plateau, Not the Peak

April 20. A Sense of Humor Helps

April 21. Avoid the Second-Guess Paralysis

April 22. Eat Less, but Eat Often

April 23. See Around Career Roadblocks

April 24. Be Engaged to Reality

April 25. You Don’t Have to Get Straight A’s Anymore

April 26. Write Down Your Thoughts

April 27. Fitness Is Free

April 28. There’s No Need to Hurry

April 29. Volunteer to Achieve

April 30. It Doesn’t Matter Who Earns the Money

May 1. Notice Patterns

May 2. Get Out of the Car

May 3. It’s Always a Choice

May 4. It’s Less What Happened Than What Happened Next

May 5. Forgiveness Helps You Heal

May 6. There Is Plenty of Time

May 7. Do Not Go to War with Bacteria

May 8. Be Open

May 9. Home Means More Than Work to Your Health

May 10. Balance Depends on Which Way You Lean

May 11. Buy Fun, Not Stuff

May 12. Happy Looks for Happy

May 13. Ask Whether a Medicine Is Right for You

May 14. Beware of Fairy Tales

May 15. Lessons Can’t Threaten

May 16. Stay in Control

May 17. Use the Stairs

May 18. The Future Matters More Than the Past

May 19. Listen to Your Favorite Music

May 20. Separate Hype from Substance

May 21. It Starts and Ends with You

May 22. See the Big Picture

May 23. Make Your Work a Calling

May 24. Stretch

May 25. You Need to Know More Than Just How Talented You Are

May 26. Ask Where Your Water Comes From

May 27. You Don’t Have to See Eye to Eye on Everything

May 28. Have a Tomato Any Way You Like

May 29. Success Is Formula, Not Fantasy

May 30. Accentuate the Positive in All Aspects of Your Life

May 31. Efficiency in Everything

June 1. Self-Protection Prevents Self-Reflection

June 2. Ambivalence Is a Negative

June 3. Let Your Stress Out

June 4. Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day (but How Exactly?)

