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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Branden is considered the father of the self-esteem movement. He breaks down what contributes to self esteem and makes important distinctions about what self esteem is not. Not a shallow pop-culture approach, but rather deep, intellectual, meaningful.... Read More

The only issue of this book is its longevity. The only pitfall from my perspective is the language the book written with. There are parts of the book where an example is longer than i thought it should have been and could be summarized a little quicke... Read More

Cons

Too much fluff. The book is horribly written.

The author is so arrogant that i can only take reading a few pages before getting irritated. The author lacks coherence and systematic thought. There is a passage in the first chapter where he writes that he doesn't want to be pedantic and then goes o... Read More

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Highlights

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Quality

It’s direct clear well structured and simple

At a moment where it is so easy to fall back into old habits the six pillars helped snap me out of a negative cycle and reinfor... Read More

You can scroll through and see he covers each pillar in a chapter and then sums everything up at the end

If you are into selfhelp books that feel like your witty bubbly bff is giving you a pep talk—know that this is definitely not t... Read More

Packaging/appearance

Its not that the content is difficult but that it is packaged in a very dry way

Competitiveness

Branden espoused a version of selfesteem that relied on selfefficacy and integrity compared to the popularized versions which e... Read More

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This product had a total of 3,059 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 14 2024.