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Enhancing Your
Self-Esteem
BY TINA GILBERTSON
Self-esteem is often defined in
terms of self-evaluation: how do
we rate ourselves and our abilities?
But evaluative definitions lead
to misconceptions, even among
psychologists. Have you ever known
someone who bragged openly and
frequently about how great he was,
belittling others in the process? Did
you think, “That guy has way too
much self-esteem”? That’s not selfesteem;
it’s arrogance, conceit, or
narcissism. You can easily have too
much of those, but there’s no such
thing as too much self-esteem. That
would be like too much health; it
makes no sense.
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