The Little Book of Calm

by Paul Wilson

Feeling stressed? Need some help to regain balance in your life? The Little Book of Calm is full of advice to follow and thoughts to inspire. Open it at any page and you will find a path to inner peace.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology, Philosophy, Health, Reference, Mental Health

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1996

About the author

As a chosen catalyst for those who yearn for a more purposeful, passionate and prosperous life, Paul Wilson Jr. is deemed Chief Inspiration Officer. Wilson has been a medium for leadership, business and life development for over a decade and has consulted with several organizations including the national Football league (NFL). In addition to his latest book, Wilson has authored numerous blogs counting his own, Thrive B.I.G. and Biznovations.net. Wilson is also the founder and president of Biznovations, LLC which designs innovative strategies and solutions to equip individuals and organizations to maximize their social and financial profitability. "

Reviews

[MJ Nicholls]

OH MY GOD I'VE LOST MY LITTLE BOOK OF CALM WHERE IS IT WHERE IS IT OH GOD OH GOD I'M GOING TO EXPLODE HELP ME HELP ME MOTHER

[Alexandra Iliadis]

"Add a drop over lavender to your bath, and soon, you'll soak yourself calm!" If you know where that reference is from, you've lived a good life!

[Lila Lockhart]

[Haniyeh]

نام کتاب: کتاب کوچک آرامش (The Little Book of Calm)
نویسنده: پاول ویلسون (Paul Wilson)
موضوع: فشار روانی، آرامش
ناشر: از اونجایی که انگلیسیش برای خودم سخت نبود پیشنهاد میکنم به انگلیسی بخونید اما اگر ترجمه فارسی بخواید بخونید، نشر دیبادخت در طاقچه موجوده که مزیتش کنار هم قراردادن متن انگلیسی و فارسی هست. درباره سایر ترجمه‌ها اطلاعی ندارم.

کتاب از یک‌سری توصیه‌های کوچک و کوتاه برای به ارمغان آوردن آرامش به زندگی صحبت میکنه. مثلا یکی از توصیه‌های جالبش اینه: Pause between changes . به طور خلاصه میگه به خودمون رحم کنیم و همه تغییرات رو با هم روی زندگیمون اعمال نکنیم. چون به‌هرحال ما تمایل داریم که تغییرات رو بزرگ‌نمایی کنیم پس حداقل یه فاصله بینشون بندازیم که کمتر اذیت بشیم و استرس نکشیم.
یه توصیه خوب دیگه هم داره:

PRETEND YOU'RE HUMAN
Leave it to others to be perfect, to be wonderful. Be content with what you are.
این جمله از اوناست که دوست داریم یه وقتا بشنویم و یکم ترمز بکشیم و سرعتمونو کم کنیم. اتفاقا یه جا دیگه میگه اشکالی نداره اگر یکم تایمتون به بطالت بگذره. اینا چیزایی هستن که من خودم هم دوست دارم به بقیه بگم اما مسئله اینجاست که ما شرطی شدیم اگر کار مفیدی انجام ندادیم یعنی وقتمون بیهوده صرف و تلف شده. من دوست دارم بهش بگم غذای روح. بنظرم سرگرمی‌ها و یکم بیهودگی غذای روح هستن. اصلا میتونیم بگیم اسنک روح. به‌هرحال و با هر اسمی، من فکر میکنم لازمه.

PAINT THE TOWN GREEN
Keep plants where you work, sleep and live, and you'll enjoy more oxygen.
بچه که بودم زمانی که توی ماشین با گوشی بازی می‌کردم، مامانم می‌گفت گوشی رو بذار کنار و بیرون رو ببین، به درخت‌ها نگاه کن، رنگ سبز باعث آرامش میشه. بنظرم سبز بودن طبیعت بی‌دلیل نیست. واقعا در تزریق آرامش به زندگی ما نقش داره بعلاوه که اکسیژن رو هم بهمون هدیه میده.

