self-esteem

“In fact, it's academic performance is inversely related to self-esteem.”

“Their self-esteem comes from two things. One is from feeling unconditionally loved and adored and valued and delighted in. But the second is from being able to get their needs met, to do things well in the world.”

“There was this idea that, like, The reason why kids started to use drugs and misbehave is because they had poor self-esteem, and that the way to help kids was to have, was to praise them, have, that gives them good self-esteem, but there was, the data don't su…”

“And while it's important to have a healthy self-esteem, it's not empirically related to excellence in any way, shape, or form.”