Self-Esteem and How It Affects Virtually Every Aspect Of Our Life

No one who is familiar with my writings will be surprised to learn that one of my favorite subjects is self-esteem and how it affects virtually every aspect of our life. Even if I seem to be writing about something else, sooner or later self-esteem has a way of being...

Self-Esteem as a Spiritual Discipline

Hello, everyone! Think about this and tell me what you think. SELF-ESTEEM AS A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE Four decades ago, when I began lecturing on self-esteem, the challenge was to persuade people that the subject was worthy of study. Almost no one was talking about...

All About Responsibility

SELF-ESTEEM AND RESPONSIBILITY To achieve a healthy level of self-esteem, you must be able to accept who you are and be confident about your decisions and behavior. But there is another important ingredient in the development of self-esteem that is often overlooked —...

Reflections on Happiness

The following thoughts, originally posted to an electronic mailing list, are now part of the introduction to Dr. Branden’s recent book, Taking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life. THE BASIC DISPOSITION TOWARD HAPPINESS During the past three years, I...

It’s Your Life, So Make the Most of It

Originally published in Bottom Line Personal 9/1/00. Reprinted by permission. One of the most important ingredients in your personal development is taking real responsibility for your actions. This requires that you consciously become the cause of the results that you...

Self Concept is Destiny

SELF-CONCEPT IS DESTINY I I met her when she came to a workshop I was conducting on “Self-esteem and the Art of Being.” She was thirty-two years old, pretty, and worked as a receptionist in a law firm. Early in life she had decided that she knew what she was – “a bad...