Book excerpt: Francine Ward helps readers practice commitment and honesty to achieve self-esteem. In this age of instant gratification, extreme makeovers, and fleeting success, Francine Ward offers a decidedly unconventional approach to gaining self-esteem. Earning it. How? With commitment, honesty, and most of all, daily practice. Fifty-Two Weeks of Esteemable Acts is a program of action designed by a woman who transformed her own life of addiction, crime, and dysfunction into one of remarkable integrity, service, and achievement. How? Through the practices of esteemable acts.