Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series) by Carlson, Richard (1996) Paperback

by Richard Carlson

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About the author

Richard Carlson was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. His book, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all Small Stuff (1997), was USA Today's bestselling book for two consecutive years and spent over 101 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. It was published in 135 countries and translated into Latvian, Polish, Icelandic, Serbian and 26 other languages. Carlson went on to write 20 books.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decided to reread (listen) to this book on a day when I woke up super cranky, overwhelmed with my huge to-do list, and had decided to spend the day at a pity-party I was throwing for myself. While in the middle of this pity party my husband reminded me of a magical day when had in Scotland/England this past spring. That one memory was enough for me to realize this wasn’t the kind of party I wanted to spend my day at. So, I put on this audiobook while doing my one thousand trillion things in my list. And, it was so refreshing to realize how much of this attitude, overwhelmed, and busyness was my choice. I was in control and could control how I act. Can’t work on every single tip in this book with full focus at the same time, but there were certain ones that jumped out at me as a good place to start to refocus myself and welcome more peace in my life.

[Badal Babu Bhattarai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent book, no doubt. It has 100 small chapters that are easy to digest.

However 1/3 of chapters are same with different title. That was a turn off. All those could've been summarized in the same chapter. As if the author is trying hard to get to 100 chapters.

[Femi Duggad · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best reads of my life . Very simple but very effective. Very practical and it actually makes you a better version of yourself .
Everyone should atleast read this once in their life time .

[Smita Rajput · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nice book!

[Abhishek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read to get your basics right. Actually uncomplicates a lot.

[Jeffrey Thurber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with practical advice on how to keep from letting the little things in life from driving you crazy.

[Sara DeBoer · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s good advice, but I felt like I read this book already. Too generic.

[Annie Child · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been listening to this one and really needed these reminders in my life right now! Good book, but I think it could’ve been condensed, some parts felt repetitive.

[Zala Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

+ Good book, easy to read and pick up - short chapters and to the point
+ interesting perpective, nice to think about
- some chapters are very similar, so it feels like reading the same thing