The Thing Is To Get The Work

Do You Remember The Things You Were Worrying About A Year Ago? How Did They Work Out? Didn't You Waste A Lot Of Fruitless Energy On Account Of Most Of Them? Didn't Most Of Them Turn Out All Right After All?

Every Minister, Lecturer And Public Speaker Know The Discouragement Of Pouring Himself Of Herself Out To An Audience And Not Receiving A Single Ripple Of Appreciative Comment.

If Your Own Mind Is Muddled, Much More Will The Minds Of Your Hearers Be Confused.

So If You Aspire To Be A Good Conversationali St, Be An Attentive Listener.

Be A Balanced Optimist. Nobody Is Suggesting That You Become An Oblivious Pollyanna, Pretending That Nothing Bad Can Or Ever Will Happen. Doing So Can Lead To Poor Decisions And Invites People To Take Advantage Of You. Instead, Be A Rational Optimist Who Takes The Good With The Bad, In Hopes Of The Good Ultimately Outweighing The Bad, And With The Understanding That Being Pessimistic About Everything Accomplishes Nothing. Prepare For The Worst But Hope For The Best - The Former Makes You Sensible, And The Latter Makes You An Optimist.