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Rating: - If you're only looking for one book on Self Esteem, then this is the one
This is one of the few books on self esteem that covers the inner critic and the outer critic. If all you ever do is reduce the criticism in your life, your self esteem will improve.

As an added bonus, the book also covers risk assessment, and how to identify blockages that prevent you from fully analyzing the risk of any given choice or situation. This is almost more important than self esteem, as the right choices will always lead you to prosperity, and the wrong choices will always lead you to lack. The ability to clearly see the risk associated with any given choice is immense.

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Rating: - Highly Recommended
I cannot speak highly enough of this book. I found it to be absolutely invaluable in developing better self esteem. You do need to actually sit down with a pen and paper and do the exercises it suggests, but I found this process really helped me to understand myself and my thinking patterns better.

For me, what really opened my eyes was the way the authors explained how the inner critic is reinforced. I feel that this is crucial information which is missing from many other books on self esteem. The authors explain a number of different ways in which we reinforce our inner critic and more importantly, they explain why we continue to use these self-limiting behaviours and provide alternatives. A simple example of this is that your inner critic drives you to achieve goals. You may tell yourself that you will be stupid or worthless if you don't achieve a high exam mark, or a good performance review at work. The critic is reinforced because this fear and criticism motivates you to achieve - yet it also sacrifices your self esteem. A healthier alternative is to rebut the inner critic and practice visualization techniques to motive you to achieve success.

The chapters on Compassion and Handling Mistakes also really helped to alter my way of thinking. I, like many other people, had a tendency to continually beat myself up over past mistakes. The book helped me to reframe the way I think about mistakes. More importantly, it helped me to understand the limits of my awareness, at the time of the mistake we are usually attempting to get our needs met in what we deem to be the most effective way. The chapter on Compassion also provided a really simple and powerful exercise which helped me to move past mistakes made by myself and other people.

Another reason I highly recommend this book is the chapter on Core Beliefs. We are usually completely unaware of our negative core beliefs and therefore they continue to have a very profound negative effect on our self-esteem at a deep level. Identifying and testing my core beliefs has been an eye-opening and empowering experience. It does take time as there are no quick-fixes, but the process of building more positive core beliefs has fundamentally changed the way I view myself and the world around me.

Other parts of this book which I found to be helpful were the sections on responding to criticism, healthy and unhealthy values, asking for what you want and the accurate self assessments.

In summary, this book has been instrumental in building my self-esteem. It is written in an easy to understand and relatively entertaining manner. There are plenty of practical exercises to help you apply the information that is given. I strongly recommend it.

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Rating: - Books in excellent condition and delivers fast even on standard delivery
I order two books the same day. This seller had my stuff to me during the holidays with in days and I did standard delivery. He didn't wait till after the holidays as the other seller I purchased from. The book is in wonderful condition. I purchased it used but it looks new. Very impressed by this seller. Will utilize his services again.

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Rating: - The best self esteem text I've read so far
This book was recommended to me when I was studying and it's a text I seem to always go back to and use especially when working with clients who have concerns about self esteem. The book is easy to read and provides well explained practical strategies you can implement yourself or teach others. It's worth the price if you want to use with clients and makes a great self help book.

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Rating: - Self-Esteem: How to get there.
I purchased this book after my therapist shared the chapter on the "Pathological Critic" with me. I have not yet finished the book, but it does recommend that you take it slowly, not rushing through. This book makes a lot of very logical and valid points. The introductory chapter does stress that it's important to actually get out your paper and pencil and DO the exercises. It's the thing we all hate to do the most, but I've pushed myself to do them and I'm definitely seeing a difference. It's amazing to realize how much I mentally berate myself. Once you find awareness of it, the next step is to stop that behavior and begin finding your positive points. Easier said than done, but this easy-to-read book is helping me along the way.

I will mention that I have been seeing a therapist for about a year and a half and I must credit that for a lot of my improvement, but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is truly motivated to improve the way they feel about themselves. It's co-written by a Ph.D., but doesn't get bogged down with a lot of medical/mental health jargon that laypeople don't understand. Every point that the authors mention does not apply to me, but it is clearly impossible to tailor a book of this nature to any one person. I find, however, that I'm able to glean good points from nearly every example.

If you want to feel better, get the book, take your time reading it, doing the exercises AS YOU GO, and start taking the steps to being a better, mentally-healthier you!