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THE SELF-WORTH SAFARI
Valuing your life and your work
In your career and work, finances, and indeed all areas of life, experience the transformative power of a key relationship—the friendship you have with yourself.
The Self-Worth Safari invites us on a powerful adventure to uncover this intrinsic state of value, which is ultimately untouched by changing fortune. Where you are called to explore:
- Why our culture of self-esteem is creating unhappiness and depression
- The difference between self-worth and self-esteem
- How to build self-esteem in relationships, work, self-image and friendship
- The power of being a loyal friend to yourself
- Shifting from proving oneself to valuing oneself
- The benefits of self-worth in life and in work
- Discovering new levels of resilience, creativity, performance, joy and freedom
When readers discover the distinction between self-worth and self-esteem, they often find the roots of their anxiety and insecurity. Freed from the tyranny of self-esteem, they discover a new lease on happiness and freedom. Along the journey, seven self-worth shifts reorient our perspective. Through simple, practical actions, we train ourselves to step off the hamster wheel of self-esteem and onto the untrodden paths of self-worth. By applying these shifts through six key “terrains” of life — the body, relationships and family, career and work, money and status, friendship and environment and leisure — we develop a faithful ally in challenging times. We better rebound from setbacks, find new meaning in what we do and honour ourselves as a valuable member of any enterprise or team.
The Self-Worth Safari is for anyone looking for more energy, confidence and a deeper belief in themselves. This could include people in career transition, young professionals, independent professionals and leaders who want to inspire others. While the majority of the people in the pilot groups were aged between 25-45, some of the people who appreciated the shifts were also in the 50s and 60s.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Niland is a Self-Worth Activist, advocating for deeper value of ourselves and others, to replace the current culture of conditional self-esteem.
A self-worth approach brings fresh value to life and work by…
- Replacing endless self-assessment with new freedom and wellbeing
- Replacing the craving for validation with fresh courage, confidence and creativity
- Filling the hunger for belonging with a deep connection to self and others
- Replacing stressful striving with joy
John is the author of the book “The Self-Worth Safari” and founder of Self-Worth Academy, bringing together an international spectrum of practitioners who share a belief in the power of self-worth.
Previous books include “Hidden Value”, “Opportunity Conversations” and “The Courage to Ask” (co-authored with Kate Daly). Since 2000, he is well known as a speaker at professional conferences and has coached hundreds of professionals to grow revenue and reputation, via an approach based on professional identity.


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