Thursday, May 07, 2015

Principles of Self-Esteem

Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

1.  Living Consciously: The practice of being aware of what one is doing while one is doing it; or, mindfulness. 

2.  Accept Yourself:  The practice of owning truths regarding one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; of being kind toward oneself with respect to them; and of being "for" oneself in a basic sense.

3.  Take Responsibility for Your Experiences: The practice of owning one's authorship of one's actions and of owning one's capacity to be the cause of the effects one desires.

4.  Assert Who You Are: the practice of treating one's needs and interests with respect and of expressing them in appropriate ways.

5.  Live Purposely: The practice of formulating goals and of formulating and implementing action plans to achieve them.

6.  Maintain Your Integrity: The practice of maintaining alignment between one’s behaviors and convictions.


-  Nathaniel Branden, Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, 1995



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