I generally try to abstain from criticizing articles too much, but this one bothers me a little bit — mainly because it is one among many of the numerous articles and blog posts popping up nowadays that advocate for the same general behavior: "focus on yourself".<p>I felt uncomfortable after I finished reading this and looked up some of the author's other work. See the reviews of her most recent book here:<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Slow-Love-Pajamas-Found-Happiness-ebook/product-reviews/B0052RGBW2" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Slow-Love-Pajamas-Found-Happiness-eboo...</a><p>In addition to having nominating her own work for national awards, there's an odd discrepancy between the generally positive distribution of ratings and the sheer number of upvotes on the <i>lowest rated</i> reviews as sorted by "Most Helpful".<p>I feel that articles that encourage people to have higher self-esteem and more self-confidence are, generally speaking, a good thing; however, the problem starts occurring when the focus is <i>entirely</i> on yourself. I feel like this theme of "be good to yourself; you deserve it", "sorry not sorry", and "you don't need anyone else to make you happy" falls only on the ears of those who are already far too absorbed in themselves.<p>It's peculiar because (at least in my experience), I've found that the people who actually <i>need</i> to read articles like this are those who already give too much of themselves to other people, yet secretly wonder if they are too selfish. Whereas those who <i>are</i> too selfish read these articles and think, "Hey that's me! I need to quit letting other people walk all over me. I need to care about myself more", when in reality they need to move in the other direction and care <i>less</i> about themselves.