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Feeling lousy about oneself sometimes is part and parcel of life. But if you dwell on negative feelings and feeling lousy about yourself regularly, then you may be experiencing low self-esteem. Such a person dwells in self-doubt, guilt, anger and embarrassment frequently.

A person suffering from low self-esteem criticizes himself or herself and passes comments like, why me?, why do I act so stupidly? why are others always better than me? etc. There are some school of thought that says, if you keep thinking that you are stupid all the time, then your mind would tend to prove yourself right by helping you to act in such a way.. being stupid.

We are all different

We are all different by nature. No one person is exactly the same as the other. If you always compare yourself with others, and start to feel bad about yourself then you would have difficulty in making or keeping friends. If being easily discouraged, and moody is part of your routine, this may put down those around you and you may also have a difficult time in solving your own problems. You may even have the fear of new opportunities in life and attract only bad things to come.

Try not to base your understanding about yourself by other peoples’ opinion about you. Human beings tend to be opinionated, and if we live our lives depending on other peoples’ opinion about us, we will be hurt most of the time. You may ask, “can I break away from such negative pattern? the answer is a definite yes, you can.
You can be unstoppable once you know and love yourself.

Here are some tips to help boost your self-esteem:

1. Learn to love yourself. Self-esteem is developed only by self-love. The self-love is not being selfish or self-centered, it is the ability to appreciate oneself, being able to look at your own flaws and laugh over it and move on. Have fun with yourself.

2. Self-compliment works like a magic. Just look into the mirror and tell yourself that you are pretty looking, you are confident, you believe in yourself, or any other nice statement about yourself. That works wonders!

3. Dress up but not over dress to kill, make yourself look prettier or smarter. You could get a haircut, buy a new dress or do whatever that will make you feel like a new person, and thus giving yourself more confidence.

4. Make yourself physically fit and trim. This will improve your poise and presence. Keeping fit will also help you to be more positive and less tire, thus gives you more confidence.

5. Make a list of all your positive qualities and know that you are unique and there is not another carbon copy like you.

6. Plan to do at least one good deed a day. You don’t need to be a mother Theresa, just a smile to someone who is unhappy, lending a helping hand, this will make you see your own generosity and kindness, thus bring happiness to others and yourself too.

7. Travel to new places and meet new people. You may discover that many interesting people out there are waiting to know you. Be fun, be interesting, give surprises. Life is short, don’t be too serious with yourself.

8. Give compliments to a stranger but not flatter, be genuine in your compliments and see how happy he or she feels. In return this will make you feel better.

9. More importantly, stay away from those who insult you or put you down. Be among those who are positive and yet genuine about caring for each other. Treat others like you want to be treated. Like attracts like.

Always remember that no one is born perfect and that should make you realize that you are not a worthless person. So try to see the truth and believe that you are unique in your own ways. So no one is perfect enough to put you down or hurt your self-esteem unless you allow them.

Quotes:

Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
~ Les Brown

Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world.
~ Helen Keller

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.
~ Sam Walton

My Best To You
Gamy Rachel

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