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THE BIG IDEAS The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
The Six Pillars The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem by the Leading Prioneer in the Field
Of self-esteem. BY NATHANIEL BRANDEN · BANTAM © 1995 · 368 PAGES
Practice
Create self-esteem.
Living Consciously
Pillar #1. “Apart from disturbance whose roots are biological, I cannot think of a single
psychological problem—from anxiety and depression, to underachievement at school
Self-Acceptance
Pillar #2. or at work, to fear of intimacy, happiness, or ess, to alcohol or drug abuse,
Self-Responsibility to spouse battering or child molestation, to co-dependency and sexual disorders,
Pillar #3. to passivity and chronic aimlessness, to suicide and crimes of violence—that is
Self-Assertiveness not traceable, at least in part, to the problem of deficient self-esteem. Of all the
Pillar #4. judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.”
Living Purposefully
~ Nathaniel Branden from The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
Pillar #5.
What Must I Do? Nathaniel Branden is a smart dood. Big brain. Very big brain.
Well, what must you do?
He’s the leading authority on the science of self-esteem and, in addition to the big brain/wisdom,
Self-Discipline he has a fascinating life story.
& petence.
Personal Integrity Na