The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or evenyears ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward ourdestiny.Nathaniel Branden
This is a very minor criticism, however, especially considering how repetition works magnificently in other areas. In fact, repetition is at the heart of the book's power. It's not just that you raise your level of awareness in regard to some problem, but you sustain the level of awareness over time, ... It isn't so much that an awareness heals, but it is sustained awareness that heals.
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There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
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Persons of high self esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else.
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Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
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In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions.
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