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Love Yourself First!: Boost your self-esteem in 30 Days (Change your habits, change your life Book 4)

by Marc Reklau

Some points I like below:

1. Having healthy self-esteem basically, means to be happy with yourself and to believe that you deserve the good things life has to offer.
2. There is only one person that’s responsible for your life, and that is YOU! Not your boss, not your spouse, not your parents, not your friends, not your clients, not the economy, not the weather, not the president. YOU!
3. You are in control of your thoughts, actions, and feelings. You are in control of your words, the series you watch on TV, and the people you spend your time with. If you don’t like your results, change your input — your thoughts, emotions, and expectations.
4. Give up gossiping and have more profound conversations. People will trust you more, and your relationships will improve. Everybody wants to be with a person of integrity.
5. How do you build belief? Repetition! Do your affirmations — even if you don’t believe them in the beginning.
6. Stop worrying about other people’s flaws and focus on yourself. Concentrate on improving your life so much that you don’t have time to criticize others and always remember one thing: Those who can, DO, those who can’t, criticize.
7. The things that bother you the most about others are actually the things that bother you the most about yourself.
8. It’s not about beating others; it’s about being content with yourself and improving yourself continuously.
9. True self-esteem is knowing that you are great and unique and accepting everybody else for their greatness and uniqueness. You’re not better than them, but nobody is better than you either.
10. Don’t try to please everyone. It’s simply not possible.
11. If other people’s approval is very important for you, you are giving them an enormous power over your life and your well-being.
12. Life is too short to spend time with people who don’t treat you with love and respect. Let them go and make new friends.
13. One simple and very effective way to raise your self-esteem is by treating yourself very, very well and being very nice to yourself.
14. Mistakes are inevitable. Learning is optional ;Pain is temporary, suffering is optional.
15. Use criticism as feedback. Treat your body like a temple