A book for 'people pleasers' (as many TMSers are)...

Someone recommended to me the book '50 Sentences That Make Life Easier' by Karin Kuschik and I am wowed by it, so I thought I'd post up about it (essentially just for people to know about and decide to take or leave).

Here a couple of reviews on amazon of the book that I agree with:

"Let’s be real: This book doesn’t coddle you.
It calls you out – lovingly, but with zero fluff.
No rambling theories.
No “just journal on it.”
Just 50 sentences that hit like truth bombs – straight to the gut.
This book isn’t here to fix you.
It’s here to remind you who you are – before the noise, before the doubt, before you started shrinking to fit.
Short. Sharp. Soul-level impact.
If you’ve been talking yourself in circles…
read this. Then say it out loud:
“I’m done hiding.”"

and

"a wonderful little book for recovering people pleasers!"

And here are some abstracts from the book:

"The atmosphere in the Berlin recording studio is frantic. The manager of a well-known folk singer is shouting at the producer and he’s barking back at him. The singer herself appears completely relaxed, sipping her latte. I’m there as the lyricist, and when I ask her how she manages to stay so calm in the midst of all the chaos, she just shrugs and says: ‘I decide who pushes my buttons.’ Wow, what a great line! It’s me who decides?! I immediately resolve to add this sentence to my list of magic mantras. And since then, it’s made my life easier – and those of hundreds of my clients – in wondrous ways."

"To be clear: it’s an illusion to think that circumstances determine how you feel. In reality, the way you feel is and always has been the result of how you, in your very own way, react to those circumstances. If you firmly resolve that from this point on you will decide who or what angers you, you’ll find that you have made a huge step in the right direction."

"Make a deal with yourself, so that your new mantra – ‘I decide who pushes my buttons’ – becomes a part of your mental soundtrack, part of who you are. Because, if it all makes sense to you today but it’s just a fading memory tomorrow, it’s not going to work."