46. You are going to read some reviews of self-help books. For questions 46 - 50, choose the best answer from sections A - D below. Some of the choices may be required more than once.A The last self-help book you'll ever need by Paul PearsallIn
this book, Pearsall explores the tendency for proponents of self-help therapy to substitute clichés for serous thought. Hackneyed fallacies like 'be all that you can be', 'live up to your full potential', 'nurture and understand your inner child',
are just a few of the arguably silly fabrications that masquerade as legitimate advice, and Pearsall exposes them to the light of scientific scrutiny. Primarily, this book advocates accepting that you may never become a concert pianist or an iinternational
footballer, and concentrating on achieving what is within your reach. You can derive more happiness from life, he suggests, when you appreciate your current situation and those around you. Were people less caught up in the misconception that they
should be happier and more fulfilled, they probably wouldn't be so discontented. Pearsall sees much of what we might term 'therapeutic culture as based on rather
questionable remedies that over time have gained the status of unassailable truth. He effectively explores the validity of these assertions from a more objective, down-to-earth perspective.B Instant confidence by Paul McKennaMcKenna
puts forward the notion that people who feel they lack confidence are in fact confident - if only in the belief that they have no confidence! He offers techniques to help people develop their hitherto suppressed abilities and apply these to situations
in which they may be of use. Many of his suggestions follow well-known coaching concepts familiar to practitioners of neuro-linguistic programming. However, the bock
is written in a refreshingly down-to-earth style that avoids the almost incomprehensible jargon which some self-help practitioners are prone to! One of McKenna's key ideas is to encourage people to visualise and experience as far as possible what
'the confident you' will be like. He advocates the simple use of a technique which helps to reframe negative 'inner thoughts' in a 'positive' way. Don't expect to develop instant or total confidence as a result of reading this book, but if you follow
the suggestions and practise them, you should make some progress.C Help: How to become slightly happier and get a bit more done by Oliver BurkemanThis is a genuinely useful book; the writer really does want us to become slightly happier
and get bit more done, just as the title promises us. In a winning aside, he says that 'adding an exclamation mark to the title of your book isn't necessarily gong to help make it fun, (There are some exceptions.)' And this is an exception, because
it is fun, and can be read for pleasure even if you judge your self-management and feelings of personal fulfilment to be in good shape. I like to think that a decent prose style is one of the guarantors of sanity, and Burkeman has a lovely turn of
phrase, neither too dry nor too flashy; but a sort of just-rightness that makes his pronouncements sound wholly trustworthy. In short, Help is win-win. Should you find yourself prone to those niggling difficulties which, though surmountable, are disproportionately
aggravating, then you'll find solace and good counsel here.D Feel the fear and do it anyway by Susan JeffersThe subject of this book rests on the following premise: fear is a necessary and essential element of life and pushing through
fear is actually less frightening than living with a feeling of helplessness. Susan Jeffers highlights the paradox that whilst we seek the security of a life free of fear, this creates an environment in which we are denied the satisfaction of achievement
or development. The result is a no-win situation in which we experience both a fear of change and fear of staying the same. The book introduces a progression of truths which illuminate the crippling effects of fear and build the case for taking action
to address the problem. Given that you accept these truths, you can change your attitude and approach. A number of simple models and techniques are engagingly presented through a series of first-hand accounts of people at various stages of succumbing
to or addressing their fears. When strung together, these provide a structured programme with which you may set about changing your attitude and raising your self-awareness and self-esteem.About which book is the following stated?It presents ideas in language that is accessible to the non-specialist.