“Theres a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you dont need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.”

“Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan but to have any meaning or viability at all a life plan must include intimate relationships.”

“Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan but to have any meaning or viability at all a life plan must include intimate relationships.”

“Online review sites are the slushpiles of feedback.”

“Neither care too much nor too little about the feedback of others.”

“Theres a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you dont need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.”

“What work a person does to earn a viable income shapes their thinking patterns, buttresses their sense of self-worth, and affects how they adapt to predictable and unpredictable obstacles.”

“You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.”

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”