Without wishing to appear sycophantic, I wanted to c&p this piece from Alex Linder, simply because I find it one of the most articulate, concise, and entertaining pieces he's written. There may be some here who haven't yet read it, and I think it deserves to be highlighted. It's about "Self-esteem".

"Self-esteem, what a stupid and dangerous choice. The church has it all over the psychs in this instance. It is far less dangerous to humanity and actually better for the man in question to be taught he's a miserable worm rather than the father of worlds. In this way a sense of humility may be instilled in the pre-smuggies, that they might doubt - themselves and others, doubt being the beginning of wisdom. Young buck niggers have the highest EQs recorded. They are infinitely stupid, without any idea. Most white folks, jew-indoctrinated for decades, are paler versions of the same thing. Some degree of self esteem is needed, and accrues naturally from one's capacity for effective action and the response humble usefulness always finds in the world. To make a fetish of the thing itself quickly turns into a war on whatever endangers it, such as, for example, someone who knows more. Then, per corollary jewish fallacy, the self-esteemer quickly retreats to "Well that's just your opinion." It is better to focus on objective reality rather than on ourselves and what we and others think of us, and try to become better in the direction of our natural talents. Then things will pretty much take care of themselves, and we won't burden everyone else with our bottomless craving for approval. Social problems far more often come from excessive self-esteem -- see those niggers again, the source of our "crime" problem -- than lack of it."

That's a lesson in writing.