[shrinkermd]

FYI. It is quite easy to put the cart before the horse but it does not work as well.

[Clemenza]

The prisons are filled with men with "high self esteem."

[atomicpossum]

Well, this makes me feel better about lack of self-esteem.

[dirtboy]

People who are busy accomplishing something don't have time to worry about their self-esteem.

[Americanwolf]

They should have focused more on teaching childern personal responsibility instead of try to boost self esteem at any cost...

A little personal responsibility goes a long way.

[Jeff Gordon]

But what about EST? :-)

[starfish923]

Self esteem comes from accomplishments. It starts in the home, from the parents.

Duh.

[BossLady]

I believe self-esteem stems from the ego whereas self-realization stems from connection to the divine...

Big Difference IMHO....

[Joe Bfstplk]

Self esteem always fails because no one can do well all the time.

Self acceptance is a more correct approach. The question changes from 'how am I doing?' to 'what am I doing and how can I perform better?'

[Noachian]

But imagine if a heightened sense of self-worth prompted some people to demand preferential treatment or to exploit their fellows.

This is exactly the kind of thinking that gives rise to monarchies, tyrants, and liberalism.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Gauging the value of self-esteem requires, first of all, a sensible way to measure it. Most investigators just ask people what they think of themselves.

My version of self-esteem: I hate myself a little less than I hate everyone else.

It works for me....

[CincinnatiKid]

bump for later reading

[JmyBryan]

Teachers generally should supply encouragement. They need not worry about self-esteem. Self-esteem, by definition, is self generated. Furthermore, the whole doctrine of happiness as static dimension is a bunch of horsepuckey.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

"The War Against Boys"
by Christina Hoff Somers

An excellent read that completely debunks not only the self-esteem cult, but also the feminazi claim that girls are being left behind. The truth is that boys are falling dangerously behind in large part because of the anti-male cult.

[nmh]

bttt

read later

[NonValueAdded]

Some findings even suggest that artificially boosting self-esteem may lower subsequent performance.

Bingo! The key word: artificially.

[Awestruck]

I believe in self-respect, the kind that must be earned by conducting oneself in a way that benefits society, not detracts from it.

[William Terrell]

Myth. Haw.

Somethings you have to dissect to find the flaw. Somethings you have peel off a couple layers before the BS becomes apparent. But somethings, as soon as you hear them, sheer commonsense reflex brings laughter to the lips and a clod in the hand to heave at the speaker.

[DuncanWaring]

Self-esteem is useless.

Self-respect is priceless.

[The_Reader_David]

In Orthodox Christianity, self-esteem is one of the Eight Grevious Vices cataloged by St. John Cassian in a
work under that title which is included in the first volume of The Philokalia. (The other seven are familiar to Western Christians under the name 'Seven Deadly Sins'.)

The vice of self-esteem tends to make one mired in it uneducable (particularly in spiritual matters, but in my experience in academic matters as well).

[TChris]

Trying to right inappropriate behavior or improve academic achievement by raising self-esteem is like trying to cause the sun to rise by increasing the heat and light in the room.