Why  we Should Always be OUR Better Self.
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This is a book everyone should read. As  we do not realize who is watching us for better or worse. So always  present our better self.
 Pat Williams  writing is an inspiration to all.
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The author does a wonderful job of creating realistic characters with flaws most of us can easily relate to. Through them and their interactions we recognize areas we can improve and become better ourselves.  Life isn't a smooth and easy ride, but working through family and personal matters with those we love in our family, as we strive to find meaning behind it all, is where true strength and growth is possible.
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an awesome book on how to be a better person and find inner peace in this crazy world we live in! should be read a few times so as to never forget the great wisdom in this small book's pages..highly recommended
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This book provides insight for taking care of yourself.  It is an excellent read for all adults and I highly recommend this book.  As human beings we can allow others and situations to control us but that's not the realty.  We have choices and should accept all outcomes.  This is how we learn to grow as human beings.  Self defense, preparation and simply living life the way we want is available to all.
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Be yourself, just the way you  & treat others with kindness even if they're not nice all the time
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Give this to yourself or anyone in your life that you care about. It's all the basics about learning to be comfortable in your own skin. It's well written and considered a classic in the self-help category.
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I read this years ago and just realized how much it changed my thinking. Everything makes sense when you realize that maturity is learned. It doesn't just come automatically with time. We start life helpless and needing others to meet our needs. Some of our effort goes into getting others to meet our needs, and some of our effort goes into learning to meet our own needs. That's reasonable for children, but if you expect others to meet your needs forever, you do not have a stable foundation for adult life. The only solution is to learn realistic expectations and self-care skills. If you don't learn them sooner you'll have to learn them later because it's the only foundation for a healthy adult life.
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This book teaches one how to live a life with self-confidence and the freedom to be be the best person they can be for themselves and others.
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This powerful book is a classic because it provides the key to peak performance.  Other self-improvement books are based on suboptimal thinking...but suboptimal thinking is the basis of suboptimal performance.  We compromise our best self and settle for second best with suboptimal thinking.  Optimal Thinking has given me peace of mind and the ability to make the most of life.  Read this book and give it to everyone you know.
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First, a quote from the writer-philosopher Elbert Hubbard: "Habit writes itself on the face, and the body is an automatic recording machine. To have a beautiful old age, you must live a beautiful youth, for we ourselves are posterity, and every man is his own ancestor. I am today what I am, because I was yesterday what I was."

Next, my paraphrase of this quote: We are physiologically today what we are, largely because of what we were physiologically 100,000 years ago. But Ms. Gedgaudas makes the case much more scholarly, logically, and thoroughly in the pages of her book. Marry the diet she recommends with a philosophy of life that provides you with healthy self-esteem and you will be living "the good life".
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The lessons in the book, as I see them, are following your intuition; learning who you really are, and the aspects of your personality that are holding you back.

Self-knowledge is vital to success in life and this book helps you begin to learn who you are, truly; Not who you think you are.
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Surrounded by ever-changing and increasing technology, it is a challenge to emerge as an independent, growing and unique individual dependent, not on this technology, but ourselves to create a fulfilling quality of life.  Jennifer Joy Madden offers us an opportunity to step out of this box and fulfill our human potential.  She offers helpful advice on designing your true self so that your environment, mind set, senses and lifestyle is conducive to bringing out the best in you.  This unique book and approach will help you find the uniqueness in you and living life to the fullest.  Pat Britz
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I understand now just how we are all individuals.  I can relate to why I do what I do.  Great book for wanting to a better you.
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This is a good book to let us know why we sometimes behave not as we want. Knowing those impulsive behaviours are not avoidable can ease us to have a happier life and motivate us to go forward to tame and to live peacefully with the primitive brain!
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"Your brain is the captain of who you are. It dictates every action and behavior...When you understand the nature of your brain better, you can take charge of life, and live by design and not by default."

This is a fabulous and very accessible book for anyone interested in living their full potential -- which should basically be everyone.
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Learning how to live with others helps us to see ourselves as we really are, without any blinders.
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There are so many women who have lived the life of the main character, but they keep what happened to themselves and suffer in silence.  I won't spoil it for you, but we always want to see the good in people and don't expect to be hurt by family and friends.  The story in the book is definitely a lesson to love yourself first so that you can always receive the love that you deserve.  I hope that the future generation can learn and grow from some of the lessons outlined in this book.