You need at least two points.

OK, so?

Well, you also need two events.

Two. Not just one.

How many things now influence you based on experiencing just one event. 

One time. 

One point.

The Boston Marathon comes to mind.

So does any one-time act of terror.

And that event last week, …whenever you read this!

The reverse is also true.

If you are continuously on a line that has many, many points on it,

what exactly do you think tomorrow brings if you stay on that line.

Hmmm, let’s see now, there’s more than two points, so I can easily say:

Exactly the same.

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You only wish reading one Doodle did it!

It’s a subconscious cross-index of select Doodles, to

side-step your filters, that gets you what you want.

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To reinforce this, read at least 2:   If you Read only one: 165 Cause & Effects

# 7 Disaster – 33 Solving a 5 – 35 One + One = Two! – 40 So What!

68 Concentration – 79 Truth Time – 81 Second Impressions

124 One Person – 131 Once – 252 Threat – 314 Almost

341 Possible vs Probable – 347 Boston!

Inspiration and Desperation.

Desperation, we try to avoid if possible.

So we ignore a ‘bad’ or unwanted situation because to see where it leads is to look Desperation in the eye.

Then one day the whole thing deteriorates and you become desperate.

And you learn.

OK, so?

Why not learn before Desperation sets in. Apply pseudo-Inspiration to that situation.

Pretend to have the solution.

In fact, more than one solution.

Look at those solutions and briefly explore each.

Then set it all aside.

The next time this ‘Desperation’ comes up, you’ll know exactly what to do. (!)

Too simple?

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You only wish reading one Doodle did it!

It’s a subconscious cross-index of select Doodles, to

side-step your filters, that gets you what you want.

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To reinforce this, read at least 2:   If you Read only one: 137 Easier Solutions

# 5 Decision – 7 Disaster – 10 Progress It – 17 Impossible Decisions – 45 Problems

181 Problem Solving #2 – 189 Twin – 232 Justify

We can easily ‘see’ what tomorrow brings.

Want to call someone but afraid of bad news. Wait until tomorrow.

Need to pay a bill that’s expensive. Wait till tomorrow.

OK, So?

Take advantage of the fact you already use tomorrow to push things off.

But emotionally.

Worried about something, anything? Then say to yourself “Today I will Rest and Relax. Then tomorrow I will worry about it.”

Not in two or three days. Tomorrow. I clearly see nothing is going to happen until tomorrow anyways.

And this way I get a day of Rest and Relaxation.

Then, when that subject comes up again, I simply chide myself gently and say “Not today. Tomorrow.”

And that’s it.

EVERY time the same thing comes up in your mind, you say “Not today. Tomorrow I’ll deal with this.” Knowing nothing will happen to make it worse in just one day, today.

Then tomorrow you do actually do what you were going to do today, even if it’s only to worry about something.

When you do that you have just cut down your less enjoyable time by half.

Of course the next day is now a new “set” of two days. 

The first of which is Rest and Relax time. 

And the second, the normal one, full of whatever.

After several rounds of these Two-Day Sets, extend this concept a bit and go to a Three-Day Unit, the first TWO of which you say Not Today, tomorrow. 

And so on.

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You only wish reading one Doodle would do it!

It’s a subconscious cross-index of select different Doodles

to side-step your filters, that gets you what you want.

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To reinforce this, read at least 2:     If you Read only one: 149 The End

# 9 Worry – 96 Habits – 176 “1-2-3” – 301 How to Stop

He knew precisely how much he needed, when and for exactly how long.

I felt bad for him, not because he didn’t have the money but because he knew his situation exactly.

There were no unthought-of places where he misplaced some money. No loans he could get. Nothing. He was an expert at handling money. Which made it very hard when he ran out.

OK, so?

Well, I am sort of sloppy with money so there is always some-where, some-how  that I can find the money I need.

Same with apologizing, thanking, brainstorming, etc.

I am sloppy, so that means I can always add some additional effort and, since it would improve whatever I needed to add to, it almost always works /solves things.

What things are you sloppy with?

Relax, those are the very things that you can, when needed, simply pay a little bit more attention to and improve /solve.

The only time you have a problem is like my friend, Steve, when you have exhausted every single thing and it still needs ‘more’. That is a problem.

Not when you’re sloppy.

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You only wish reading one Doodle would do it!

It’s a subconscious cross-index of select different Doodles

to side-step your filters, that gets you what you want.

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To reinforce this, read at least 2:     If you Read only one: 99 Perfection!

# 7 Disaster – 61 Styles – 86 Don’t be Yourself! – 125 A Clumsy Self Image 

146 Always Right – 236 Part-of-Me – 256  99 is Fine – 314 Almost – 336 Lost & Found

Some Zones extend to events with asteroids.

Some Zones ‘only’ to immediate family.

Zone Sizes vary.

OK, so?

Well, consider your Zone of Worry. How far does it extend?

Someone’s child is out too late, … halfway around the world.

Does your Worry Zone Size extend to there?

Now consider your Zone of Influence.

Your Zone of Worry size differs from your Zone of Influence size.

Again, OK, so?

You may be worrying about something you have absolutely no Influence over.

Next time you start to worry about something, anything (!)

first ask yourself if it’s inside your Zone of

Influence.

If it is, DO something about it.

If not, why worry.

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You only wish reading one Doodle would do it!

It’s a subconscious cross-index of select different Doodles

to ‘side-step’ your filters, that gets you what you want.

