Joanne Salsbury

Where is My Magic?: Beyond Self Esteem Joanne Salsbury

Publisher Marketing: Pygmalion theory has traversed through time supporting unrealistic hopes that someone will see our potential and hand us an easy blueprint for life; thereby, creating a set of expectations to guide us. We allow these expectations to influence our behavior and performance which usually bamboozles us right into surreal confusion. We grumble that no one helped us or took an interest to help us. We need to realize we still create our end result no matter what hand we were dealt. We can expect others will come along to influence our direction in one way or another. That is part of the journey. The hand you were dealt is your blueprint for life. The goal is to become the architect by using pieces of the past and filling in with new pieces to construct a new you. Obviously, positive attitudes and support determine better performance, but if we rely on others for this push, there will be the problem of finding someone who truly has your best interests at heart as this can also work in reverse. Lower expectations will result in poorer performances. You are still your best option for finding your magic! If secret hopes and hidden needs are not in line with others' expectation of us, effort to maintain integrity becomes difficult when we respond to a problematic crossroad. Be the example of what you want to become! Your visions and hopes could be your look into a future already planned. You just need to figure out how to get there! Joanne has layered information throughout all three books (The Many Faces of Self Esteem and Obtaining the Pearl) and now "Where is My Magic?" She is intent on expanding options to include new explanations and visualize beyond our noses. Life is not black and white! There is not only gray, but all colors of the prism with shades of each color spinning off into other shades. New explanations can affect our physical and emotional health and will create our magic through effort, prayer and wishing again upon that star! There truly is magic coming to us if we believe and follow our own heart!