Această carte acoperă problemele de autoapreciere, confuzie, raţiune, responsabilitate, scop, identitate, disciplină, provocând adeseori cititoarea să râdă de ea însăşi. Dar cel mai important lucru este că îţi dai seama de limitarea încrederii de sine, de aprecierile negative personale şi de aşteptările prosteşti prin impunerea unor ţeluri imposibile şi prin alegerea unor căi otrăvite de realizare.  Toate acestea sunt redate într-un stil foarte raţional, comic şi cu picioarele pe pământ. Este cartea pe care vrei s-o citeşti mereu din nou şi la care să apelezi oridecâte ori crezi că ai nevoie.

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If you like your personal development books very blunt, very British, and wryly accurate, this one is for you. Vicky Barker reaches clear back into the Valley of Confusion to take her frazzled sisters by the hand and lead them to the Mountain of Clarity. Yes, this is a book very specifically for women. You guys out there may enjoy it and benefit from it, but don't expect to feel like Vicky is talking to you. She's talking only to the girlfriends, from a thoroughly empathetic perspective.

She starts by introducing us to the Character Assassins who keep us stalled in the City of Doom. These harpies may be more familiar to you by the names Limiting Self-Belief, Negative Self-Talk, Foolish Expectations, and Poisonous Patterns. You may also recognize their work in your business. Do you have the thought that you may not be cut out for Network Marketing success? See Assassin #1. Do you listen to nasty Miss Negative Self-Talk each time a prospect turns down the opportunity you've presented? Did you perhaps have the Foolish Expectation that Network Marketing would somehow solve all your problems in six months, whether you put any effort in or not? Meet Assassin #3. Don't go off in a Poisonous Pattern of blaming yourself if you answered yes to any of the above. These gals are professionals; they are good at assassinating your character. Vicky wants to introduce you to the Guardian Angels who can provide you with equally professional protection.

But first you have to unbolt The Gate to get out of the City of Doom. Don't worry-- each bolt is a good characteristic you will need against the Assassins. By unlocking your own Self-Awareness, Choice, and Reason, you open yourself to the work of your ten Guardian Angels-- ladies like Courage, Health, and Humor-- who have already been with you, in you. That time you tripped on the way to the microphone at the national conference-- remember how your little joke put everyone at ease? Or maybe your products have restored your health, and with it your drive and commitment. Your Assassin-fighting Angels are simply waiting for you to consciously put them to work.

If all this sounds like a light-hearted take on already-familiar personal development material, you're right. You may well hear Carol McCall's voice in some sections of the book, and Brian Klemmer's in others (if you have been fortunate enough to work with both of those great coaches). Vicky blended all the books she read, all the seminars she attended, and all her hours with an analyst into the message she felt most benefited her. It is a message I plan on rereading to keep me on track with my own self-esteem and happiness. I think you'll enjoy it, too.

Tina Howell

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