With the concept of strong evaluation, Taylor posits that individuals rank some of their desires, or the goods that they desire, as qualitatively higher than others; some are seen to be more worthy, valuable, meaningful, or important than others.
Consequently, they "see" themselves as a worthy, valuable and lovable person.
Tell themselves that they are worthy, valuable, beautiful, able, and incredible.
It was a constant reminder that I was no longer pure, or worthy or valuable, or prized.
The lives that can be saved from these illnesses belong to people who are every bit as worthy and valuable as the children blossoming under Alice's care.
I still felt the sting of failure, but it never penetrated my belief that I was a good, worthy, and valuable person simply because I existed.
Boys are thought of as more worthy and valuable because they are seen as an economic contribution, even though women and girls typically reinvest 90% of their income in their families - men are found to reinvest only 30%to40%0%.
Many people have a core sense of shame and inadequacy and think that if they could just get the relationship they want or the body they like or the job they dream of, etc. they will then be deemed worthy and valuable.
That is, if scientists do not embrace human medicine as a worthy and valuable part of life science, and clinicians do not have an understanding of the research behind new therapies and diagnostics, then decision making is largely in the hands of the pharmaceutical industry and device manufacturers – and, importantly, not in the hands of their scientists, but rather of their business executives.
If you give up fearing the sociopath, and stop trying to be better than or at the same level as the sociopath, but rather, become far more accepting of your own self and appreciate what makes you worthy and valuable, a sociopath will have a hard time manipulating you.
"Weisgall has written a valuable, worthy book," Helen Schulman said here in 1999.
