Notes from book One Minute for Myself by Spencer Johnson.

1. Spencer Johnson

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. We can Help ourselves and each other by
asking “Have you Hugged YOURSELF
today?”

9. 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.

10. 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?”

11. 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.

12. 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

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

14. 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.

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

16. 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.