These first few newsletters are designed to give you the means to immediately feel better about yourself, to aspire to greater accomplishments and to provide you the tools to create greater self-confidence to have on hand before you begin this new journey.
"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose." ~ Stephen Wright
Many people have never read any self-improvement books or listened to tapes. Many others, like myself, have read and listened to many but don't practice what we've learned in our day-to-day lives, which is a good reason for subscribing to "Where Did It Go?" newsletter. Part of its function is to remind you at least a couple times a week as to what you know you should be doing, sort of like a personal trainer who makes you go to the gym and exercise even when you don't feel like it.
Sometimes the points we touch on here are just a smattering of what is available in some of these books and I'm going to recommend that you try to read at least one per month. I've been averaging about three books a week since I graduated from college in 1963 (seldom had time for outside reading while going to school). I will admit, most of them have been fiction but many have been historical, business, management, economics, political, biographical, scientific, psychological, motivational, instructional and self-improvement.
I've listed many of the personal development items on the Resources section of the website but there have been many more. Most of these are available in public libraries but some of these are the kind you want to own and re-read from time to time. Most of my fiction comes from the library because I can't afford to buy that many books and also drink as much beer as I like to but I also have a personal library which I have committed to re-reading as I launched this newsletter. One that I would suggest starting with as soon as possible and which can probably be found in most libraries (and inexpensive paperback versions) is the following:
How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie
It is one of the first bestselling self-help books ever. First published in 1936, it has sold 15 million copies world-wide and the lessons it teaches are as timely now as then.
Twelve Things This Book Will Do For You
- Get you out of a mental rut, give you new thoughts, new visions, new ambitions.
- Enable you to make friends quickly and easily.
- Increase your popularity.
- Help you to win people to your way of thinking.
- Increase your influence, your prestige, your ability to get things done.
- Enable you to win new clients, new customers.
- Increase your earning power.
- Make you a better salesman, a better executive.
- Help you to handle complaints, avoid arguments, keep your human contacts smooth and pleasant.
- Make you a better speaker, a more entertaining conversationalist.
- Make the principles of psychology easy for you to apply in your daily contacts.
- Help you to arouse enthusiasm among your associates.
Now that's promising a lot of results from just one book but it's there and it is written in such way that it's enjoyable to read and learn.
If you don't have ready access to a library or bookstore, you can purchase "How to Win Friends" at this address: SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED
Here is to Your Personal Growth,
Gene Rutt
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