If You Really Knew Me, Would You Still Like Me?

Rating:
Summary: Close but no cigar
Review: I was looking to improve myself. I saw this was an inexpensive book on improving confidence. I had always believed I needed help in this area so I ordered it.

I originally found it on a Christian book site, and being a Christian thought that would be the place to start. I began reading, excited with the prospect that in the end I would be more confident and would have accomplished it through a Christian source.

Now that I have finished reading, I realize that it was missing a few things (thus the two stars) The focus in the book is "listening to yourself" I never understood what this meant (minus 1 star), even with the examples sited. By listening to yourself you will apparently get a proper perspective of yourself. You can't get a proper perspective from one point of view of anything (minus another star). Being that this book was suppose to be a Christian resource, I was dissapointed to discover the lack of prayer as a source of help (minus the third star). I don't remember any prayer, scripture or anything pointing to God in this book.

In the end, I came up with my own solutions (with some prayer and scripture reading and help from my husband)

Rating:
Summary: Close but no cigar
Review: I was looking to improve myself. I saw this was an inexpensive book on improving confidence. I had always believed I needed help in this area so I ordered it.

I originally found it on a Christian book site, and being a Christian thought that would be the place to start. I began reading, excited with the prospect that in the end I would be more confident and would have accomplished it through a Christian source.

Now that I have finished reading, I realize that it was missing a few things (thus the two stars) The focus in the book is "listening to yourself" I never understood what this meant (minus 1 star), even with the examples sited. By listening to yourself you will apparently get a proper perspective of yourself. You can't get a proper perspective from one point of view of anything (minus another star). Being that this book was suppose to be a Christian resource, I was dissapointed to discover the lack of prayer as a source of help (minus the third star). I don't remember any prayer, scripture or anything pointing to God in this book.

In the end, I came up with my own solutions (with some prayer and scripture reading and help from my husband)

Rating:
Summary: Self Esteem Tackled
Review: My mother was always trying to "cure" me as a child to turn from being an independent, attention-getting terror to her version of a tollerable human being. This is one of the books she foisted upon me in 1976. While it didn't change my life, it did effect my attitude.

The books examines how we feel about ourselves and how we judge ourselves by what others say and do and what we presume they think about us. It takes the whole self esteem issue and tackles it head on. Twenty-five years later this book is still on my bookshelf. It means more to me now, even though it is good for teens.

When we really stop to look inside of ourselves, do we like what we find? If not, why should we expect others to like us? The book examines our value system and how to learn to like ourselves.

If you need a good, easy to read book that tackles self esteem issues, especially for a teen or young adult, this is a quick read and I highly recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: Self Esteem Tackled
Review: My mother was always trying to "cure" me as a child to turn from being an independent, attention-getting terror to her version of a tollerable human being. This is one of the books she foisted upon me in 1976. While it didn't change my life, it did effect my attitude.

The books examines how we feel about ourselves and how we judge ourselves by what others say and do and what we presume they think about us. It takes the whole self esteem issue and tackles it head on. Twenty-five years later this book is still on my bookshelf. It means more to me now, even though it is good for teens.

When we really stop to look inside of ourselves, do we like what we find? If not, why should we expect others to like us? The book examines our value system and how to learn to like ourselves.

If you need a good, easy to read book that tackles self esteem issues, especially for a teen or young adult, this is a quick read and I highly recommend it.