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I’ve mentioned my self-esteem file in previous posts. Of all my weapons employed in the war against negative thinking, this simple exercise is among the most

Does your self-esteem depend on your recent successes?

Many people who think of themselves as having low self-esteem don't have chronically low self-esteem, their self-esteem is better described as fluctuating. They feel good when they're having success and feel terrible when they're not getting the response they desire from the world.

Here are some tips for smoothing out the bumps in your self-esteem AND having more success.

Certain concepts get entrenched in popular as well as professional psychology.  They remain in common usage long after the field has come to a better or fuller understanding of the phenomenon.  It seems to me that in becoming clichés these ideas prevent us from understanding the psychological processes involved and from approaching them in a truly constructive way.  Here are some of the concepts that most obviously cause me trouble...