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To reinforce this, read at least 2: If you Read only one: 33 Solving a 5

# 8 Problem Solving – 9 Worry – 104 Power – 194 F.E.A.R. – 199 Everything

237 Let Go! – 245 Go Fishing – 314 Almost – 341 Possible vs Probable

Stress is needed and useful in your life.

Now the not-so-obvious:

Distress is the single biggest contributor to shorten your life.

Centenarians (people 100+ years old) overwhelmingly cite being able to effectively cope with Distress, as the MAJOR common denominator to their long, healthy lives.

“The usual recommendations—not smoking, not drinking, plenty of exercise, a well-balanced diet, keeping your weight down— do not apply to centenarians. They are in a class of their own.” Nir Barzilai, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Dr. Barzilai reports of the 500 centenarians surveyed, when at age 70:

* 45 % were overweight or obese

* 37 % smoked (an average of 31 years!)

* 64 % did only moderate or no exercise

Another Major study (68,222 adults for 14 years) determined a clear association between psychological distress and major causes of mortality. A considerably raised risk of mortality was evident, even at low levels of distress. BMJ 2012;345:e4933

OK, so?

There are many ways to effectively reduce Distress.

These 22 are specifically chosen to help you do this.

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You only wish that reading one Doodle once would do it!

It’s the subconscious cross-indexing of selected different Doodles that

‘side-steps’ your filters to give you what you want.

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To reinforce this, read at least 2 below: If you Read only one

# 7 Disaster – 10 Progress It – 13 Changing Change – 14 Eliminating Triggers

17 Impossible Decisions – 18 Being Triggered – 40 So What! – 45 Problems

96 Habits – 121 Carrot & Stick – 194 F. E. A. R. – 197 Obstacles, Your Key to Success

234 Triggers – 253 Just-in-Case – 256  99 is Fine – 257 Unknown – 297 Circles & Spirals

314 Almost – 318 Thoughtful Ransoms – 329 Seriously – 335 Stress – 341 Possible vs Probable

1. Worry about an Unsolvable-by-you situation.

2. Change your mind to stop worrying by

Read-a-Book,

See-a-Movie,

Over-Eat, etc.

However when you are done… you go right back to #1

Because  you  did  not  change.

You only stopped triggering it by doing #2

You still think worry will somehow solve it.

To truly change you must literally train yourself that worry – in this case – does not solve anything.

Remember:

Life has no Remote

You must change it yourself.

To reinforce this, read at least 2 below: 

# 9 Worry – 10 Progress It – 33 Solving a 5 – 40 So What! – 46 Always – 68 Concentration

75 Same – 137 Easier Solutions – 176 “1-2-3” – 194 F.E.A.R. – 208 Perfect Instructions

234 Triggers – 237 Let Go! – 241 Re-viewing – 253 Just-in-Case

314 Almost – 318 Thoughtful Ransoms – 319 Look Back – 335 Stress

341 Possible vs Probable – 348 Volume Control – 360 Category

255 Prepare, Defend – 319 Look Back

1. I’m afraid that if I had money, I’d _________________  (Play the Game…)

2. Money causes  ________________________________ ( & get the results.)

3. I think money _________________________________  (Why not … too hard?)

4. If I weren’t so cheap, I’d  ________________________  (Just do it!)

5. Being broke tells me  ____________________________

Those who spend their own money on themselves are careful about

how much they spend and what it buys.

.

Those who spend someone else’s money on themselves don’t care

what they spend but are attentive to what it buys.

.

Those who spend their own money on someone else are careful

how much they spend but careless about what it buys.

.

Those who spend someone else’s money on someone else aren’t careful

about how much or what it buys.

.

The last case is called GOVERNMENT

.

Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Economic Sciences

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To reinforce this, read any 2 below:

# 10 Progress It! – 12 Change – 21 Interpretation – 28 Getting What I Want!

37 Or Its Equivalent – 41 Elephants – 46 Always – 50 Limits – 87 Barriers

117 Gold Mine – 190 Big Deal? – 210 Second Thing – 217 Luxury /Waste – 223 One Hour

225 Money – 232 Justify – 251 A Rough Diamond – 285 Questions – 325 More Questions

Here’s 10 Random Thoughts.

(Just to be different.)

1. You change at 7 year intervals.

Think how your thoughts /actions changed at 14 – 21 – 28 – 35 – 42 – 49 – 56 – 63 etc.

…give or take a year, either side.

So now you know when your next change is.    (All other Doodles in Change Category)

2. When Freedom exists, Equality doesn’t.

If I’m free to work more /harder than you, I earn more than you.    Insight Category

3. I can’t forgive you too quickly…

lest you think that it was not all that serious /important for me.    Façade Category

4. Sloppy at Money means you are always variously broke or in trouble.

It also means that you can always find some. And, in fact, you do!   Wealth Category

5. The biggest break-out-of-the-box: Allow yourself to be wrong.  Personal Growth Category

6. A totally open mind is open to all… including useless and circular.

To have any value or meaning YOU must choose /select /add /discern. Limitations Category

7. How extreme does your example have to be so you can prove your point. Worry Category

8. Every rule has its exception.

Also known as: The Future      Limitations Category

9. If you trade $1 you each still have $1.

Trade an idea then each of you now have 2.     Wealth Category

10.  Relax. You can’t say the wrong thing to the right person.    Communications Category