“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.” Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and high self-esteem is the difference between passivity and action, between failure and success. Now, one of America’s foremost psychologists and a pioneer in self-esteem development […]
Learn from Failures – James Dyson
January 23, 2015 By
“The key to success is failure… Success is made of 99 percent failure.” Sir James Dyson, CBE (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his net […]
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
– David D. Burns
January 19, 2015 By
“When two people respect each other, the ability to be vulnerable and to reveal hurt feelings can create a powerful emotional connection that is the source of real intimacy and friendship.” The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other “black holes” of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, […]
On Becoming a Person – Carl Rogers
January 11, 2015 By
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of “client-centered therapy.” His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious […]
Phantoms in the Brain
– V. S. Ramachandran
December 27, 2014 By
“Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars.” Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his […]
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
– Oliver Sacks
December 22, 2014 By
“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.” In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of […]
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Part 1) – Gail Sheehy
December 13, 2014 By
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” At last, this is your story. You’ll recognize yourself, your friends, and your loves. You’ll see how to use each life crisis as an opportunity for creative change — to grow to your full potential. Gail Sheehy’s brilliant road map […]
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
– B. F. Skinner
November 20, 2014 By
“Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.” Beyond Freedom and Dignity is a book written by American psychologist B. F. Skinner and first published in 1971. The book argues that entrenched belief in free will and the moral autonomy of the individual (which Skinner referred to as “dignity”) hinders the prospect of using scientific methods to modify behavior […]
