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Show 'Dale Carnegie One Problem at a Time OONIA KOSTA, New York City, had more than one problem to solve when she was discharged from the W.A.C. after the war was over. But, first, she had to rid herself of an inferiority complex for that would stand in the way of anything she attempted. The crux of this trouble was an additional 56 pounds she had gained. She had been a nurse before entering the service but she had decided definitely that she wanted another vocation. This meant spending money to prepare herself for other work, and all she had was her mustermg-out-pay" amounting to $20.0. Taking a temporary job while preparing for new work meant she had to spend money on new clothes for none of her old civilian clothes were now large enough. If she spent her money on new clothes, they would become less and less suitable as she got rid of her excess weight. Maybe this seems little to worry about, but not to one who has had to tackle it. So worry she did, until she didn t sleep at night and her nerves !were on edge. In addition, she was fast making Carnegie enemies of her entire family. , Suddenly she thought of how much the army's rehabilitation re-habilitation centres had done for the army. She went to see one of the doctors. Nothing she had to say was a surprise sur-prise to him. Hers, he told her, was a common case of postwar adjustment and he suggested a common method of cure: to go to the foundation of her trouble, and to tackle one problem at a time. She found the matter of reducing down deep at the bottom. ( So she spent some of her money on a success school to which she could wear her uniforms. When she had lost 31 pounds she could then wear some of her civilian clothing. There was enough money to enroll in a business school where she took a junior executive course. Now, doing work she enjoys, she says she accomplished her aim because she got at the bottom of her trouble, trou-ble, and then tackled one problem at a time, instead of wandering around in confusion as she had started out doing. |