Esteemable Acts: 10 Actions for Building Real Self-Esteem - Hardcover

Ward, Francine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0767912187 ISBN 13: 9780767912181

Publisher: Crown Archetype, 2003

Synopsis

A powerhouse motivator shares her strategies for building lifelong self-esteem and tapping the boundless energy and talent within everyone.

Francine Ward is living proof that actions speak louder than words, and leads a life that far exceeds the wildest dream of her youth. By age eighteen, she had dropped out of high school and was battling drug and alcohol addictions. A few years latter, Ward was struck by a car; she was told she would never walk again. Flash-forward two decades and meet a very different Francine Ward: Georgetown law-school graduate, marathon runner, successful businesswoman, tireless community leader. The secret to her turn around? Esteemable acts.

Built on the concepts that led to her own remarkable recovery, Esteemable Acts presents ten specific ways to put self-confidence on the fast track. While other self help books encourage contemplation or verbal affirmations, Esteemable Acts gets readers off the couch and into the vibrant world by teaching them how to walk through fear. From servicing others to career-related activities, each component of Ward’s program pushes the boundaries of comfort zones, proves naysayers wrong, and examines every aspect of life to find hidden opportunities for greater self-love. From and author who is a walking, talking testimonial, this is a groundbreaking new path to courage.

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From the Back Cover:

"Francine Ward is fearless! Her ESTEEMABLE ACTS confronts head-on the anxieties and roadblocks that keep you from living your dreams and improving your life, and takes you step-by-step through fear to self-fulfillment. At once practical and inspirational, her book makes you believe you can be as courageous as she is."
--David A. Fryxell, Editor-in-Chief, Writer's Digest
"Ten practical steps to move you in the direction of more real and lasting self-esteem.  You'll be glad you read this book." 
--Richard Carlson, PhD, Author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff


"Francine Ward's life is a testament to the fact that the most important thing we can do is to love ourselves and to be fully authentic, only then can miracles happen.  This book contains the keys to create a life of success, fulfillment, and joy."
--Jack Canfield, Co-Author of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Co-founder of the National Association for Self-Esteem
"Francine Ward's ten provable actions awaken the inherent, fear-crumbling abilities alive within each one us, inspiring us to become our own best creation through establishing a practice that develops authentic self-esteem and limitless transformation."
--Michael Beckwith, D.D., Author of Forty Day Mind Fast-Soul Feast


"Francine Ward is a walking/talking role model of a confident woman who shows through her everyday esteemable actions that it's never too late to become the person we want to be.  Her book is fully of practical suggestions that have the power to change our lives for the better, if we'll just follow up and put them into practice. An inspiring resource from someone who's been there, done this.  Read it and reap."
--Sam Horn, Author of Tongue Fu! and What's Holding You Back?

About the Author:

A former practicing attorney, FRANCINE WARD is President and CEO of nCompliance, inc., a training and consulting firm specializing in copyrights, trademarks, and employment law issues. She also serves on the board of several nonprofit groups and lectures extensively about self-esteem, delivering more than 200 presentations just in the past two years. She lives in Mill Valley, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Archetype
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0767912187
• ISBN 13: 9780767912181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240