CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Sheenah Hankin; Complete Confidence: A Handbook by Sheenah Hankin; What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Tina L. Seelig; Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond by Jane Brody; Picture of Me: Who I Am in 221 Questions by Kate Marshall and David Marshall.
1. Look for the good news on the economic front: It’s suddenly chic to save and conserve.
2. Look forward with hope, not backward with regret. Asking ourselves how we can get out of this fiscal mess is better than worrying about how we got into it.
3. Complain to no one— there’s a serious shortage of sympathy in hard times.
4. Blame no one, including yourself, for financial setbacks. Blame damages important relationships.
5. Anxiety makes us irritable. Be kind to your family and employees—they’re anxious, too.
6. Be a source of optimistic reassurance to others and yourself. This free gift of comfort is beyond price.
7. Don’t lose hope and don’t say, “Life will never be the same again.” Both history and the future will prove you wrong.
Mindful Reads
Look to the experts for even more positive reinforcement.
Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters by Nancy Pelosi and Amy Hill Hearth (Doubleday Publishing). Available in April at bookstores citywide.
Love in the Time of Colic: The New Parents’ Guide to Getting It On Again by Ian Kerner and Heidi Raykeil (Collins Living). Available at bookstores citywide.
Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food by Jan Chozen Bays (Shambhala). Available at bookstores citywide.
Moments of Clarity by Christopher Kennedy Lawford (William Morrow). Available at bookstores citywide.
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Tina L. Seelig (HarperOne). Available in April at bookstores citywide.
Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living by Lama Surya Das (HarperOne). Available at bookstores citywide.
Picture of Me: Who I Am in 221 Questions by Kate Marshall and David Marshall (Broadway Books). Available at bookstores citywide.
Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime by Bill Gates Sr. and Mary Ann Mackin (Doubleday Business). Available in April at bookstores citywide.
Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond by Jane Brody (Random House). Available at bookstores citywide.
