“How you see yourself determines what you see for yourself.” Veli Ndaba – ‘The NeuroEngineer’ Self-esteem represents an overall evaluation of oneself – the extent to which one feels positively rather than negatively toward oneself – and views oneself as a person of value and worth. Contingent self-esteem is self-esteem that depends on meeting self-imposed […]

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 “Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.” John Stuart Mill This simply means that every time you see somebody doing better than you, you feel bad about your own achievements. In 1998, Solnick & Hemenway went to Harvard University’s students  and asked the following question: What scenario of […]

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While the pursuit of happiness is a near universal, the means to this happiness and the contours of attained happiness can differ widely across people and situations. The human pursuit of well-being occupies space that extends beyond simply seeking pleasure, feeling good, and being satisfied. In philosophy, Aristotle introduced the concept of “eudaimonia” to reflect […]

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