Anyone read anything by him? Please give me your thoughts and criticisms of his work. I'm currently working on 'The Psychology of Self Esteem' and I believe this book is going to be instrumental in getting people to become truly empowered libertarians. It'll help you figure out your psychology from an objectivist outlook, and I daresay it's a lot more "objective" and "rational" than conventional psychology, which mostly holds that psychology is the study of unknowable and unreasonable instincts (determinism and the like, that man is a robot with the illusion of free will). Molyneux made a good call to recommend him, in my humble opinion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM21g10csv4

His comments on NB start at 14:15, but I recommend watching it all if you haven't seen it already.

Anyway, as I read more I'll be posting profound whatever I get out of the book, so stay tuned. And don't forget to leave your thoughts as well.

He's the one who got Ayn Rand to smoke marijuana!

Everyone is gonna laugh at me, but when I was an adolescent Anthony Robbins had a powerfully positive influence on me. Especially at that age, Robbins method of acting and doing without the pretense and preoccupation of self knowledge worked wonders for me. Some people see such methods as merely "fake it 'til you make it, however; I see it more as "becoming" guided by intention.

I don't mean to undermine the importance of self knowledge. Nonetheless, it does come with dangers. What I mean is that the idea of knowledge can be static and solidifying. And knowledge of the self can be particularly fallible. Thus, I prefer the phrase "self guessing" along with the clause that I may change my opinion tomorrow. Today, I see "doing" as more important than "knowing".

But I haven't actually read any Nathaniel Brandon so could be just blowing on a strawman.