Suggested Readings: Self-Esteem

The Psychology of Self-Esteem
By Nathaniel Branden
ISBN: 0-7879-4526-9

"I wrote this book during the 1960s and it was published in 1969. . . . Although I have written many books since this one, for a significant number of my readers it remains their favorite of my works. Certainly it laid the foundation for everything I wrote subsequently about self-esteem. . . . Wanting to offer the reader some sense of how my thinking about self-esteem has developed, I offer an Epilogue entitled 'Working with Self-Esteem in Psychotherapy.'"
—Nathaniel Branden "Preface to the 32nd Anniversary Edition"

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
By Nathaniel Branden
ISBN: 0-553-09529-3

"What is unique about The Six Pillars is the wide-ranging and systematic way in which the concept of self-esteem is treated, and the careful way in which the psychology of self-esteem is firmly and carefully placed in philosophical context. In fact, as [Branden] says in the closing pages of the book, '. . . if the reader senses that in its implications this book is almost as much a work of philosophy as of psychology, he or she will not be mistaken.'"
—Ken Livingston, professor of psychology, Vassar College

Taking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life
By Nathaniel Branden
ISBN: 0-648-83248-8

"This is an exceptionally important book—the best that Nathaniel Branden has written. Powerful enough to change the way Americans look at themselves and their country. Taking Responsibility comes at precisely the right point in our history. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in personal and political liberty."
—Edward H. Crane, president, Cato Institute

Self-Esteem at Work: How Confident People Make Powerful Companies
By Nathaniel Branden
ISBN: 0-7879-4001-1

"The premise of Branden's books is that intellectual capital—the home page of ideas and imagination—will be the single most important factor in achieving competitive advantage in the next millennium. And because of the primacy of intellectual capital, the need for self-esteem has acquired a new economic urgency. . . . This book goes a long way to teach us about how self-esteem can be brought into existence and sustained."
—Warren Bennis, distinguished professor of business administration, University of Southern California