1. Exactly How To Raise Your Self Esteem By James Malinchak
Having a low self-image is among the most difficult things to change, and the lack of self-
esteem is among the heaviest anchors holding you back from realizing your true potential.
However, it isn't impossible to boost your self-esteem as this post will show. The main thing
it's going to need is courage!
When you're in a rut of constantly putting yourself down, and you truly believe that everyone
else is smarter, prettier, and stronger than you are, there will not be an overnight fix to
improve your self-esteem. You have been telling yourself that everyone else is better than
you for too long. What you have to find the courage to do is to hear these voices in your
head, and then learn to dismiss them. Just because, you can hear the words, doesn't make
them true.
Keep a journal, a cheap notebook is suitable - it's for recording your thoughts, not for public
display. On the first page write a list of positive things about yourself. Start each one on a
with the words “I am ….” - For instance, “I am kind.” “I am helpful.” “I am compassionate” “I
am well organized”. For someone with low self-esteem, this won't be an easy list to compile,
so keep it as an ongoing project and add to the list each time you think of something else that
is positive about yourself.
In the journal make a quick entry every single night with regards to the good things you've
done that day - whether it was to smile at a lonely looking old lady in the supermarket, or you
held a door open for a mother with small kids. Make a note of any volunteer activities you do,
or cash you give to fund raisers. Whenever you pay your bills on time, jot it down. Whenever
your check book balances, record that accomplishment. Whenever you read a book, or
newspaper, take note of it. All of this exhibits your positive attributes.
The journal is not just for the moment that it is written. It has another purpose. On the days
when you feel that your self-esteem is low, read through your entries. See how often you
read the newspaper and keep up-to-date with what’s happening in the world, see how many
times you have made someone else’s day a little brighter, read the evidence of how you are
a good person! You wrote it so it has to be true.
This takes time. To increase your self-esteem is to change your value set as regards
yourself. You have to record what you’ve done that’s good so that you can read it later, you
have to stop yourself from listening to that voice which tells you that everyone else is better,
and you have to keep telling yourself that you are just as good as the next person. Learn to
recognize and respect yourself for the person you are and you will raise your self-esteem.
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