"He preached what the Buddha preached, but without the preaching... "Don't take your thoughts too seriously." He called it a thought attack. What you need to do is live in the present."
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Patti Breitman, a former literary agent to Carlson, as quoted in in The San Francisco Chronicle (16 December 2006)
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Richard Carlson
Richard Carlson Ph.D. (16 May 1961 – 13 December 2006) was an American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker. His book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff... and it’s all Small Stuff (1997), was USA Today's bestselling book for two consecutive years and spent over 101 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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