Life Strategies was the second Dr. Phil book I read and I found it to be the same as the first: helpful, encouraging, and full of good strategies you can really use. I also found that after you have read one of Dr. Phil’s books it is almost as if you have read them all, if you can read between the lines. It is like watching a remake with the same plot only the way the characters work their way through is similar rather than the same. Also with a remake, you may chose to omit some characters as I feel Dr. Phil has done here. I'd suggest Self Matters if you're thinking of purchasing this book. It deals with much of the same principles addressed here with the added advantage of simplicity and more intensive self-shaping.
Life Strategies doesn’t accomplish quite as much as I would have hoped for, but it’s not a complete waste of time.