Building Your Self-Esteem

What is self-esteem?

The definition says it’s a mental state which allows us to evaluate our own worth. How we value ourselves depends on many factors, such as our experiences, our upbringing, cultural norms we adopt, our views on the world, etc.

Do you know that self-esteem can largely determine the quality of our lives? How we see each other influences our decisions, for example, what kind of work we choose, or whether we dare to get promoted,  what kind of partner we decide to live with, what our relationships with the surrounding and relatives will look like. Every day I work with WOMEN and I know how important it is for us to feel appreciated. Lack of self-esteem can hinder our professional development. 

It can make us closed, withdrawn or shameful, and this can become an obstacle to building positive relationships with other people. That’s why my dear, let us respect ourselves, appreciate who we are, trust our intuition. Don’t be afraid to express your desires and dreams out loud. It’s good to smile at yourself in the mirror every day, because that’s where you can see a valuable person, and don’t let anyone tell you you’re not. Don’t ever lose faith in yourself. I smile to myself and to you today. I have my self-esteem and I’m not ashamed to talk about it. 

 

Let’s build our self-esteem 

Don’t build your self-esteem on the basis of other people’s negative views. Only we are responsible for what we think of ourselves, nobody else. Let us think of ourselves as a “potential” that we should use at all costs. The best we can!

• Be proud of yourself, appreciate yourself. 
• Be authentic. 
• Everyone makes mistakes, don’t be afraid of them – but then treat them as a positive feedback and try to sort them out.
• Foster your dreams – no-one can do it for us so we must have the courage to realize ourselves and to live in harmony with ourselves.
• Nobody is perfect – but everyone has their own, unusual talent (sometimes hidden :-)). We all have a gift or skill that makes us unique and that’s what we should focus our attention and energy on. 
• Develop yourself  – set yourself ambitious goals, don’t be afraid to demand from yourself to be better than a year or a month ago, or even better than yesterday ;-).
•  Accept yourself – after all we should accept ourselves and live the one life we have the way we want to, with self-love!
• Don’t compare yourself to others.
• Don’t judge, just appreciate – ourselves and others. First of all, be grateful. It’s been proven that people who are grateful have a higher self-esteem. Say THANK YOU and appreciate other people’s work and help. 
• Don’t be perfect, just love yourself for what you are :).