Solving Self-Esteem: What It Is and Do You Even Want More of It? | SFM E12

Send us a text Many successful people claim that having high self-esteem was a big factor, even the primary factor, in their success. In California in the 1980s, politicians claimed that if students had higher self-esteem, they would have better grades and engage less in smoking and premarital sex. Is self-esteem the kind of solution that these self-esteem boosters claim? Will it solve our personal and social problems?  Well, it is complicated. Braus is an expert in evidence-based research about education and learning, and in this episode, he goes ham on the complex and often misunderstood idea of self-esteem. What is it, how do we measure it, what does it do to people, and how to build it? Should we, as a society, develop more self-esteem or do we have too much? Does self-esteem help people to be more successful? Will a teenager or child make better choices and have more success if they have more self-esteem? Help these new solutions spread by ... Subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts Leaving a 5-star review Sharing your favorite solution with your friends and network (this makes a BIG difference) Comments? Feedback? Questions? Solutions? Message us! We will do a mailbag episode. Email: solutionsfromthemultiverse@gmail.com Adam: @ajbraus - braus@hey.com Scot: @scotmaupin adambraus.com (Link to Adam's projects and books) The Perfect Show (Scot's solo podcast) The Numey (inflation-free currency) Thanks to Jonah Burns for the SFM music.