One thing many self-help books talk about is self-worth. We need to take account first what God thinks and says, then we need to take account of what he says about us. I propose it should be in this order:
-- What does God want generally
-- What does God want for mankind
-- What does God want for me personally
-- What is the state of my self-worth
Much of the time we think of this in reverse fashion: "How am I worthy right now, and, oh yeah, what does God think?" Or worse: "What about me and what do others thing?"
