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I find the questions and exercises in the book thought-provoking. My favorite one is the "I AMs" followed by the "To-Be List".
Your To-Be list should consist of “I AMs” that inspire confidence in you so you act with conviction.

1. What current “I AMs,” on my To-Be list support me?
2. What “I AMs” should I add that will have me explore more of life?
3. What “I AMs” should I add that would help me solve the problems I’m stuck with?
4. What “I AMs” should I delete from the list that are hampering me?

As you can see, my "look Inside yourself" have been given a more clearer directions with these exercises.

I love that you caught onto the value of 'appreciating and celebrating' after a job well done, Lydia. Lot's of folks, including me, can skip that one.

If we decide today that we will no longer overlook our successful endeavors, like they're nothing special, then we will find tomorrow that when we set out to do something productive, and we do it, we will appreciate our achievement much more. And that's because we will see how it challenges and strengthens our many hidden talents and qualities.

That 5th step of the Maestro Monologue is not to be underrated Rob

Wow, Etini... I am glad you have made it a point to ask continually, "Am I over-applying my nervous reaction when I get stuck in a situation?" I wrote that in my book in a spontaneous moment, when the question just, out of nowhere, occurred to me.

We use the mind to heal the mind when we rid the mind of what is worthless to the mind. And over-applying nervous reactions are undoubtedly worthless. They become mental prison-bars that lock us in an agitated state of mind, which the Intruder loves.

I'm feeling like I'm reading my own book for the first time by paying attention to what you folks have paid attention to while reading my book. Thank you Rob

I enjoyed the initial task of writing down my "I AM"s. It was a powerful beginning that set a precedent for chapters to come. The precedent being one of active participation.

The “appreciation and celebration” task is one I found interesting. After reading the book, I have become less hard on myself thanks to this task. Just yesterday, I treated myself to a nice slice of pizza following my completion of a mini project I set out to achieve last week. Even if I completed it behind schedule, giving myself a pat in the back for completing it in itself felt nice.

Do to my busy schedule and studies, I completely forgot to do some execrise in this book. But now I will definitely try them out to see if they will be helpful.

I did find a lot of the exercises impractical and unfortunately, could not relate to a lot of them. I trust that it benefitted many people though.

Yes! I did a couple of the exercises in the book, and although I no longer do them often, I think they were very effective and life changing.

Honestly, I never really sat down and "did" the exercises. I read the book and did the exercises on the fly in my head. However, I do notice that even when I quickly did these, they still really helped me out. While I'm certain that I didn't get the best benefits from these exercises, my favorite one would still have to be the can-NOT exercise.

I practiced self-appreciation and praise, as well as removing negative thoughts from my daily existence. This encounter was very refreshing and beneficial to me. This is because I am too harsh on myself, and as I let go of that, I felt lighter inside. For any accomplishments, I treat and reward myself. I've learned to appreciate myself.
 

The exercises helped. However, they don't offer instant results. I had to keep practicing them, and with time, I dealt with the can-NOTS

Yes. I did some exercises in this book. The exercises in chapter 2 and chapter 5 were the ones I did. I would do the rest now that you have reminded me of it. I need to engage more in many self-talks as I can see they empower one. When you say you believe you can do something, you would find yourself doing it.

I have found, even thought I wrote this book, that there are always three stoppers that stop me from engaging in the exercises of my book:

1) I must put a reminder in place where I will see it every morning. Why? Because the Intruder (that unwanted mental house guest that thrives on my feeling flawed about myself), will busy me with distractions so I will forget.
2) I must be willing to notice things I do that I prefer not to do, that I would not do if I engaged in the exercises in my book. Simply noticing motivates me.
3) And the third is to get over the thought that there are just three barriers, for the Intruder has a thousand little tricks to trip me up when it comes to engaging in these exercises

Hope that helps Rob

I enjoyed the exercises. I didn't keep up with all, though, but the ones I did made me think deeper than I would naturally think about myself, and it actually helped me discover things that I had not realised before.

While all the exercises are wonderful, I liked the one in chapter 2 the most. I usually find it hard to keep up with exercises in self-help books but I stuck with this one and I must say I'm seeing positive changes.