HOW TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM
The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence. Blake Lively (an American actress & director)
Self-esteem relates to the way that we feel about ourselves. It reflects our inner sense of self value and entitlement. Confidence reflects the way that we experience ourselves in our external world.
Building your confidence and self-esteem takes time and practice. And then some negative events or relations or people happen to you, and you start feeling low self-esteem and confidence again.
There are a few things that you can incorporate in your life today to protect your self-esteem and confidence against damaging events and people.
Stop comparing yourself to others. Instead of beating yourself up for the things you don’t have, and others do, see what the people who you think achieved more do better to be successful. And never compare yourself to the filtered online reality of our digital age!
Don’t get taken in by what others want you to be. It is natural to feel inspired by others but stick to your calling. Do what you love and love yourself for what you do.
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Learn to accept compliments. Accepting graciously credit for your actions or efforts helps to reinstate self-worth and trust in your abilities.
Build useful habits. Find out areas that need improvement, such as your health, sleep, planning your day ahead etc. and get in the habit of doing little things that lead to big changes over time.
Surround yourself with people that believe in you. Friends that support you will help you realize your self-worth and, thus, grow in confidence.
Identify and challenge negative thought patterns. If you find yourself thinking “I can never do this” or “I’m not good enough”, ask yourself what it about the thing is that seems impossible to you, and why do you think so. Try to get to the root of the negative thoughts. As you identify and challenge negative thoughts, you will get to know how to avoid the pitfalls of negative thinking.
And remember: Always remain your authentic self. If you are authentic self, you have no competition!
Construction Project Manager @ AWS
3 年Being confident sometimes is not acceptable from our surroundings because there is a possibility of failure or mistakes and you will find several people who are pointing that "I have been told you "