information, 121–22
medical, 120–21
time-sharing, 195–96
Technology and Culture (Jacobs), 77
TED Talks, 171–73
Teresa, Mother, 242
Texas, University of, 21
Texting, blocking access to, 201
Thate, Fred, 248
3 B’s of creating space, 154–155
3 B’s scribble, 155
Thinking, balance of doing and, 147–53
Thoughts, 22, 120, 151–52, 203, 238
of advisers, 267
alignment of words and actions with, 244
creative, 157–58
impact of decision making on, 176, 179
jumping between, 163
negative, 7, 74, 90
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome), 12
Three Walks, 20
Tierney, John, 168–69
Time magazine, 12, 108
Time-sharing, 195
Time vs. Effort scribble, 187
Today show, 36, 162
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 102
Tolle, Eckhart, 258
Tonight Show, The (television program), 54
Toronto Star, 34, 263
Trauma, childhood, 213–15
Triumph, facing disaster and, 62–65
20-Minute Replay, 21
Twitter, 14
Type A superachievers, 150
U
Ueshiba, Morihei, 49
Ulrich, Chris, 154
Unplug, 22
V
Vanderbilt University, 200
Vanity Fair magazine, 162
Varlet, Charles, 268
Video Arts (organization), 198
Voicemail, blocking access to, 200
Vonnegut, Kurt, 80–81
W
Waddington’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, 158
Walks, 20
Walmart, 115, 199
Home Office, 250–51
Walton, Sam, 16
Want Nothing, 1–92
Ware, Bronnie, 254–56
Watson, James, 110
WebMD, 14
Welch, Jack, 185
Whitman, Walt, 15
Wikipedia, 121
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength (Tierney), 168
Wilson, Mr. (guidance counselor), 97–98
Wimbledon, Centre Court at, 62–63
sign, 62
Winfrey, Oprah, 115
World War II, 121
Worrying, 230, 246
about choices, 174
See also Fear
Worst days, retaining positive outlook on, see Remember the Lottery
Wright, Steven, 1, 230
Writing
comedy, 222–23, 226
on gratitudes, 23–24
about positive experiences, 21
X
X-Files, The (television series), 180
Y
Yale University, 248–49
Z
Zuckerberg, Mark, 115, 162
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