biz book

[taxlady]

I finished the first reading of The Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur by Molly Gordon.Wow! I gobbled it up like a novel. Now I am reading it again and doing the exercises. This is one of the best "self-help" books that I have read in years. I love that woman's insight.

Here is a quote about dealing with stressful thoughts from the book,

Thoughts like these are like excess baggage on a cross-country hike. Conventional success guides would have you turn them into affirmations or pulverize them with the mallet of positive thinking. But affirmations and positive thinking don't work on core beliefs, have you noticed? When we apply them to our stressful thoughts about business, we feel phony, silly, or--if we buy into the notion that we should be able to change our thoughts--like spiritual dunces. What's more, affirmations and positive thinking keep us from the pearl in the oyster, the realization or insight that awaits us when we question the stressful thoughts.

What a great description of why I dislike affirmations.

I have been reading her newsletter for many years. I will be posting one of her articles once this is posted. There are lots of good articles on her website: Shaboom Inc..