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“It is important to make a distinction between the concepts of self esteem and self-respect The word ‘esteem’ derives from a word meaning to estimate, self esteem is the intuitive estimate we make of our worth based on an assessment of our innate talents, abilities and the success we’ve had at getting what we want in life Individuals who know what they have going for themselves and are confident about their ability to get what they want can overly esteem themselves while never developing any legitimate self-respect. The word ‘respect’ literally means to look back. Self-respect arises, therefore out of a favorable retrospective assessment of ones personal effort, commitment to socially desirable goals and, if luck would it, achievement. To put it more simply, our sense of self esteem derives from what we know we have, while self-respect derives from what we’ve done with what we’ve been given.” — George K. Simon Jr.