#128 Self-Esteem
Bruce Lee Podcast
Shannon Lee
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
“The autonomous individual is only stable so long as he possessed of self-esteem. The maintenance of self-esteem is a continuous task which taxes all of the individual’s power and inner resources. We have to prove our worth and justify our existence anew each day. When, for whatever reason, self-esteem is unattainable, the autonomous individual becomes a highly explosive entity. He turns away from an unpromising self and plunges into the pursuit of pride, the explosive substitute for self-esteem. All social disturbances and upheavals have their roots in crises of self-esteem, and the great endeavor in which the masses most readily unite is basically a search for pride.”
Bruce Lee had a lot of thoughts around the notion of self-worth and self-esteem. (Many of these quote and thoughts are from The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer.)
Join Shannon & Sharon as they dive into self-esteem, taking action, and feeling worthy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone this is Shannon if you have a question that you would like us to attempt to answer |
| 0:05.8 | using the Bruce Lee philosophy or if you have an example where you have used the Bruce Lee philosophy in your life and it has helped you in some way. |
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| 0:21.8 | on a future Bruce Lee podcast. |
| 0:23.6 | Thanks everyone. |
| 0:24.7 | Bye. |
| 0:25.7 | Enter your mind. form like water. |
| 0:35.0 | water water. |
| 0:38.0 | Like water can flow. |
| 0:41.0 | Now water can flow or it can crash. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to the A podcast about Bruce Lee's life and philosophy. |
| 0:55.0 | Water, my friend. |
| 0:58.0 | Hi everyone, this is Shannon and this is Sharon. |
| 1:01.0 | Welcome to the Bruce Lee Podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | Hi everybody. Hi everyone to the Bruce Lee Podcast. Hi, everybody. |
| 1:03.2 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:04.0 | The Bruce Lee Podcast is a philosophy podcast |
| 1:07.2 | where we talk about my father's philosophies, |
| 1:09.2 | his thoughts, his ideas, and break him down, |
| 1:11.4 | and then talk about how best to use them and apply them in your life. |
| 1:15.0 | And today we're talking about self-esteem. |
| 1:20.0 | That's a big one. |
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