Take a moment and think about your childhood for a moment. Go back as far as you can remember. If you have pictures from your childhood, go over them. How do you feel about your childhood? Were you taken good care of by your parents or caretakers? Were you treated well by your family and […]
You might be intelligent, good-looking, rich, or successful, but you might tend to hide those qualities. You might think that you’re humble and don’t like to show off. Think about it. Are you really hiding your positive qualities out of humility? Or is there something else under your behavior? Are you afraid of drawing unwanted […]
I heard about the book the Six Pillars of Self-Esteem almost a decade ago. Unfortunately, I judged it by its name and cover and passed it. The name and cover of the book struck me as old-fashioned back then. This was to be expected because the book was published in 1994. I thought The Six […]
It doesn’t matter that we are adults now. We still perceive the world through the lenses that we have developed in our childhood. We behave according to the belief systems that we have formed in our childhood. Our unprocessed psychological scars from our childhood affect the way we perceive the world and the way we […]
Nathaniel Branden mentions the practice of personal integrity as one of the six pillars of self-esteem in his book with the same title. The other five pillars are the following. The Practice of Living Consciously The Practice of Self-Acceptance The Practice of Self-Responsibility The Practice of Self-Assertiveness The Practice of Living Purposefully Branden emphasizes the […]
Throughout my life, I was a shy guy. In my early twenties, I acted like a cool guy to hide my shyness. I didn’t speak much and didn’t get involved a lot. I didn’t want people to see that I was nervous in social situations. I never spoke up or participated in social life. Deep […]
And this is what to do about it. We, personal development enthusiasts, are usually very harsh on ourselves. We set very high goals. We are never satisfied with our progress. We are critical of ourselves, finding flaws in ourselves and in our lives. Once we fail to achieve our audacious goals, we ignore the progress […]
