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89. 
Don’t Worry About Things 
You Can’t Change  
Time and again, when I face a challenge in my own life, I return to The Serenity Prayer of Reinhod Neibuhr: 
“God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be chanted, courage to change the things 
which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish one form the other.” 
One business executive who went through an exercise I use in my leadership coaching programs found 
that 54 percent of his worries related to things that would likely never happen; 26 percent were about past 
actions that could not be changed; 8 percent related to the opinions of people whose opinions really did not 
matter to him; 4 percent concerned personal health issues that he had since resolved; and only 6 percent 
concerned real issues worthy of his attention. By identifying and then letting go of the worries he could do 
nothing about or that were a complete waste of his energy, this man eliminated 94 percent of the problems that 
had plagued him. 

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90. 
Learn How to Walk  
Nearly ten years ago, I received a package in the mail from my father. In it was a worn – out old book that 
carried the following inscription on the inside front cover: “Dear Robin, some time ago, I picked up this book 
from a store that sells secondhand books. Though the money paid for this book was nominal, its net worth is 
tremendous. I enjoyed reading it immensely and I hope you will too. Love, Dad.” 
Published in 1946, the book is called Getting the Most Out of Life and is one of the treasures in my 
library of wisdom literature and self – help books. I have returned to the short essays it contains on a wide range 
of life improvement topics, bearing titles such as “Wake Up and Live!” “The Business of Living a Long Time” 
and “How to Live on 24 Hours a Day,” many times over the years and have grown much from the lessons 
offered. It is truly a priceless possession. 
On a recent rainy day, I pulled out the book and flipped through the different chapters, stopping at the 
one entitled “How to Take a Walk.” In it, author Alan Devoe shares his insights on how one can get the best out 
of walking. First, he advises, a walk should never have a specific purpose. Rather than having a destination, you 
should simply immerse yourself in the beauty of the walk itself. Second, you must never take your worries with 
you on the walk. Leave them at home, for if you don’t, they will become even more deeply rooted in your mind 
by the end of the walk. And finally, be fully aware. Train yourself to pay complete attention to the sights, 
sounds and smells. Study the shape of the leaves on the trees. Observe the beauty of the clouds and the 
fragrance of the flowers. As he concludes: “The world, after all, is not so unendurable, when a person gets a 
chance to look at it and smell it and feel its texture and be alone with it. This acquaintance with the world – this 
renewal of the magical happiness and wonderment which you felt when you were a child – such is the purpose 
of taking walks.”

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