H. Paul Putman III, MDDec 5, 20226 minCharacter Sketches: Values, Utopia, and a Man UndeterredWe 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, MDAug 26, 20224 minCharacter 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, MDJul 27, 20223 minCharacter 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, MDJun 30, 20222 minCharacter 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...