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The Little Book Of Calm

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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.

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 1996

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Paul Wilson

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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. "

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2,271 reviews4,837 followers
getting-even
April 20, 2012
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
16 reviews
August 13, 2014
"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!
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147 reviews73 followers
May 12, 2023
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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831 reviews461 followers
January 17, 2015
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.
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2 reviews3 followers
February 19, 2013
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.
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19 reviews4 followers
December 19, 2016
Leave town with an orange and pretend you are laughing at it
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58 reviews14 followers
January 26, 2017
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.
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451 reviews
June 4, 2015
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. ;)
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14 reviews3 followers
April 26, 2013
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!
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777 reviews135 followers
October 26, 2017
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.
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523 reviews1 follower
July 15, 2012
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.
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47 reviews3 followers
September 15, 2020
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
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132 reviews37 followers
January 19, 2017
“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
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575 reviews20 followers
June 15, 2021
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!
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72 reviews1 follower
November 6, 2020
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
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68 reviews9 followers
October 18, 2024
Um livro que me ajuda verdadeiramente a acalmar e que me foi oferecido por uma grande amiga.
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957 reviews1,212 followers
February 19, 2012
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...
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106 reviews42 followers
September 5, 2018
به هر جا که می روید، سعی کنید پیکِ آرامش باشید.
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749 reviews5 followers
September 18, 2023
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.
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24 reviews2 followers
January 25, 2014
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.
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34 reviews4 followers
November 5, 2011
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.
91 reviews
June 30, 2008
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!
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