Self Esteem

Do you want to be the perfect YOU? The truth is that the perfect YOU already exists! You just need to uncover it in order to discover it. Having high self-esteem makes all the other things in your life much easier. Think about all the skills and talents that you have. If you will have the confidence to really use them they will become much more useful to you. The capacity to boost your self esteem will open many new doors in your life.

Before looking at the strategies for building higher self esteem let's have a look at what keeps you away from having it.

Approval addicted... When you have the feeling that the approval or the disapproval of other people has too much effect on the way you feel about yourself just stop giving so much weight to them. The opinion of others is based on their beliefs and has nothing to do with you. There will always be someone who has an opinion about you.

To expect perfection... Nobody is good at being perfect because it is never achievable. It is great looking for more possibilities once you reached a level of perfection. But don't always ask for perfection in order to feel useful.

Your Mood... We all sometimes have emotional conditions where we don't feel confident. But people who acquired a sense of self esteem that is detached from their feelings are able to keep the sense of self-worth even if their feelings are hurt. There will be different times when you are tired, frustrated or depressed but you should not allow these emotions to influence your view of yourself.

Building Strong Self-Esteem

Now let's have a look at a few ways to build a strong self esteem.

Self-Talk. Certain things will harm your self esteem even more that the way that you talk to yourself. The voice that you hear in your head strongly influences you. If you want to raise your self esteem you have to pay attention to your self-talk and start talking to yourself so that you will build self-respect. Make a list of positive affirmations.

Your Strengths. Don't concentrate on correcting your weaknesses but rather focus on building your strengths.

Active Involvement. Self esteem is best manifested in actions therefore come up with a list of goals that will help you feel more comfortable and get to work on them. Finally set up the plan of action for achieving them. These behaviors will influence your beliefs about yourself and raise your self esteem.

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Go ahead and set your first goal right now, and get to work!

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