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The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

By: Dr. Nathaniel Branden
Narrated by: Dr. Nathaniel Branden
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In The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Nathaniel Branden presents the culminating achievement of a lifetime of clinical practice and research. In this penetrating and provocative program, he conclusively demonstrates the importance of self-esteem in our quest for psychological health, personal achievement, and positive relationships.

"Yet how do we gain true self-esteem?" Dr. Branden introduces the six pillars of self-esteem - six action-based practices for daily living. Here for the first time are simple but powerful exercises for increasing personal awareness and effectiveness. Exploring the importance of self-esteem in the workplace, parenting, education, psychotherapy, and society, Dr. Branden provides guidelines for those responsible for fostering self-esteem in others - and shows why a culture of self-esteem is imperative for survival in the 21st century.

©1994 Nathaniel Brandon (P)2000 Audio Renaissance

Critic Reviews

"The father of the concept of self-esteem has written his masterpiece." (Warren Bennis)
"The ultimate work on self-esteem. Truly a classic." (T. George Harris, former editor of American Health and Psychology Today)

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lots of words for delivered content

admittedly many books are like this. To do all exercises every day I think would take more time than I have.

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Not great

Prefer the book over the audio version. Not sufficient details as in the actual book. The book is really good and I recommend the book.

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Relatable and practical for transforming my life

Excellent insight, very relatable for me. I enjoyed the breakdown of how certain belief systems in religion messes up a child's self esteem. Also enjoyed the breakdown of the treatment from parents and teachers that effect self esteem.

Also found the stem sentence exercises very useful in bringing transformation in my life.

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Promising, but shallow

Dr Gabor Mate's more modern, less biased work gave me a much more thorough system of thinking to reflect on

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Meh

Not sure if it's just me being burnt out by too many self development books, but this never grabbed me and took me ages to finish.
If you're not engaged and there are large gaps in your listening you're probably not going to get much from any book, so I'll put this one down to "just me".

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Not life changing, but makes a lot of sense.

The best takeaway from this book for me was explaining how to compliment, reward or reprimand the actions of our children instead of the children themselves. This makes so much sense and explains a lot of what I'm seeing with my own children going through school with teachers and systems that don't build self esteem no matter how hard they try.

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Great advice

Great advice, but often bored me to sit through especially when sitting for longer then 30mins.

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Practical and succinct

A succinct guide with practical exercises that are helpful in rebuilding self esteem. Highly recommend.

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Played it on repeat

Great concepts to be reminded of daily, get back to this book over and over again when I feel like I hit a slump

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Sensational and life changing

I have listened to this book more than once. This 3 hrs is more precious and valuable than any university courses. It will change your life for the better.

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