درباره نقاط ضعف کتاب:
• کتاب یکم زیادی شبیه به اسمش عمل کرده؛ کوتاه و خلاصه حرف میزنه درنتیجه چیز زیادی از هر توصیه دستتون رو نمیگیره. بعلاوه که بعضی‌شون رو حتی نمیشه درست متوجه شد. همچنین، خوندن یک پیشنهاد، توصیه یا راهکار زمانی مفید واقع میشه که شما یا از قبل اون رو در ذهن داشته و حالا تایید بشه، یا اینکه براتون به شکلی کاربردی معرفی بشه، یعنی با مثال و توضیحات بیشتر. مثلا بهمون میگه "نه گفتن را تمرین کنید" اما توضیح درست و حسابی نمیده. فقط میگه هرچی رو دوست دارید به عهده بگیرید و همه درخواست‌های دیگه رو رد کنید. قطعا نه گفتن، به سادگی این توصیه نیست، درواقع یک مهارته که باید به‌مرور یاد گرفته بشه ولی وقتی تو کتاب میخونیمش انگار با یه حرکتی به آسونی آب‌خوردن طرفیم و اصلا نیازی به ارائه راهکار برای انجامش نیست!
• ترجمه کتاب خیلی چنگی به دل نمیزنه. از اونجایی که متن انگلیسی هم موجوده، میشه ترجمه فارسی رو باهاش مقایسه کرد و نتیجه اینه که واقعا بعضی جملات بد ترجمه شده طوری که اصلا مفهوم رو نمیرسونه. برای ترجمه بعضی کلمات هم معادل بهتری با توجه به همنشینی با سایر کلمات داخل جمله هست.

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[Ryan]

DO NOT EAT

[Caro the Helmet Lady]

I keep this little book on my table at my workplace. It makes us all laugh a lot, which probably wasn't author's real goal but still is very helpful in fighting our everyday stress.

[Tpr]

Let's face it: I did not take this one seriously. I bought it for a friend and well...why not reading it before giving it away?

I couldn't help but giggle all the way through it. Yes, I am totally connecting this with Black Books. Who doesn't? And for the laugh this little bugger gets the four stars.

[Christa]

Leave town with an orange and pretend you are laughing at it

[Tommy Trionfetti]

My favourite piece of advice this book offers: Wear Donald Duck underpants. Four stars for being funny, intended or not. Oh, and it's way too big to swallow.

[Briana]

I love having this little book in my purse. I can reach for a little bit of calm whenever I need it. Some suggestions seem obvious, some not so obvious...but when your brain is in panic mode, nothing is obvious! A great tool for getting me back in to alignment.

Because sometimes, you want to do something a little more jazzy than deep breathing. ;)

[Rachel]

After watching the Black Books I found this by serendipity in an Op Shop for $1!

However, I will never be able to take it seriously. Sorry Paul Wilson!

[Peter]

Thanks for this Dean!
Why would anyone in their right mind rate this five stars... Just watch the brilliant Black Books and try not to laugh too hard.

[Nancy Valentino]

After this book played a vital role in the TV show Black Books, I felt compelled to read it. It's quite a cute little book but I found the tips it offered to be fairly useless. Nonetheless, it's an entertaining read, if only because of the place it has taken in popular culture.

[Ellie Equizi]

To be calm, have you tried just not worrying about things?! Other favourite suggestions were to massage your eyebrows, laugh at nothing, and 'pretend to be human'. Found this little book amongst my sister's things and read it for a laugh, cynical as I am, and to see if it was the same one from Black Books (it's not, alas). But to be fair, it wasn't nearly as ridiculous as expected. More calming than not reading it would have been. So... Cheers, Paul? x

[QBD Books]

“When you rest, you are a king surveying your estate. Look at the woodland, the peacocks on the lawn. Be the king of your own calm kingdom”
At first I found this book a little difficult to swallow, but it quickly assimilated itself into my life and now I cant live without it! This is a perfect book for all those in need of a little calm in their life.
-Micah, QBD Canberra Centre

[Greta]

I actually like this wee book. It calms me down. And thank you to the reviewers here on Goodreads who mentioned this book's connection to the British TV series "Black Books" which I'd never heard of. I bought Season 1 on Amazon and it made me laugh. "Be the king of your own calm kingdom." Indeed!

