Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.*

You feel good inside only if they decide to administer some praise to you.

One small step toward self-love, the step being a recognition of your present-moment put-down and a decision to act differently.

Your self is sacrificed to the opinions and predelictions of others.

Immobilization: A state, however mild or serious, in which you are not functioning at the level that you would like to. If feelings lead to such a state, you need to look no further for a reason to get rid of them.

Have you eliminated all blame and fault-finding in your life? (Chapter VII)

“Why are you telling me this?” or “Is there anything I can do to help you with this?”

First you must destroy the myth that you have one single self-concept, and that it is either positive or negative all of the time.

You make yourself unhappy because of the thoughts that you have about the people or things in your life.