“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 […]
Why you will fail to have a great career
– Larry Smith
Why you will fail to have a great career Professor Larry Smith @ TEDxUW A professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Larry Smith coaches his students to find the careers that they will truly love. Why you should listen Larry Smith is a professor of economics at University of Waterloo. A […]
On Becoming a Person – Carl Rogers
“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 […]
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
– Oliver Sacks
“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 2) – Gail Sheehy
[ READ Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Part 1) – Gaily Sheehy HERE ] To make the life stages easier to grasp, Sheehy’s innovation was to break them down into easy-to-understand decades. The Twenties In our 20s, we have to work out our path in life, whatever ways of being or doing give us […]
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (Part 1) – Gail Sheehy
“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 […]