Pathways to Lasting Self-Esteem is based on the author's experience as a psychotherapist with his low self-esteem clients. Dr. Gross recognizes the tenacity of low self-esteem, yet he affirms that much can be done to raise it. In Pathways to Lasting Self-Esteem he distinguishes his unique approach to raising self-esteem from the many superficial manipulations commonly ineffective in making a durable impact.

How people experience themselves affects every moment of their existence. Their self-evaluation is the basic context in which they act and react, choose their values, set their goals, meet the challenges of life. Their responses to events are shaped in part by who and what they think they are-how competent and worthy they perceive themselves to be.

Branden, psychotherapist and specialist in the field of self-esteem psychology, here offers a "how-to" follow-up to his popular Honoring The Self (Tarcher, 1984) that gives a detailed account of the importance of self-acceptance in human existence. Intended for use without the aid of a psychotherapist, Branden's book shows that there are many paths to self-esteem...

This grandfather of all people-skills books was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies, and it is just as useful today, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated.