This is a short self-help talk by Brian Tracy about reducing worry and taking control of one’s life. It emphasizes living one day at a time, letting go of past hurts, cultivating gratitude and responsibility, and applying a four-step “Worry Buster” (define the problem, identify the worst possible outcome, accept it, then take steps to prevent/minimize it) to eliminate worry and regain control. The talk closes with a call-to-action to subscribe and visit the author’s website.
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Here's some ideas on how to stop worrying and take control of your life. Do you feel like you worry too much about every little thing that happens in your life? Are you so concerned that your worries will happen that you don't live your life to the fullest? The happiest people take a long term view of life. Rather than allowing themselves to be caught up in the turmoil and details of each day, they take things one day at a time. They teach themselves how to stop worrying by practicing a greater degree of detachment and thereby keep themselves calm and relaxed in the face of life's little ups and downs. You learn how to stop worrying and start living better by making a decision today to let go of problems and irritations that occurred in the past that you can do nothing about. Decide to forgive and forget anybody who has hurt you in any way. Keep your attention focused on the future and where you are going rather than on the past and who is to blame. Life is too short for you to worry about things that happened in the past that you can't do anything about. You develop a better perspective in life by realizing and accepting that you are a thoroughly good person. You are honest, you are helpful, you are loyal, you are kind, you are. You're compassionate and you're friendly. So one of the best ways to stop worrying and start living is to take things one day at a time. Forget what's happened in the past that you cannot change, and don't worry about what might happen in the future. 99% of the things that you worry about will never occur. You can always use the Worry Buster formula to clear your mind. If there's a problem in your life that is causing you to worry about. Remember that most things you worry about never happen anyway. There are four steps to applying the Worry Buster to your situation to help you stop worrying completely. 1. Define your problem clearly. Accurate diagnosis is half the cure. What exactly are you worrying about? Write it down if you possibly can. Number two is ask yourself what is the worst possible outcome of this situation? I call this a WPO analysis. Worst possible outcome. Some people call it filling out the disaster report. What is the worst? And think about what exactly could happen if this situation did occur. Step number three is resolve to accept the worst possible outcome should it occur. Whatever might happen, decide that you will be able to live with it. It won't kill you. Take it one day at a time. Now you've found out how to stop worrying and finally begin immediately to make sure that the worst possible outcome does not occur. Think of all the creative things you could do to minimize the worst possible occurrence. Pretty soon you'll be thinking positively and creatively again and you'll be back in control of your life. Now a sense of control is the key to a long and happy life. The more you feel in control of yourself and your life, the less the more you will love yourself and the happier you will be. The more you accept complete responsibility for every part of your health and happiness and relationships, the more in control you will feel and the more powerful you will become. The more in control you feel, the more confidence and personal pride you will have. The more you feel in control of your life, the higher will be your self esteem and self respect and personal pride. So resolve today that you're going to live a long and happy life. This is the very best time in all of human history to be alive and you are one of the very best people to be alive at this time. So remember that the more things that you give thanks for, the more things you will have to give thanks for in the future. The more you give of yourself without expectation of return, the more wonderful things that will come to you from the most unexpected sources. So resolve today to live a long, happy, wonderful life. Love yourself, take life one day at a time and do everything you can to make your dreams come true. Thanks for watching my video. Make sure to subscribe and tell a friend about it. For exclusive content on sales, training, leadership, business and personal success, Visit me@briantracy.com and while you're there, sign up for my newsletter. Until next time, remember that you are responsible for your own success.
