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H. Paul Putman III, MD

Character Sketches: Values, Utopia, and a Man Undeterred

We have been discussing in this series the link between values and self-esteem: how defining the former can inform conscious choices...

H. Paul Putman III, MD

Character Sketches: Maintaining Self-Esteem During Bad Times

Joshua Waitzkin, the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer,[1],[2] describes in his own book, The Art of Learning: An...

H. Paul Putman III, MD

Character Sketches: Is Self-Esteem Valuable?

We can create good self-esteem through identifying personal values we choose from society, then ensuring that our behavior supports...

H. Paul Putman III, MD

Character Sketches: Which Values are Valuable?

Self-esteem can be built by behavior consistent with personal values. Previous posts[1] have shown that this process works essentially...

H. Paul Putman III, MD

Character Sketches: Creating & Maintaining Self-Esteem

“…everyone else would have done it.” Mallory Holtman, Central Washington University On April 26, 2008, senior Mallory Holtman played in...

H. Paul Putman III, MD

Character Sketches: Behavior Measures Character

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” – Anonymous, often misattributed to Edmund Burke[1] The...