Part III

Changing Your Negative Thoughts and Coming to Grips with Being a Perfectionist

Head to www.dummies.com/extras/selfesteem for a free article that gives you many examples of methods to change the way you talk to yourself.

In this part …

• Negative thoughts are directly related to experiencing low self-esteem. Identify the types of negative thought patterns you normally use and discover how to turn them into positive ones.
• A special type of negative thinking is perfectionism. Become familiar with the characteristics of perfectionism and its many drawbacks as well as where perfectionist thoughts, feelings, and actions begin.
• Transform your perfectionist tendencies to instead become a high achiever who has healthy self-esteem.