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• ISBN: 9780345494405
• ISBN: 0345494407
• Physical Description: ix, 222 pages ; 22 cm
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2006]
• Copyright: ©2006

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Formatted Contents Note:

1 Are You Making Progress? 3 -- A Moment of Truth 5 -- Just Be Yourself 6 -- Better, Not Best 9 -- What's Your Thing? 13 -- Patterns of Defeat 15 -- Power of Progress 21 -- Every Day Is Your First Something 24 -- Applying the First Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Celebrate Your Progress 27 -- 2 Perfectly Imperfect 29 -- It Begins With a Lie 32 -- Only One Thing Is Asked of You 35 -- Our Desire to Please 37 -- Are You Happy? 41 -- A Chance to Turn It All Around 48 -- From Confusion to Clarity 51 -- Applying the Second Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Just Do the Next Right Thing 55 -- 3 Looking Into the Future 57 -- Can You See Into the Future? 58 -- Better Lives, Better Futures 60 -- What Do You Respect? 62 -- Are You Trustworthy? 66 -- Enemy of Character 73 -- Growing in Virtue 75 -- There Are No Personal Acts 78 -- Put Character First 79 -- Applying the Third Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Put Character First 82 -- 4 86,400 Hours 85 -- Workplace Trends 87 -- Fulfillment @ Work 88 -- Meaning of Work 91 -- Two Fables 94 -- Finding Your Passion 96 -- Baby Steps 100 -- Applying the Fourth Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Find What You Love and Do It 105 -- 5 What Do You Believe? 107 -- Beyond the Divided Life 109 -- Voice of the Authentic Self 114 -- Unity of Life 116 -- Problem Is Not That We Don't Believe 121 -- Applying the Fifth Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Live What You Believe 124 -- 6 Beyond Instant Gratification 127 -- Happiness Myth 128 -- How Long Is Your Fuse? 131 -- Modern Tyrant 136 -- Power of Impulse 140 -- A Path to Self-Mastery 143 -- Applying the Sixth Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Be Disciplined 149 -- 7 Unburden Yourself 151 -- Why Do We Complicate Things? 152 -- Decision Making 158 -- Art of Scheduling 161 -- Money and Things 164 -- Practical First Steps 168 -- Applying the Seventh Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Simplify 171 -- 8 What Is Your Mission? 173 -- Finding Your Mission 179 -- Finding Yourself 184 -- Developing a Healthy Sense of Self 191 -- Applying the Eighth Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Focus on What You Are Here to Give 197 -- 9 Why Worry? 199 -- Things We Worry About 200 -- This Is the Problem 202 -- Manage the Present, Create the Future 206 -- Opportunity Clock 211 -- Applying the Ninth Lesson for Enduring Happiness: Patiently Seek the Good in Everyone and Everything 218 -- Epilogue: Home 221.

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Self-realization.