1. Your thoughts create a corresponding response
2. Understanding your response to events
3. Your thoughts shape your self-esteem
4. Negative thinking patterns:
   • All or nothing thinking— A black and white world with no shades of gray
   • Overgeneralizing and living in absolutes (always/never syndrome)
   • Blaming others
   • Self-blame
   • Taking situations personally
   • Relying on your emotions to interpret reality
   • Worrying all the time
5. Conscious awareness
6. Detach in peace
7. Being and staying present
8. Mastering the inner game of self-esteem