Nathaniel Branden Interview

[@truth_isbeauty8629]

"No one is coming," a small phrase with such powerful meaning. Each of us stands alone when it comes to acknowledging and accepting personal responsibility.

[@duckthishandle]

I really wish I had a figure like him during my teens! Could have saved me a lot of unnecessary trouble.

[@stevenhaack8123]

Great vision for young people. Take responsibility. I am a baby boomer and decided not to have children. I traveled the country with a group that later turned out to be a cult. I was raised in a Catholic community and we were taught about Jesus saving us. Catholicism breeds poverty. If I ever calm down enough, I may write about the dark side of Christianity. Their idea of unity is bogus. I finally returned to complete my Bachelor's of Arts degree at age 45. Awareness is job one. I broke free of the bondage of religion by learning how to think. Thinking is hard work. The place to begin is to improve our reading and comprehension skills. I highly recommend HOW TO READ A BOOK by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. The first way a person to become more responsible is to start with improving reading skills. According to Adler, schools, both private, parochial and public stop teaching reading skills at a six grade level. I appreciate Branden's Pillars of Self Esteem. However, he never mentioned the specifics of how to improve our minds by developing our reading skills for non-fiction and fiction literature. Young people need to learn how to appreciate literature and how to read a textbook. The most helpful process I found to read textbooks is called SQ5R. Cornell Notetaking is the best way I learned to take notes in school. A book called CHANGING FOR GOOD by Prochaska is the best template I am aware of to approach change.

[@sejalb725]

I was lucky to have found his books in my teens Saved me from a lot of dark stuff

[@ChatM0nster]

Taking Responsibility is one of the greatest books I've read. I feel gratitude for his works.

[@TranceofHaterd]

I wish I had discovered his books earlier. They are the best in applicable psychology. So focused on real improvement of life.

[@ju2067]

Branden's ability to speak and articulate his ideas is so refreshing.

[@MegaLeoben]

Crisp and clear.

[@vigilant545]

So glad finding Nathaniel! That's the kind of info I need right now to get my head straight und build a new way of life. Thanks for the upload!

[@RaymondHogue1111]

note to Self: I am not a victim

[@periteu]

4:06 - Sayings: 1. No one is coming 2. Take what you want and pay for it 3. Living well is the best revenge 4. It Isn't what they think, it's what you know

[@Saltybuher]

Such a lovely man. He was responsible for a lot of the good interpretations from Rand's work.

[@nathanielringdahl]

Fantastic interview. I love the honesty

[@marce11o]

Hey thank you for sharing this. Used to be in my favorites and it was removed.

[@antoniovargas225]

straight legend!!!

[@_theo_995]

Hold up, aint you Nethanial B??

[@p3xo]

nathaniel b??

[@MOHCTP28]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@tammiesterling4631]

Thank you so much for this video!!!

[@dek2000utube]

What year was this interview recorded? Thank you.

[@JocelynFry]

Wait, what's with the music at the end?? LOL Curious about the year.

[@science212]

Good Objectivist.

[@yourlocalhsisrtagent2554]

ain't he Nathaniel B?

[@denisvandale1509]

Note to self: stop whining!

[@DenkyManner]

I don't know if his views on welfare are quite right, there was no golden era in the past where people took responsibility, there were brutal institutions where people suffered immensely. That's its own subject I don't want to get into My point is that living on benefits is a terrible place to be for that individual financially and psychologically. I respect that his larger point is about trying to make people feel better about themselves, to liberate people from feeling dependent and helpless. These days political parties that want to end welfare give the impression it's purely to save money (which flows directly into their foreign tax havens) and the poor are just scum whose suffering is at best irrelevant, and at worst, deserved. Theres no notion of helping people to live better.

[@glenrotchin5523]

Welfare for a 15 year old girl who gets pregnant is called a “reward” or an incentive. Absurd.

[@saumitrsharma2816]

Ayn Rand called Nathaniel Branden "A Pipsqueak". Lol Every times it gets me.

[@Kryptdegen]

He still hit it tho

[@saumitrsharma2816]

@@Kryptdegen What do you mean?

[@Kryptdegen]

@@saumitrsharma2816 she said all those things but he still fucked at the end of the day

[@timarmesto2685]

​@@saumitrsharma2816 It means she had sex with him repeatedly. Knowing what I know about them, she probably called him a pipsqueak bc she was pissed off he wouldn't leave his wife and be with her. After years (I think) of having extramarital sex I guess it suddenly started bothering her and she said it would be cut off if she didn't leave her.

[@ehsankhorasani_]

Nathniel spoke about his mistakes in relation ship in his book by the name of "The six pillars of self esteem"

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

If he could keep his politics out of his psychology... That would be fantastic.

[@codeoptimizationware2803]

@Ultraviolet Morgan: He has already, even from a long time ago by now, with a LOT more information than the above video. Why don't you access any of those materials? Yeah, _that_ would truly be fantastic, I'm sure.

[@danpenia219]

Politics gets into everyones psychology, all of these subjects are interdependent.

[@phillip3495]

@@danpenia219 This is the correct reply.

[@Saltybuher]

Have read Adler? Left wing pseudo religious hogwash.

[@timarmesto2685]

You cannot. Politics is in every belief and every action. You want to learn about how to live a healthy life without political beliefs and worldviews being spouted at every turn? Please.

[@hemant05]

not very good interviewer, Nathaniel is awesome!

[@saumitrsharma2816]

Hemant yup! I am fan of his work...

[@lilitLun]

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[@lilitLun]

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