8 Ways To BUILD SELF-ESTEEM

  • See yourself honestly and like or at least accept yourself
    • Know your weakness and work on them.
    • Know your strengths and increase them.
  • What keeps you from doing your best?
    • Find the answer and change it for the best.
    • The more things you do well the better you feel
    • Take the energy out of living bad and put your energy into living good. Remember it is all a choice!!
  • Treat yourself the way you want others to treat you
    • If you wouldn't let someone else treat you bad don't treat yourself bad.
    • Self forgiveness is a skill that must be learned. We will all disappoint ourselves at some time in our lives. Learn how to give yourself true forgiveness, learn from your failures and keep going forward
  • Always think of alternatives instead of depending on one way to be satisfied
    • Brainstorm different ways to accomplish the same goal. Try to think of as many different ways as possible to get the same results.
  • Find activities that make you feel good about yourself
    • Learn to give to others and try to participate in group activities.
    • Re-explore your passions. Find some way to start adding your passions into your life.
  • Think positive, have a positive attitude
    • Even when things look bad try to find something positive to say to yourself.
    • Your perception can change your life. You don't want to lie and say things are positive when they are not but you also do not want the negatives that come in life to be all you see. The sun is shining even under the clouds!
  • Don't depend on others to make you feel good. Feeling good starts with yourself and then others will see it.
    • If you begin to feel good about you, you won't be so quick to follow the crowd. Never go against your good judgment to be accepted. It is better to be alone than to be with the crowd and not like yourself.
  • Make and keep good friends.
    • If someone treats you in a way you do not like, let them know, if they don't stop, remove yourself from that person. You have to believe that you deserve to be treated nicely. Be a good friend to others. Remember to always treat others as you want to be treated.
    • One way to judge if someone is good for you is to keep track of how you feel after you have spent some time in their company. If you notice that you feel bad more often than not; it's a good conclusion that they may not be a good fit for you.
    • Don't get stuck on the folks that treat you wrong or prove to not be a good fit. There are millions of people in this world, dedicate your time to finding good folks.