June 5. There’s No Better Time to Be Sick

June 6. A Relationship Starts with Yourself

June 7. Breathe Right

June 8. Use Your Own Self-Interest

June 9. Doing Nothing Is Rarely a Solution

June 10. Accept Yourself—Unconditionally

June 11. Second-Hand Smoke Is Optional

June 12. Listening Is More Than Not Talking

June 13. You’ll Get Knocked Down and Then Get Back Up

June 14. Keep Your Fears in Line

June 15. Television and Eating Should Not Go Together

June 16. Think of Your Own Ideal

June 17. Communicate on Your Listeners’ Terms

June 18. Talk to Your Pharmacist

June 19. Let Go of the Burden of Pain

June 20. Boredom Is the Enemy

June 21. Share Housework

June 22. Role Models Are Not One Size Fits All

June 23. The Mirror Will Be Kinder

June 24. Common Chores Can Be Dangerous

June 25. Foundations Are Created in the Beginning

June 26. Get Away from It All

June 27. Study Your Sports Drink

June 28. Make Change Count

June 29. Develop a Healthy Calm

June 30. Learn from Losses

July 1. The Best Life Needs No Trophy

July 2. Control Your Health

July 3. Transitions Can Be Both Happy and Sad

July 4. Stay Safe in the Sun

July 5. Leadership Is Contagious

July 6. Don’t Romanticize the Past

July 7. Laughter Really Is Medicine

July 8. View Your Life As a Choice

July 9. Life Is Not a Zero-Sum Game

July 10. Don’t Confuse Stuff with Success

July 11. Respond to Stress

July 12. Have an Orange

July 13. Share the Praise and Share in the Blame

July 14. Embrace Work—It May Have to Last Forever

July 15. Don’t Gamble Your Future

July 16. Combinations Matter

July 17. Resolve to Pursue Resolution

July 18. Limit Your Exposure to Pesticides

July 19. Even in a Relationship, You Are Still an Individual

July 20. Want Support? Deserve It

July 21. Make “Should” and “Want” the Same Thing

July 22. The Fun Is Not Over

July 23. Build Your Energy Level Gradually

July 24. Meaningful Commitment Is Mutual Commitment

July 25. You Will Give Up Faster If You’re Not in Control

July 26. Anything Beats Boredom

July 27. Most People Are Sensitive to Whitening Teeth

July 28. Like the Way You Look

July 29. Remember, Ginkgo Biloba Won’t Help You Remember

July 30. Think About Potential

July 31. You’ll Get What You’re Afraid Of

August 1. See the Beauty Around You

August 2. Whet Your Appetite for Success

August 3. Write Through Pain

August 4. To Find a Better Way, Look Where You’ve Been

August 5. Tell Clean Jokes

August 6. Turn Off the TV

August 7. Don’t Bring Your Job Home with You

August 8. Practice Maintenance for Life

August 9. Don’t Pack Like a Mule

August 10. Look for Value

August 11. Never Trade Your Morals for Your Goals

August 12. Don’t Let Irritation Be Louder Than Joy

August 13. Sleep Well

August 14. Recognize the Value of Shared Values

August 15. Get Your Motivation Where You Can Find It

August 16. Have Some Tea with Your Remodeling

August 17. We Assume Similar Preferences

August 18. Memories Are Not Lost

August 19. Nobody Wins Without a Loser

August 20. If You’re Not Sure, Guess Positively

August 21. Understand What You’re Looking For

August 22. See Your Goals

August 23. Short-Term Stress Is Healthy

August 24. Prepare for Milestones

August 25. Your Health Isn’t Just About You

August 26. Don’t Want Everything

August 27. Rest Up—This Is Going to Take Some Effort

August 28. Your Lives Must Fit Together

August 29. Find a Physician You Like

August 30. Don’t Let Secrets Eat You Up

August 31. Remember the Difference Between You and Everybody Else

September 1. Be an Expert

September 2. Root for the Home Team

September 3. The Future Can Be Brighter Than the Past

September 4. Religion Can Help Ease Your Burden

September 5. Regrets Hold Us Back

September 6. Your Teeth Are More Than Something to Chew On

September 7. Define What You Need

September 8. You Can’t Be Persistent Without Perspective

September 9. You’ll Need Some Relationship Friends

September 10. Your Goals Are a Living Thing

September 11. Limit Yourself to Thinking About One Subject As You Go to Sleep

September 12. Express Yourself in What You Do

September 13. Hostility Hurts You

September 14. Changing Jobs Doesn’t Change You

September 15. Share What You Know

September 16. Home Is Where Accidents Happen

September 17. Take Off Your Blinders

September 18. Smell Healthy

September 19. Music Can Bring Us Together

September 20. You Are Not in This Alone

September 21. Value the Multiple Uses of Aspirin

September 22. Make Your Decisions for Positive Reasons

September 23. Think About Who You Ought to Be

September 24. Noise Matters

September 25. Work on Your Own Terms

September 26. Never Let Faults Stand for the Whole

September 27. Care

September 28. Don’t Accept Television’s Picture of the World

September 29. Don’t Wait to Start Moving in the Right Direction

September 30. Failure Is Not to Try

October 1. If You Don’t Believe, No One Else Will

October 2. Don’t Let Negativity Build

October 3. See a New Way

October 4. Remember the Drugs We Tend to Forget

October 5. The Pieces of Your Life Must Fit Together

October 6. You’ll Work Harder If You Feel Wanted

October 7. Do You Work in a Sick Building?

October 8. Show You Care, Even When It’s Hard To

October 9. Electric Brushing Is Easier, But Not Much Different

October 10. Avoid Roller-Coaster Emotions

October 11. We Are All Much More Alike Than Different

October 12. Value Practical Knowledge

October 13. Guilt Is Bad for You

October 14. The Relationship Test: Are You Lonely?

October 15. Be Careful with Botox

October 16. Limit Your Interest in the Past

October 17. Don’t Talk to Yourself

October 18. Money Can’t Buy Happiness

October 19. Pay Attention to Your Dreams

October 20. Choose Not to Worry

October 21. A Relationship Is Built on a Foundation of Support

October 22. Limit Your Piercings

October 23. Seek Coherence and Congruence

October 24. Where You Live Matters

October 25. Don’t Let Others Set Your Goals

October 26. See the Risk in Doing Nothing

October 27. Your History Strengthens Your Future

October 28. We Look Inward to See How People Feel About Us

October 29. Keep Variety in Mind When Exercising

October 30. Get Your Reality from Reality

October 31. It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

November 1. Vote

November 2. Connect, See You’re Capable, and Know You Count

November 3. You Need to Know What You Are Looking For

November 4. The Most Treatment Is Not the Best Treatment

November 5. Life Gets Easier

November 6. Avoid the Comparison Game

November 7. Cherish Animals

November 8. The Benefits of Alcohol Must Be Weighed Against the Risks

November 9. Own What You Do

November 10. Beware of Second Opinions

November 11. Be Realistic About Yourself

November 12. Adjustments Never End

November 13. Recognize the Difference Between Caution and Fear

November 14. You’ll Forget the Disagreement but Remember the Disagreeing

November 15. Don’t Forget Packaging

November 16. Vitamin Levels Do Not Have to Be Constant

November 17. Learn to Lead Yourself

November 18. Don’t Let the Holidays Ruin Your Health

November 19. Always Think About What’s Next

November 20. You Are Never Too Old to Find Love

November 21. Stretch Out and Fly Right

November 22. Foundations Shift, but Life Stands

November 23. Closeness Cannot Be Measured on a Map

November 24. Believe You Can

November 25. Hug for Health

November 26. Exercise for Your Mind

November 27. You Are Complete by Yourself

November 28. Be Honest for Your Future

November 29. Find Your Own Path

November 30. Why Not Be Optimistic?

December 1. Your Life Has Purpose and Meaning

December 2. Can I Do It? Ask Yourself

December 3. Pets Are Healthy

December 4. Have Faith, but Don’t Forget Reality

December 5. Be Careful What You Ask For

December 6. Take Action

December 7. Health Is About Life

December 8. The Search for Perfection Is Endless

December 9. Win Your Own Respect First

December 10. Think As If Others Can Read Your Mind

December 11. Don’t Drown Yourself in Water

December 12. Relationships Are Like Modern Art

December 13. Keep Your Goals Where You Can See Them

December 14. Make Health a Convenience

December 15. Don’t Settle

December 16. People Who Have It Right Work Harder to Make It Better

December 17. What Is the Point?

December 18. It’s Not Easy, Even If It Looks It

December 19. Hope Springs Internal

December 20. Completely Healthy Is Rare

December 21. We Seek Warmth

December 22. Don’t Run in the Wrong Direction Just Because You’re Near the Finish Line

December 23. Do It Now

December 24. Happiness Is Not an Accident

December 25. Master Your Fears

December 26. Nice People Don’t Finish Last

December 27. Your Goals Must Engage All of You

December 28. See the Horizon, and Watch Your Step

December 29. Follow Through for You

December 30. Only You Can Say If This Is a World You Can Succeed In

December 31. There’s No Deadline for Your Dreams

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