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advice and inspiration to help you improve your life | November 2009

IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE:
· Want to Be Happy? Leave Your Expectations Behind
· How to Choose the Best Dog for Your Family
· How Jealous Are You? Take Our Quiz
· The Most Effective Way to Find a Job
· Stay Positive and Achieve Your Goals
· Win an Advanced Reading Copy of Complaint Free Relationships!

Want to Be Happy? Leave Your Expectations Behind

Advice from Deepak Chopra

Learn to expect the unexpected and you’re on your way to achieving happiness.

Nothing creates more unhappiness than failed expectations. The job promotion that doesn’t come through, the proposal of marriage that is postponed one more time, the image of an ideal family that never materializes.

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How to Choose the Best Dog for Your Family

Advice from Cesar Millan

Greyhound or terrier? Bulldog or husky? Cesar Millan, the star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer, can help you determine which dog breed is the best fit for you family.

There are more than 150 separate dog breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club, and hundreds more breeds and variations of breeds in addition to those. Selecting the appropriate breed of dog is an important factor to consider when choosing a puppy for your family . . .

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How Jealous Are You? Take Our Quiz

Advice from Judith Orloff, M.D.

Feeling envious of others can be detrimental to your career, friendships, and relationships. Take our quiz below to determine what role jealousy plays in your life—and then rid yourself of it with a self-esteem boost.

It can be difficult to admit feeling jealousy or envy; it’s hard to say that we don’t want the best for others . . .

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The Most Effective Way to Find a Job

Advice from Donald Asher

Forget perfecting your résumé or working on your interview skills. Executing a good job-search strategy is far more important than either of those, and the best way to conduct a job search is to find the hidden job market.

First of all, you should know that a job is only advertised if an internal, informal placement effort has already failed. It will not be posted on the career site or placed in a newspaper or listed with a recruiter or agency . . .

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Stay Positive and Achieve Your Goals

Advice from Carmen Harra, Ph. D.

Learn how to change your life by avoiding anger, envy, gossip, and despair.

Avoid being around people who gossip, judge, or blame, and do not indulge in any of these activities yourself. Don’t follow the lead of someone who encourages you to have a cynical attitude or to be judgmental of others.

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Win an Advanced Reading Copy of Complaint Free Relationships!

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it’s the time of the year that people often feel—and express—gratitude. Email BooksForBetterLiving@RandomHouse.com and tell us (in one paragraph or less) about a person whom you’re grateful for and why. We’ll send twenty-five lucky winners a free advanced copy of Will Bowen’s new book, Complaint Free Relationships.

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