It's None of My Business What You Think of Me!

100 Pages·2011·1.087 MB·English

by  Baksa, Peter

It's none of MY
business what
YOU think of me!
It's none of MY
business what
YOU think of me!

“If you want to change your life…
Change the way you are looking at it.”
PETER BAKSA
What You Think about Me Is None of My Business by Peter Baksa
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Catalog Card Number: 1-588607011
ISBN 978 0 9832472-1-0
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: What Grandmother Said
My Grandmother's secret Recipe of Life: 16-36-66 Principle
PART 1: Age 16

CHAPTER ONE: Ego and the Contracts It Makes with Itself
Domestication
The Baseball Mitt
The Power of Words
Nancy
A Positive Example
The Cult of Domestication
Limiting Yourself
Labels
CHAPTER TWO: Domestication, a Closer Look
Don't Waste Your Energy
Know Who You Are
The Environment of Domestication
Self-Judgment
The Contracts You Make
CHAPTER THREE: The Two Doors: Fear Versus Love
Fear, the Frantic Voice
Love, the Quiet Voice
CHAPTER FOUR: Sin
A New Definition of Sin
An Improved Definition of Sin
Sins We Commit
CHAPTER FIVE: Perception
Act from a State of Presence
Do Not Take It Personally
Your Perception about Yourself
Your Perceptions Are Not Your Own
Changing Perceptions: Lose the Critical Spirit
CHAPTER SIX: Giving It Your All
Why Give 100 Percent When 70 Percent Will Do?
Do Not Be a Clock-Watcher
Marriage
Contrast
PART 2: Age 36

CHAPTER SEVEN: Choosing a Career
Did You Choose Your Career or Did Your Career Choose You?
Scripts You Are Fed
Taking Control
A Personal Story
Career Choices to Make if You Are a Teen or Young Adult
How to Find Your Archetype
Career Choices to Make if You Are a Parent of a Teen
CHAPTER EIGHT: Lifestyle by Design
How Do You Approach Life Situations?
Do You Choose Life or Does Life Choose You?
Would You Give a Four-Year-old a $100 Bill?
Is Choosing Against All odds Madness?
You Are Enough
CHAPTER NINE: The Power of Words
Becoming Gossip-Resistant
Intentional Spell-Casting
Gossip by the Group
Your Internal Axiom
CHAPTER TEN: It Is Never about You, It Is Always about Them
Subjective Reality
Guilt
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Presumptions of the EGo
We Believe What We Presume
Do not Assume
Justifying the Ego
Negotiating a Relationship
CHAPTER TWELVE: Marriage and Responsibilities
Practical Love
Problem Patterns in a Marriage
It Is OK to Love Yourself First
A Word about Sex
Responsibilities and Children
PART 3: Age 66
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Grandmother's Advice on Living an Optimal Life
The six Golden Saviors
Optimism
Unlearning Optimism
Purpose
Goals
Action
Courage
Humility and Graciousness
Ways to Practice Humility and Graciousness
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Final Thoughts and Conclusions
The Pain Body
Find Your True Consciousness
Your Call-to-Action:
The Answer to the Question
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peter Baksa on Giving Back
NOTES

INTRODUCTION