If You’re Sweating the Small Stuff, You’re Not Alone

If You’re Sweating the Small Stuff, You’re Not Alone
Take a moment to look at your thoughts and ask yourself if you aren't making a big deal out of something small. Borysevych.com/Shutterstock
Barry Brownstein
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Bailey Jean Matheson recently died of cancer at age 35, touching people all over the world by writing her own obituary. Matheson expressed gratitude for her loving family and friends and for her beautiful, but short, life.

She closed her obituary with this advice: “Don’t take the small stuff so seriously and live a little.”
Barry Brownstein
Barry Brownstein
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Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of “The Inner-Work of Leadership,” and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout.
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