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Self-Confident Child
Read what Klassy Evans (editor of Self-Help Stuff That Works) says in answer to a question about how to help children develop self-confidence.

Is Giving Blood Good For Your Body?
Of course donating blood helps others, but does it help you, too?

Fulfill Your Destiny
This is Adam Khan's translation of Emerson's essay, Self-Reliance, into modern English.

Fear of Public Speaking
A woman wrote to Adam Khan asking how she could overcome her fear of speaking in public. Read Adam's answer here.

Dread Lock
If you dread public speaking, read this. There IS a way out of your misery, and it's not that difficult.

Resources for Speakers
A man said he wants to be a motivational speaker and asked what books to read. Read Adam's answer.

The Olympic Games
A few facts about the Olympic games.

Speculations On Prayer
Some thoughts on prayer.

Hard To Get Women
How hard-to-please women helped the evolution of human intelligence.

Help Stop Road Rage
Here is something you can do to help end hostility on the road.

Subconscious Mind
A reader asked Adam what he thought of Joseph Murphy's work with the subconscious mind. Here is Adam's answer.

What Chess Teaches
Learning to really play chess well can teach important life lessons quickly and relatively painlessly. Read the lessons Adam Khan learned about how to live well.

What Is RSS?
You often see the invitation on blogs to "subscribe to the RSS feed." What does that mean? Find out here.

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Under-Fasting and the Fountain of Youth
Here is the answer for not only your personal struggle with putting on the pounds but with the developed world's "obesity epidemic."

Memetic Evolution
A clear explanation of what memes are and how memetics can cast a new light on old ideas.

What is a Meme?
A short, simple description of the new science of memetics.

Google Search Tips
Reduce frustration and improve your chances of finding what you're looking for by using these search tips for Google.

A List of Useful Websites
Links to sites that will help you do all variety of things, from emailing yourself in the future to downloading YouTube videos onto your computer.

Why Did Europeans Conquer The World?
Why wasn't it Native Americans or Australian Aborigines? The answer may surprise you.

Why Were Native Americans So Vulnerable to European Diseases?
And why didn't Native Americans give Europeans the same amount of disease that Europeans gave Native Americans?

Who Are You Really?
A reader wrote in and said he was sometimes confused about who he really was. Read Adam Khan's answer.

Celebrate the Solstice
The shifting of the earth on its axis is something that happens at a specific time every year and it happens to everyone on earth. This might be something that we could all celebrate together.

The Fine Art of not Honking People Off
How to prevent misunderstandings in email messages with a few simple rules of conduct.

How To Use Outlook To Send Reminders
A little-used feature of some e-mail programs like Microsoft Outlook allows you to forward messages in the future. Very handy.

Contradictions In The Work
For those of you who read this web site carefully, you will notice apparent contradictions between the points of different articles.

YouMe Works is a self-help website, giving you tools and ideas to help you feel good more often and become more effective with your actions. Below are a few links to other areas of the site.

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Self-Help Menu
Would you like to learn how to enjoy your relationships with people more? Do better at work? Feel good more often? Have a better attitude? Check out the self-help menu.

Bite-Size
Check out some easily digestible nibbles of self-help stuff that works, to get you out of a bad mood or into a more effective state of mind in just a few minutes.

Good News
Here's a little page to help you keep your sanity. You can read about recent positive developments, and acts of kindness around the world. It's a good thing to share with others.

Table of Contents
...of Adam Khan's book Self-Help Stuff That Works. From the table of contents, you can click on any chapter and read it here online.

About the Book
Here is a description of Self-Help Stuff That Works and further links about the book.

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