Dr Phillip C McGraw Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters

Dr. Phil, brought to fame by his participation on the Oprah Winfrey show, demonstrates an uncanny knack to say what people need to here in this book. His "10 Laws of Life" show remarkable have similarity to the work of Don Web and other "Left Hand Path" authors. His message is a simple and straight forward one: you are responsible for your life, accountable for your actions and the maker of your own independence and happiness. Chapter by chapter, the author guides the reader along the process of overhauling their sense of personal accountability and capacity to sustain meaningful relationships and obtain successful outcomes.

I feel that this was one of the most significant books I have ever read. The life changes that have followed since I have begun to put Dr. Phil's _Life Lessons_ to the test have been phenomenally positive. His style might be a little too "sportsy" and Middle-American for some readers to identify with completely. For those who are looking for a hard and fresh approach to self-healing, however, I highly recommend giving this book a chance.

There are many self-help books that aim to change the direction our life is heading. This book is excellent and I think the best self-help book available. Its approach is simple: to make you analyse every part of your life, strip it bare and then provide you with the knowledge to design a life strategy that will enable you to go in the direction you want. Each chapter corresponds to a particular strategy and provides bucket fulls of info, examples and assignments to help you.

At the end of the book, all the life strategies are brought together and there is a whole chapter on how to design your personal strategy. You must be willing to do the assignments and be disturbingly honest with yourself if the book is to be useful.