Note: this is the digest version of the extended essay analyzing how self-esteem is the root cause of all personal problems.
All your personal struggles boil down to the single cause: a faulty self-esteem.
The lower the esteem, the more fearful you become. It permeates in all areas: learning (all growing involves risk), school or job performance, [...]
Imagine yourself on a crowded bus, or a train. You’ve secured yourself a seat. Lots of people standing.
One of them is an oldish looking lady, with a few bags that look heavy.
You get up out of your seat and gesture to her that she can sit down.
Her disgruntled response: “Hey, don’t insult me. [...]
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances.
- Viktor Frankl
If you are trying to be happy, that means you are not, currently. You are waiting or searching for external something so that you can be happy.
And you will fail.
Don’t try. Be happy. [...]
