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Self Esteem
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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Gael Lindenfield
50 books38 followersShe is the internationally best selling author of 20 ground-breaking books, which have been translated into 33 languages.
Gael’s method works. It is grounded in 30 years of tried-and-tested strategies, bringing success for people from all walks of life. She uses a wide range of creative and interactive techniques. Through her highly engaging and ‘non-academic’ writing, media appearances, and seminars with charities and business organisations, she fosters in people the courage and coping mechanisms to become more confident and motivated.
Her unique hallmark is her down-to-earth approach. When consulted about a problem, she can always be relied upon to come up with a clear and concise explanation of its most likely cause and a practical strategy with which to tackle it.
Gael has also acquired enormous respect and credibility through her personal sharing. She is herself a role model for bouncing back from setbacks. She spent most of her childhood in children’s homes, overcame severe depression in her twenties and dealt with the traumatic breakdown of her first marriage in her thirties. More recently she lost a 19-year-old daughter in a tragic accident in 1996.
Gael’s method works. It is grounded in 30 years of tried-and-tested strategies, bringing success for people from all walks of life. She uses a wide range of creative and interactive techniques. Through her highly engaging and ‘non-academic’ writing, media appearances, and seminars with charities and business organisations, she fosters in people the courage and coping mechanisms to become more confident and motivated.
Her unique hallmark is her down-to-earth approach. When consulted about a problem, she can always be relied upon to come up with a clear and concise explanation of its most likely cause and a practical strategy with which to tackle it.
Gael has also acquired enormous respect and credibility through her personal sharing. She is herself a role model for bouncing back from setbacks. She spent most of her childhood in children’s homes, overcame severe depression in her twenties and dealt with the traumatic breakdown of her first marriage in her thirties. More recently she lost a 19-year-old daughter in a tragic accident in 1996.
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October 11, 2012
Im reading this book and Im loving it because every sentence of it is so useful for me ...It was just all I needed now to figure out whats wrong with me and thats what a book like this should be like
May 12, 2023
Outdated, today we have lots of easier and deeper tools to work on.
July 24, 2020
The kind of book that makes you take a pen and paper and act on it. Besides all the advice, this book actually has practical advice as well. It is the type of book that needs to be read multiple times.
October 25, 2023
Short and sweet but lots of activities to journal about.
October 14, 2025
idealista but cute
April 30, 2022
This book could be called a grandmother of all the books on self-assertion that followed it. A nice and easy read that throws light on our own points of weakness, as well as those of others.
Basic Assertive rights:
1. The right to ask for what we want (realising that the other person has the right to say NO).
4. The right to make our own decisions and to cope with consequences.
12. The right to change ourselves.
Being assertive is about what is fair to all involved parties, and not just what is fair for us.
The book will help you understand that if you have not allowed yourself to express your opinions/desires/needs, that doesn't mean that people that do express them are in the wrong, but that you've been stifled in your upbringing by adults. It is natural and normal and preferable to express who you are and accept that other people also have that right. We don't have to like others and they don't have to like us, but we have no right to shut up assertive people because we lack that ability to express ourselves openly and directly.
Basic Assertive rights:
1. The right to ask for what we want (realising that the other person has the right to say NO).
4. The right to make our own decisions and to cope with consequences.
12. The right to change ourselves.
Being assertive is about what is fair to all involved parties, and not just what is fair for us.
The book will help you understand that if you have not allowed yourself to express your opinions/desires/needs, that doesn't mean that people that do express them are in the wrong, but that you've been stifled in your upbringing by adults. It is natural and normal and preferable to express who you are and accept that other people also have that right. We don't have to like others and they don't have to like us, but we have no right to shut up assertive people because we lack that ability to express ourselves openly and directly.
January 26, 2014
This is an excellent book for gaining perspective. It covers all facets of the issue adequately, even with the brevity of its content. Those who need to heal deep emotional wounds may need to read up on manipulation prior to this. Then they would be in a better position to understand the motives of others, which is essential to healing.
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