crit.

The key to progress is critical thinking.

The key to critical thinking is self-esteem.

I can't believe in myself if I don't value myself.
If I don't value myself, I won't value my own opinions.
If I don't value my own opinions, I cannot arrive at any objective conclusion.
If I don't arrive at an objective conclusion, I have no direction.
Without direction, there is no up, no down, no forward, no backward... No progess.

Life is not floating on putrid still water.