Each link below goes to a full, unaltered chapter of the book, Self-Help Stuff That Works. Each chapter is independent of all the others, so the book can be read in any order. So the best way to read it is to follow your interests. The book is divided into three sections: ATTITUDE, WORK, and PEOPLE. What interests you most right now? Improving your attitude? Doing better at work? Or improving your relationships with people?

Introduction
How to Use This Book
PART ONE: ATTITUDE
Optimism
Optimism is Healthy
A Wiser Advisor
Honest Abe
Master the Art of Making Meaning
Brighter Future? Sounds Good!
Adrift
Maybe It's Good
You CAN Change
The Neutralizer
Stress Control
The Old Switcheroo
Having the Time
Think Positive Positively!
The Uncertainty Principle
Unpleasant Feelings
The How of Tao
Pillar of Strength
Meanings and Feelings
Expect the Best
Blind Spots
Fighting Spirit
How to Improve Your Self-Esteem
All in Your Head
Think Strong
Where to Tap
A Simple Way to Change How You Feel
We've Been Duped
How to Like Yourself More
Rx to Relax
Interest is Life
Positive Thinking: The Next Generation
From Hope to Change
Be All You Can Be
Riches
Adventure
The Ocelot Blues
Argue With Yourself and Win!
Constitutional Right
Why Ask Why?
Science of Happiness
A Slave to His Destiny
Attitude Principles
PART TWO: WORK
Zoning Out
Time Management Made Simple
Envision it Done
Use What You Get
Do You Want to Give Up?
As Good As Gold
Law of Return
Personality Counts
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
A Terrible Thing to Waste
"I Don't Know What to Do With My Life"
Sometimes You Shouldn't Listen
Just Keep Planting
Getting Paid to Meditate
Be More Energetic
Burn Your Own BTUs
How to Earn More Money
The Trouble With Troublemakers
The Spirit of the Games
A Lasting State of Feeling Great
You Create Yourself
Wasting Time the Old-Fashioned Way
Taking Credit
Make it Happen
Forbidden Fruits
Life is a Meditation...
Vocabulary Raises
Play the Game
Self-Help
Speedy Reading — One Chunk at a Time
Thousand Watt Bulb
An Island of Order in a Sea of Chaos
The Samurai Effect
Unnatural Acts
The Shortest Distance
American Reading Ceremony
Work is Good Therapy
Work Principles

PART THREE: PEOPLE
How to Avoid Feeling Socially Awkward
Your Inner Guide to Self-Esteem
Complaint Compunctions
Here Comes the Judge
The Power of Listening
Confidence With People
Attitudes and Kin
Very Impressive
Make Your Own Labels
Danger
How to Find a Lifemate
Personal Propaganda
Play Yourself Down
The Conflict of Honesty
E-Squared
How You Measure Up
Send a Blessing
Personality Myth
Necessary Conflict
Suggestive Moves
We're Family
Mastery
Is That Clear?
To Zip or Not to Zip
Take the Sting Out
How to Be Close to Your Friends
How to Have More Life in Your Time
How to Melt Hard Feelings
How to Get What You Want From Others
Elicit Your Own Acknowledgement
Self-Confidence
The Power of a Poker Face
TRUE Love
Too Polite?
Right Makes Might
The Bad Apples
Refuse to Flinch
Forging Mettle
People Principles
Parting Shot

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