[Elina]

A one sit with a friend>>>

[Sina]

شنیدن صدای دم و بازدم خود
شانه کردن موی عزیزان و بلعکس یا حتی موی خود
خندیدن در آینه به خود
خلوت کردن با خود
تماشای ماهی ها
ماساژ شقیقه ها
تسبیح گرداندن
نوشیدن آب گرم

[Margarida Sequeira]

Um livro que me ajuda verdadeiramente a acalmar e que me foi oferecido por uma grande amiga.

[Vanessa]

This is a sweet little book, with some nice tips in it. Good to carry about, and I'm one of those people who really does need to stay calm...

[Nathalie Evelyn]

I just had to buy this book after watching the British television series 'Black Books'. When I need to cheer up or have a laugh I read this book.

[Raha]

به هر جا که می روید، سعی کنید پیکِ آرامش باشید.

[Bojan]

Perfect daily meditation 👌

[Apriel]

All of these stars are solely for the fact this book was on Black Books! I didn’t really expect any sage wisdom from the book as that wasn’t the reason I bought it. I did read it but I’m not really into this sort of thing so it really didn’t give me a sense of calm. For someone who likes this type of book perhaps it will actually help.

[Blake Young]

Anxiety is a normal part of life. The goal is to stop feeding it, become more tolerant of uncomfortable feelings, and act effectively even while anxious.

When anxious, ask: “What do I actually know?” Catastrophizing turns possibilities into assumed disasters. Stick to facts rather than imagined futures.

Stop fighting the fact that you feel anxious.

Don’t wait until you're unafraid to act. Fear decreases as you confront it.

For something bothering you, determine whether you can change it. If you genuinely cannot, work on accepting reality. If you cannot accept it and have the ability to leave the situation, consider leaving

Slow your body when your mind accelerates.

Get thoughts out of your head.

Stop spending enormous mental energy trying to control other people's opinions, the past, uncertainty, or circumstances you cannot alter. Put that energy into your “zone of control”: your decisions, preparation, conversations, habits, and next action.

Protect sleep.

negative people can keep your nervous system activated.

Ask: “What is the thing I don't want to deal with?” Fixing that may reduce a surprising amount of background anxiety.

Have at least one ally who knows when you're struggling. Relationships, helping others, generosity, and shared experiences repeatedly appear as ways of moving attention outside the anxious self.

ou can notice a thought without obeying, debating, suppressing, or believing it.

Feel anxiety → don't catastrophize it → don't avoid life because of it → take the next controllable action → allow the feeling to pass.

[Henrik Laursen]

Utroligt fornøjelig læsning. Får mig virkeligt ned på jorden, når jeg har en stressende dag på mit hypotetiske arbejde, hvor min chef ånder mig i nakken, og jeg bliver så distraheret at jeg skubber bogen ned i min suppe og efterfølgende sluger den og kommer på hospitalet hvor jeg får at vide af Bilbo Baggins at bogen højst sandsynligt vil slå mig ihjel hvorefter jeg får at vide at bogen er blevet assimileret af mit tarmsystem hvilket transcenderer mig til et messianisk eksistensplan hvorefter jeg beroliger biler og hunde og bliver reddet af Dylan Moran efter at være blevet slået af en flok hooligans.

[Yasser Kamalinezhad یاسر کمالی نژاد]

به نوعی پارادایم با کتاب هدف
در مورد کار فردا، فردا فکر کن. برتر بودن را به دیگران واگذار کن. فکر به آینده مهم‌ترین عامل استرس ...
تلویحات به نحوی است که آرامش در پارادوکس با کوشش مطرح شده.
بعضی قسمت‌ها مفید بود ولی در کل چنگی به دل نمی‌زد.

[Nina Mielke]

Ein nettes Büchlein, leicht esoterisch angehaucht, aber kaum merklich. In diesem Buch stecken viele kleine Tipps, die einem zu etwas mehr Ruhe verhelfen sollen. Sehr schön!

[Tom Bevan]

Good to dip into when feeling a little tense.. just relax man!

[Matthew Jarvis]

Must have!! Hahaha!