One Minute for Myself – Spencer Johnson

Taking care of business means taking care of my ‘self’

One Minute Questions:

Is there a better way right now for me to take good care of Me?

Is there a way, right now, for me to take better care of myself?

Am I asking another person or our relationship to do the impossible – to take good care of me – or are we each taking better care of ourselves and thus enjoying an even better relationship together?

I treat myself the way I would like others to treat me.

Taking care of me: Simplify

In one minute I can change my attitude And in that minute I can change my entire day.

When I take Good care of myself I feel less angry – toward myself and others.

And when I am Happier I work better and I treat others better.

The greatest reason for outer success – at work and in life – is inner success.

When I clearly see what is best for me, I usually do it.

One of the best ways I can help other people is to encourage them to take better care of themselves. And to reward them when they do.

When other people take good care of themselves they are happier with themselves – and with me!

Thee is ‘me’ in you. We are basically alike – you and I. When I remember this, I can help you take better care of you.

I show you best by example just how good it is for me and for people around me when I stop to take better care of myself.

Even more important than my being loved is my being loving.

We can have a wonderful relationship together. When I have one with me and you have one with you.

We may have some small conflict now, but we avoid much larger and more serious conflicts later, when each of us takes better care of ourselves.

Our commitment is not to run away from ourselves, but for each of us to take good care of ourselves and to take good care of one another.

We can Help ourselves and each other by asking "Have you Hugged YOURSELF today?"

When every person in the world takes better care of themselves, Everyone in the world will feel better taken care of and then we may finally being to care more about each other.

Attitude is the name of the game. How you look at life is the single best way to take care of yourself. You have a perspective that either beats you up or builds you up. And we can choose our attitude.

One thing I do when I get rushed, feel overwhelmed, and lose my perspective is to ask myself another simple question: "ten years from now, how much difference is this going to make?"

The two emotions are Love (Positive) and fear (negative). One is the absence of the other.

So when I make a decision – I ask ‘is this a love-filled decision or a fearful decision?’ Decisions I make based on fear, whether I am aware of it or not, do not turn out very well for me. When I make a decision based on love (the absence of fear), I feel good – even before I know the outcome.