Stop worrying and Start living

A person who worries constantly is like someone being tortured all day long. 

Discover how to stop worrying and start living. Learn practical ways to break free from anxiety, master emotional control, and reclaim your peace of mind.

Every fearful thought acts like a lash, draining the energy and joy out of the present moment.

Quiz : Can you figure out what these words have in common ? 

It is quite difficult to find out something in common if you think with only vertical thinking which means traditional logic.

This quiz is to solve difficult problems with Lateral Thinking(Creative Insight) instead of Vertical thinking(Traditional Logic).  

Answer : They have numbers in front

               They all have black color letters 

1. Lateral Thinking  

To understand lateral thinking, it helps to compare it to its opposite:

• Vertical Thinking (Traditional Logic): This is like building a tower. You move forward in a straight line, step-by-step, using proven facts and data. It is selective and focuses on being “right” at every stage.
• Lateral Thinking (Creative Insight): This is like moving “sideways” (laterally) to find a new path. Instead of digging the same hole deeper, lateral thinking moves the hole to a completely different spot. It is provocative and seeks to be “effective” rather than just “logical.”

1) Core Concepts of Lateral Thinking

• Breaking Patterns: Our brains are wired to recognize patterns and follow established habits. Lateral thinking forces you to break these mental patterns to see what others miss.
• Challenging Assumptions: It asks, “Why must it be this way?” Even the most “obvious” rules are questioned to see if they are actually necessary.

Alternative Perspectives: It involves intentionally looking at a problem from the viewpoint of someone else—or even an inanimate object—to find a solution.

The term “Lateral Thinking” was coined by Edward de Bono in 1967. It refers to a problem-solving strategy that moves away from traditional, step-by-step logic and instead approaches problems from unexpected angles.

Here is an explanation of what it means in English:

2) A Classic Example

The Problem: A heavy truck gets stuck under a low bridge. Engineers and firefighters are debating whether to dismantle the truck or chip away at the bridge. Both options are expensive and time-consuming.

The Lateral Solution: A child walks by and says, “Why don’t you just let some air out of the tires?”

The engineers were thinking “vertically” about the structure. The child thought “laterally” about the space between the tires and the road.

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3) Key English Phrases for Lateral Thinking:

• “Thinking outside the box”: The most common idiom for lateral thinking.
• “Changing your frame of reference”: Looking at the situation from a different context.
• “Connect the dots”: Finding a relationship between seemingly unrelated ideas.

4) Why apply it to wealth or success?

In the context of the “Puzzle of Brudo” or “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” lateral thinking is essential. Most people think vertically: “I need more money, so I must work more hours.” The lateral thinker says: “I need more money, so I must build a system that works while I sleep.”

2. Magic formula of Willis H Carrier

“ Those who do not know how to fight worry die young ” was said by  Dr. ALEXIS CARREL, the great Nobel prize winner in medicine

If you have a worry problem now, apply the magic formula by doing these three things ; 

Do you know how many times a day babies laugh? 

Babies laugh 300 times a day.

But, when they become older they laugh less and less and average senior laughs 3 times a day.

As you know, everyone including you has worries and we are strugling to cope with overwhelming and complex thoughts about key life topics such as Health, Money, Relation, and Death.

Do you happen to know the worst torture in history ? 

[Case Study] How to overcome worries of cancer

This is a real story of Earl P. Haney, Massachusetts. in 1948

One night, I had a terrible pain in stomach and vomited and blood came out.

I was rushed to a hospital of Medicine of Northwestern University of Chicago.

My weight dropped from 175 pounds to 90 pounds.

Doctor said I might live less than 3 months         

I was so ill, I was warned not even to lift my hand.

Three doctors said my case was ‘incurable.’ I lived on alkaline powders and a table-spoonful of half milk and half cream every hour. A nurse put a rubber tube downinto my stomach every night and morning and pumped out the contents.

As a month went by..

 Suddenly,  I realized that I have got an old dream..

 I started to think the worst case.

What is the worst that can possibly happen to me ?

The answer was death. It would be my death on the bed within 2 months.

OK.. I have to accept it. No other choice.

What can I do to make things better now ?

Then, I wanted to travel around the world before I die, which was my dream from my age of 10.

 “When I told my doctors  I was going to travel around the world and pump out my own stomach twice a day,

they were shocked. Impossible!

They had never heard of such a thing.

They warned me that if I started around the world, I would be buried at sea..

As the weeks went by, I even smoked long, black cigars and drank highballs.

I enjoyed myself more than I had in years !

“I played games aboard the ship, sang songs, made new friends, stayed up half

the night. I had faced back home were paradise compared to the poverty and hunger in India and China. I stopped all my senseless worrying and felt fine.

When I got back to America, I had gained ninety pounds and I had almost forgotten I had ever had a stomach ulcer. I had never felt better in my life.

I went back to business and haven’t been ill a day since.”

Earl P. Haney told me he realizes now that he was unconsciously using the self-

same principles that Willis H. Carrier used to conquer worry.

I was lucky by asking 3 things..

“First, I asked myself,

‘What is the worst that could possibly happen?’

 The answer was death.

“Second, I prepared myself to accept death.

 I had to. There was no choice.

 The doctors said my case was hopeless.

“Third, I tried to improve the situation by getting the utmost enjoyment out of life for the short time I had left….

If,” he continued, “if I had gone on worrying after boarding that ship, I have no doubt that I would have made the return voyage inside my coffin. But I relaxed to stop worrying, and I forgot all my troubles. And this calmness of

mind gave me a new burst of energy which actually saved my life.”

3. Basic Techniques in Analyzing Worry

Could you solve all the worry problem when you used  the magic formula of Willis H Carrier’s ?

No, of course not..

Rule 1: Get the fact

Rule 2: Come to a decision after carefully thinking all the fact

Rule 3: Take an action once a decision is carefully reached.

Rule 4: Write out and answer the following question

               a. What is the problem? 

               b. What is the cause of the problem? 

               c. What are all possible solutions? 

               d. What is the best solution?

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