Self-Esteem:

Scott Adams:

"So when Sarah Gillepsie, editor at United Media, called and offered a contract, I apologized for my poor drawing skills and suggested that perhaps she could pair me up with someone who could do the artwork. Sarah, who evidently understood a lot about psychology, told me my drawing skill was fine; no improvement necessary. That triggered a highly unexpected change in my actual level of talent: It went up. Overnight my drawing skill went from about a three on a scale of one to ten to about a six. That's still not gooed, but apparantly it was good enough. The sudden improvement was entirely due to Sarah's compliment of my artistic ability."