Hi, We are new online mental health and wellness site. We are looking for board of advisers who can help us develop it. We'll be testing it in a week or so and...
When you get money in the stock market it's because someone else made a mistake and lose it. And it's kinda weird, because you place your sell order based on...
The preface sent was ridiculous on oh-so-many levels. It is as if the author assumes that all human beings have a dark side in which the 'weakness' of...
<snip> ... I am not that familiar with the stock market, but I don't think it works the way you suggest. When I go to buy stock, it is not, as I understand it,...
"http://www.conspire.com/val.html" "In 1969, Vallee published another groundbreaking book, Passport to Magonia, in which he collected a body of folkloric...
Kendall- Thank you. It is always nice to hear that one's ramblings have made some sort of an impression on someone else. Neotalk is another list (yahoo) for...
One of the most significant characteristics of self-esteem is that it is a state of one who is at war neither with self nor others. — Nathaniel Branden I...
Hi Michael - I believe the quote is from _Six Pillars of Self-Esteem_, in the chapter on self-acceptance, but I am not sure. In any case, I think the last two...
Hi Jeffrey, I appreciate your comments. I too come from a background of guarding against loneliness, and still find it difficult to accept my need for ...
Very perceptive to have notice those two words. I am wondering if NB was pointing the finger towards parents when he said "others" since they are the primary...
Hi Michael - ... I used to do this as well--I thought that my loneliness made me "noble"--i.e. I was too good for this world. I feel much more at peace, though...
Michael. Try this. No "war" is necessary because stopping harm to oneself from without is only being self responsible, thus enhancing further self esteem,...
I would have to agree with that. However, when we stop becoming victims and take control of our own lives it can be amazing how we stop attracting controlling...
I didn't see any discussion about the USA Today article talking about the resurgence in interest in Atlas Shrugged on the part of executives. That was...
If I am interpreting your message corretly you stated you didn't see a post related to the article in this forum but you read the article and thought it was ...
Janni-- I would like to learn more. I also am disadvantaged! technically. Am I sending this to you personally. If not, send my your private e-mail address.!...
It is possible for others to be at war with you, while you are not at war with them. It is a common theme in Rand's books that, when attacked by the...
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Hi Blackbellringer, I very much agree that everything you've mentioned greatly impedes the achievement of self-esteem. I also agree with you that refusing to...
I've recently purchased Nathaniel Branden's 20 lecture series on psychology. (recorded sometime between '71 and '80) And I've started to listen to them. I...
The gray areas of my life are the places I bend, I sway, I move around and give way to the differences in personality between myself and other people. I can...
... I can highly recommend Daniel C. Dennett's "Consciousness explained" and "Darwin's dangerous idea" (Ch. 5: "Who's Afraid of Reductionism", but the rest of...
Thank you to both Peter and Bill for their comments. ... explained" and ... but ... Thank you for the suggestions. I will definitely look them up. ... I would...
... The question is what exactly is meant by "reducible to the laws of physics", i.e. is it just reductionism or "greedy reductionism"? According to the...
NB opposed (in that lecture) both types of the reductionism you mention. He opposes, as I understand it, the idea that our mental processes are ONLY a result...