Comments on: Self Esteem http://www.internettime.com/2004/12/self-esteem/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tom King http://www.internettime.com/2004/12/self-esteem/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Tom King Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:35:00 +0000 http://internettime.com/wordpress/?p=258#comment-77 I believe the issue is <b><i>unwarranted</i></b> high self-esteem. This can create a sense of entitlement and misdirected anger to those who see you as average when you feel you're the tops. This resonates with the "helicopter parenting" story circulated by Elliot Masie about a parent trying to get an employer to re-assess her <i>adult</i> child's performance review-- she ALWAYS had THE highest reviews in school. I came uopn the unwarranted self-esteem issue while reading up on Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness (http://www.authentichappiness.org) from Dr. Martin Seligman. Coincidentally, I saw Dr. Seligman speak a few hours after Jay Cross at Online Learning in Fall of 2004. More coincidentally, one of my undergrad mentors had worked with him on learned helplessness in the 70's-- Dr. Seligman's <i>first</i> claim to fame. I believe the issue is unwarranted high self-esteem. This can create a sense of entitlement and misdirected anger to those who see you as average when you feel you’re the tops.

This resonates with the “helicopter parenting” story circulated by Elliot Masie about a parent trying to get an employer to re-assess her adult child’s performance review– she ALWAYS had THE highest reviews in school.

I came uopn the unwarranted self-esteem issue while reading up on Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness (http://www.authentichappiness.org) from Dr. Martin Seligman.

Coincidentally, I saw Dr. Seligman speak a few hours after Jay Cross at Online Learning in Fall of 2004.

More coincidentally, one of my undergrad mentors had worked with him on learned helplessness in the 70′s– Dr. Seligman’s first claim to fame.

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