Lists to Live by for Smart Living

by GRAY, ALICESTEPHENS, STEVE DR

• ISBN13: 9781590520574
• ISBN10: 1590520572
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-11
• Publisher: Multnomah

Summary

If you can't keep up with all there is to read, then relax. The compilers of Lists to Live By have sifted through all the information that is not read, not understood, not believed, and not significant -- and what remain are eighty essential, powerful, and easy-to-read lists for people who want to live a smart life. If you read them, use them, and live them, you will become successful where it really matters -- family, friendship, health, finance, business, wisdom and faith.

Author Biography

Alice Gray

Alice Gray is an inspirational conference speaker and the creator and compiler of the bestselling Stories for the Heart book series, with over 5 million in print. She and her husband, Al, live in Arizona.

Dr. Steve Stephens

Steve Stephens is a licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist, seminar speaker, and author of twelve books. He lives with his wife, Tami, and three children in Clackamas, Oregon.

John Van Diest

John Van Diest has been a book publisher for more than twenty-five years and has traveled the world as an advocate for Christian literature. He lives with his wife, Pat, in Oregon.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Seven Favorite Quotations of Zig Ziglar	p. 10
Five Reasons It's Easier to Succeed	p. 11
Your Future Depends On	p. 12
Destiny	p. 13
Things You Need to Know about Failure	p. 14
Eight Significant Choices	p. 18
Five Steps to Better Behavior	p. 19
How to Keep Your Resolutions	p. 20
A Short Course in Human Relations	p. 23
Actions That Take Courage	p. 24
11 Things to Remember	p. 26
Ten Life-Defining Moments	p. 28
People with Character	p. 30
What Is Success?	p. 32
Take Nothing for Granted	p. 34
Traits of a Wise Person	p. 35
12 Lessons Worth Repeating	p. 36
Every Night We Should Ask Ourselves	p. 39
The Better Way	p. 40
13 Rules to Live By	p. 42
People Who Make a Difference Have	p. 44
Six Destructive Mistakes	p. 45
Thoughts That Hold Us Back	p. 46
20 Power Thoughts	p. 48
Three Great Essentials	p. 50
Criticism Kills	p. 52
Contrasts for Life	p. 53
Three Things that Cultivate Genius	p. 54
Golden Threads of a Successful Life	p. 56
Wanted!	p. 59
How to Handle Criticism	p. 60
Seven Essentials	p. 62
Be	p. 64
How to Become a Lifelong Learner	p. 66
How to Remember What You Read	p. 70
Four Ways to Grow Old Gracefully	p. 72
Five Tips for Staying Young	p. 73
Ten Secrets to Ageless Living	p. 74
Life 101	p. 77
Vital Questions	p. 80
When Not to Speak	p. 82
We Are Shaped By	p. 85
12 Steps to Creative Thinking	p. 86
The Credit Belongs to the Man Who...	p. 89
Three Pillars of Learning	p. 90
Goals for Authentic Growth	p. 92
Wise Sayings	p. 94
Why We Procrastinate	p. 96
Great Ways to Help Others Reach Their Goals	p. 98
Smart Goals Are...	p. 99
Better Your Life	p. 101
Five Ways to Start the New Year Right	p. 102
Proper Money Management	p. 104
Financial Perspective	p. 106
How to Break a Bad Habit	p. 107
Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln	p. 108
Vision	p. 111
The Way to Fulfillment	p. 112
Don'ts for Decision Making	p. 113
Practical Words of a Philosopher	p. 114
Seven Important Choices	p. 116
Seven Important Lessons	p. 117
Making Today Better	p. 118
Lessons from Aesop's Fables	p. 120
Influential People	p. 122
Taking Control of Your Time	p. 124
Handbook of Wisdom	p. 127
Benjamin Franklin's Ten Virtues	p. 128
Basic Rules from Children	p. 130
Kids Say the Smartest Things	p. 132
A Father's Advice	p. 134
Foundation Builders for Your Family	p. 136
Ladder of Success	p. 137
Wise Things Your Grandma Told You	p. 138
Nine Insights for Getting Ahead	p. 140
Extreme Virtues	p. 142
Do Good	p. 144
People Who Have It Together Have...	p. 146
Ten Things that Really Matter	p. 148
Words of Wisdom	p. 150
Take Time	p. 152
A Final Prayer	p. 154
Acknowledgments	p. 167
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