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Persons Of High Self-esteem Are Not Driven To Make Themselves Superior To Others; They Do Not Seek To Prove Their Value By Measuring Themselves Against A Comparative Standard. Their Joy Is Being Who They Are, Not In Being Better Than Someone Else.

In The Whole History Of Capitalism, No One Has Been Able To Establish A Coercive Monopoly By Means Of Competition In A Free Market...every Single Coercive Monopoly That Exists Or Ever Has Existed...was Created And Made Possible Only By An Act Of Government...which Granted Special Privileges (not Obtainable In A Free Market) To A Man Or A Group Of Men, And Forbade All Others To Enter That Particular Field.

To Accept Struggle As Part Of Life, To Accept All Of It, Even The Darkest Moments Of Anguish; To Be Motivated By Love Rather Than Fear, By Confidence Rather Than Insecurity: These Are The Benchmarks Of High Self-esteem. The Wish To Avoid Fear And Pain Is Not The Motive That Drives The Lives Of Highly Evolved Men And Women; Rather, It Is The Life Force Within Them, Thrusting Toward Its Unique Form Of Expression-the Actualization Of Personal Values.

It Is A Mistake To Look At Someone Who Is Self Assertive And Say, "it's Easy For Her, She Has Good Self-esteem." One Of The Ways You Build Self-esteem Is By Being Self-assertive When It Is Not Easy To Do So. There Are Always Times When Self-assertiven Ess Requires Courage, No Matter How High Your Self-esteem.

Doing More Of What Doesn't Work Doesn't Work.