How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence | 
 enlarge | Author: Nathaniel Branden
Publisher: Bantam
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0553266462
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780553266467
ASIN: 0553266462
Publication Date: November 1, 1988
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Product Description
Of all the judgments you make in life, none is asimportant as the one you make about yourself. Thedifference between low self-esteem and highself-esteem is the difference between passivity andaction, between failure and success. Now, one ofAmerica's foremost psychologists and a pioneer inself-esteem development offers a step-by-step guide tostrengthening your sense of self-worth. Here aresimple, straightforward andeffective techniques that will dramatically improvethe way you think and feel about yourself. You'lllearn:
How to break free of negativeself-concepts and self-defeating behavior.
Howto dissolve internal barriers to success in workand love.
How to overcome anxiety,depression, guilt and anger.
How to conquer thefear of intimacy and success.
How to find-- and keep -- the courage to love yourself.
And much more.
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Edgar Review March 11, 2006
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
The book contains "to the point" information on what is self esteem and how to regain it. Self esteem is your core value and the book uses good examples for illustartion.
 Good Book to Gain Insight October 22, 2005
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
This little pocket book can give you some good tools to boost your self-esteem. It really provides questions to make you think and look at yourself.
Finish each question below with ten answers
"I am more accepting of my feelings, when..."
"If I were more accepting of myself..."
"I like myself most when..."
"I like myself least when.."
If you took the time to answer the questions above you should have some to some insight as to why your self-esteem is not where you want it and what automatic thoughts are at the core.
You can look at this book as a tool that will provide you with some insight into why you have certain feelings about yourself. It is not an end-all book for getting beyond or transforming your viewpoint but it is a good place to gain some insight.
 Don't be fooled August 31, 2005
49 out of 60 found this review helpful
The sub-title of this book is very misleading. It does not contain "an action-oriented approach" to raising your self-esteem - unless you count sitting down with pen and paper as an action. The book is centered on sentence completion exercises where you write the beginning of a sentence at the top of a page ("One of the things I dislike about myself is...", "One of my emotions I have trouble accepting is...") and then complete the sentence with whatever comes to mind. For some unexplained reason each sentence requires its own sheet of paper; and there are a lot of them, so be prepared to go through a lot of paper.
Sure, completing sentences technically counts as an "action". But if you're like me, "action-oriented" implies some sort of cognitive-behavioral therapy that gives you exercises to go out and do in the world, not sitting alone and writing out your thoughts. For someone with social anxiety the last thing I needed was more solitary introspection.
Branden gives examples of breakthroughs that his patients had doing sentence completion with him in therapy; but alas, the practice helped me in no way. Your mileage may vary, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
 NOT IMPRESSED May 18, 2005
16 out of 24 found this review helpful
This book talks about "honoring the self." It covers such things as the importance of self-esteem, self-concept, self-acceptance, liberation from guilt, integrating your younger self, living responsibly and authentically, nurturing, selfishness, and more. Seems like it would cover all basis, right? But this book is bland and reads like 100 other self-esteem books. It's just not that impressive. If you've read other books on how to feel good about yourself, spare your time to read this repeat. If, however, this is your first attempt to find help, this book may offer you the tips and tidbits you need. I, personally, was not impressed and, frankly, quite bored.
excellent writing & content.................however August 15, 2004
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
i found this book upon sheer chance (or should i say, LUCK) at a time i believed i was looking for something but couldn't quite put my finger on it.
as i went thru the book, i found many things amazingly accurate about myself (and therefore could easily relate to it), and went thru it slowly, working on myself, *nourturing* back my emotional health.
i think ultimately however, these self-help books are exremely subjective, and it all simply comes down to which one YOU feel you can relate to the most. i give it 5 stars cuz i felt i could relate to the content AND how knowledgeable this author is w/o being "another psych book". now, if you're looking for a simple motivational, more technical, or some in-depth "workbook", than perhaps another book would be better.
this is a SELF-help guide, not to be intended as a permanent crutch or a stand-in therapist. (or if you're looking for someone ELSE to somehow "fix you", or some other kind of easy "magic", then you most certainly have come to the wrong book!)
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