Best known as Dr. Phil, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw has long been a favorite on The Oprah Winfrey Show. His realistic approach to life's challenges and his "tell-it-like-it-is" style are perfectly captured in this collection of daily thoughts, affirmations, and calls to action -- the short, succinct gems Oprah has dubbed "Philisms."

As television audiences and readers of his bestselling books, Self Matters, Life Strategies, and Relationship Rescue have learned, Dr. Phil has no time or patience for the "everyone's a victim" philosophy that permeates American culture. Instead, he focuses on encouraging people to face life as it really is, avoid denial, inertia, and self-deception, and take control of their own destinies. Distilling his philosophy into 365 factual, compassionate, and sometimes funny insights, Philisms covers everything from relationships to self-esteem to finding your authentic self. There is sage advice on how to create your own life (instead of letting life create you); concise and clever guidelines for discovering your core values, goals, strengths