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Is it possible to be truly successful as a person? Or must we, as most of us do, continue to live our lives feeling in some way trapped and oppressed, frustrated, irritable, haunted by worries and regrets, creating misery for ourselves and others?
In 'The Successful Self', leading psychologist Dorothy Rowe shows us how to live more comfortably and creatively within ourselves by achieving a fuller understanding of how we experience our existence and how we perceive the threat of its annihilation.
She demonstrates how to develop the social and personal skills we lack, retaining the uniqueness of our individuality while becoming an integral part of the life around us and learning how to value and accept ourselves.
With the originality, clarity and unfailing wisdom she has become famous for, Dorothy Rowe enables us to revolutionise our own lives and the lives of others in the process of becoming a Successful Self.
‘A very brightly written book that intriguingly makes you question something most of us discuss: do we really like ourselves? Then it goes on to help us do so’
MAVIS NICHOLSON
‘Dorothy Rowe's books are so exceptional. Rowe has not just common sense but wisdom and real writing gifts. It's pleasurable to read her blend of quoted poetry, proper and powerful prose and good jokes’
OBSERVER
‘Dr Dorothy Rowe has qualities which to my mind place her somewhere between sainthood and genius’
FAY WELDON
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It is written in friendly language and there is always something new to learn about yourself. It it filled with achieveable examples. I found the work on laddering extremely interesting and valuable.
She's prone to make sweeping generalisations without backing them up with evidence. I really lost my faith in her after her claim, a third of the way into the book, that all marriages, with no exceptions, are made up of one introvert and one extravert. I can just about swallow the idea that we all fall into one of two personality types, but the idea that no-one ever marries anyone of the same type is risible.
Some of the advice is worryingly impractical, too. Rowe describes how she used to be oversensitive to criticism, and so developed the habit of regarding everyone who criticised her as a fool. Surely that's just going from one extreme to another, and swapping one problem for another.
Insofar as there is wisdom in this book it can be summed up: shy types need to ensure they get out a bit; people persons need to ensure they get a few quiet moments. It shouldn't need 280 pages to say that. This book could do with heavy editing and a bit of nuance.
If you truly want to know yourself and your strengths and weaknesses, if you want to take a massive step forward in growing up and taking responsibility, then read this.
Brilliantly written as ever and backed up by nothing but facts - this woman does her homework - it is like a thriller, only real.
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