I'm glad you have read Dale Carnegie's book, I devoured that book and often go back to read some highlights I made while reading. It's a book I would recommend anyone to read, even though it was first published over 70 years ago the content is just as relevant today!

You bought the book in Spanish as well? I know my parents have a copy of the book in Spanish, but I read it in English. I wonder which version is easier to follow, sometimes translations don't carry the voice of the author, in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I hope you keep enjoying the content I post in this blog. ~

I think that you're right – institutions should teach this kind of stuff ;)

Anyway, I absolutely resonate with this. So many times we do things in the heat of the moment as the ego takes control.

I can't count the times I've done something without thinking, only to feel indifference after just an hour or so.

Thanks for the great post, I'll be reading more of this blog :)

I'm glad you have read Dale Carnegie's book, I devoured that book and often go back to read some highlights I made while reading. It's a book I would recommend anyone to read, even though it was first published over 70 years ago the content is just as relevant today!

You bought the book in Spanish as well? I know my parents have a copy of the book in Spanish, but I read it in English. I wonder which version is easier to follow, sometimes translations don't carry the voice of the author, in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I hope you keep enjoying the content I post in this blog. ~

I think that you're right – institutions should teach this kind of stuff ;)

Anyway, I absolutely resonate with this. So many times we do things in the heat of the moment as the ego takes control.

I can't count the times I've done something without thinking, only to feel indifference after just an hour or so.

Thanks for the great post, I'll be reading more of this blog :)

I think the Google Mail feature is quite a nice addition… I have sent a few e-mails myself that I've then read in the morning just to realize they made little sense or had huge number of spelling mistakes!

Funny what you say about doing a math problem. Google Mail has a feature, where, to prevent you from sending incoherent emails late at night, it makes you do a simple math problem before pressing the SEND button. If you can't solve the problem, it won't send the mail because you're too tired to be working and your email probably doesn't make sense.

Very good question. What I do is to try and keep myself emotionally distant from the problem. Just try to keep in mind that, even if the other person is being very emotional about the subject, the outcome of the conversation is probably of very little importance in the great scheme of things.

I once found myself almost arguing with someone else about such a thing as wether two Japanese phrases were equivalent or not, and although I, in my head, was sure I was right, I noticed he was quite stubborn about his point of view and simply said: “You're probably right, never mind” to which he replied with something along the lines of “I'm always right.”

I found the incidence all the more amusing because this was a student who was not really doing well in the class, but had I kept arguing with him I would have only wasted my time. It was difficult, I must say, to simply give him the credit, but it was a good exercise of not allowing my 'ego' to interfere with my day.

Mm… there is definitely a lot to talk about when it comes down to the 'ego' and your happiness. “A New Earth” devotes a lot of time to the discussion of the ego and how to not let it take over you, definitely a must read!

How do you deal with situations in which you can't take time to cool down (or solve a chemistry problem :))?