As a product of the overabundant self-esteem training myself, I can verify that my narcissistic tendencies (coupled with my deep-rooted insecurities) has significantly (negatively) affected my relationships (of all types).
How many of you start-up founders would like to hire a narcissist convinced he can do no wrong?<p>"Narcissists make terrible relationship partners, parents and employees. It's not a positive characteristic. We are in danger of encouraging this," she said.<p>"And we are kidding ourselves if we think that we aren't going to undermine learning if we restrict criticism.<p>"Parents no longer want to hear if their children have done anything wrong. This is the downside of the self-esteem agenda.<p>"I'm not saying it's of no value--but you get unintentional consequences."
One of the biggest problems is teachers giving non-constructive criticism to students.<p>Back in elementary school, I remember a teacher telling me how bad I was in history, but in only a harsh manner. What happened to teachers being able to "make friends and influence people" while still being able to get a point across?
More nuanced, video featuring Dr Carol Craig<p><a href="http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/video/c/confidenceandselfesteemcarolcraig.asp?strReferringChannel=learningaboutlearning" rel="nofollow">http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/video/c/confidenceandselfesteem...</a>