Branden The Psychology Of Self-Esteem 1966, 2001

I wrote this book during the 1960s and it was published in 1969. It is a source of immense satisfaction to have this
opportunity to write a new Preface for the 32nd anniversary edition. Although I have written many books since this
one, for a significant number of my readers it remains their favorite of my works. Certainly it laid the foundation
for everything I wrote subsequently about self-esteem.
Are there things that I would do differently if I were writing the book today? Of course. It is impossible for an
author to reread a book written more than three decades ago and not feel, “Today I could do it better.” However, I
have chosen to leave the book in its original form—unedited and unchanged—for this edition. It has, I am
convinced, an integrity, or internal logic, that would be undermined if I attempted to co-mingle it with perspectives
arrived at later.