Friday, April 5, 2013

How To Build Self Esteem and Confidence

By Miel Meester


What do you think of yourself as a person? How do you think other people see you? The first question is considerably more important than the second; however the second may provide an invaluable insight into the first.Your self esteem is how you see yourself, what you think of yourself and what value you assign to yourself as a human being. Self esteem is a part of your character and personality. It is a trait unique to you which encompasses your inner-most feelings of confidence, integrity, love, respect, pride and happiness.

Building self esteem and confidence can be achieved with ease by means of proper goal setting and planning. Self confidence is a type of skill that you can learn and develop. It is therefore important that you have a rock-solid foundation of self esteem in order to get through the everyday challenges of life. This is of the essence especially if previous effort of building self esteem and confidence were unsuccessful. Keep in mind that low self esteem and anxiety is often a result of too much pressure that you or others put on yourself. Building self esteem and confidence is necessary especially when you came to the point wherein you already feel the following:Shy and uneasy,Lack of direction,you fail in everything you do,Inferiority complex,Feeling of hopelessness or unimportance,Resentful about career, social life and relationships

Having low self esteem is potentially soul destroying and can negatively influence your personality. It may not even be your fault and may have been the product of an unhappy childhood, poverty, lack of attention, health problems, bullying or having no one to look up to for support. But it is by no means a terminal condition and with the right steps, can be improved. Let's look at ways you can build your self esteem:Stop putting yourself down.All this negative self talk is doing nothing to take you closer to your goals and whatever you want to achieve in life. Think of yourself as a great person who deserves the very best in life. Choose to be positive not negative.Stop labelling yourself a loser.If you try something which doesn't go your way, you're NOT a failure. You might just need to be better prepared for next time. And make sure there is a next time. Nobody achieves goals by giving up at the first attempt.

Study and develop a new skill. By this means, building self esteem and confidence is much easier to achieve. Think big and plan big. Big plans can really make someone feel very special since our mind tells us that these big plans could lead to bigger accomplishments and of course, success.Go out of your comfort zone. Building self esteem and confidence is often not achieved because we are afraid to rise above our comfort zone. In summary, do not be shy or scared of the unknown. Building your esteem and confidence is a personal journey which you must undertake. Go for it! I wish you every success.The number one thing that holds most people back from achieving success and happiness that we all deserve is having low self esteem. We can not go forward and achieve the simplest things because we do not believe in ourselves.

If you are having these very struggles in your life then continue reading this article on self esteem tips. Then start to apply the knowledge in your everyday life and you will start to see a positive change for the better. Self esteem is how we view our own selves and our abilities to perform certain tasks. If we perceive that we can not do the very tasks that are expected in our daily lives. Then our mental perception of our life is that we will not succeed in life. This is the worst state of mind because it literally decides our outcome before we even try.The reason why so many people have this mind set is because of the way they were raised. They were never told they were a good person and they are usually put down and made to feel as though they will never amount to anything in life.Because of this we have very low self esteem and we must do our best to reverse all of this negative mind set. You can do this by using simple techniques to build good self esteem.You want to start telling yourself that you are a good person. That you believe in yourself and your abilities. You may not have all the answers to overcome your challenges, but have confidence in the fact that you can and are willing to do what it takes to find the answers and go on to overcome your challenges.

Also expect that you will not always succeed the first few times that you attempt to do something. The important thing is to go onto finish what you set out to do.This gives you a good sense of accomplishment and then you will start to build confidence.I hope these self esteem tips are helpful to you so that you can start to believe in yourself and go onto having the happiness and success that you deserve.If you are not happy with your life then it is up to you to change it.Since I often write about healing after an affair, I am asked very often about how to restore or rebuild a wife's self esteem after infidelity. The truth is, even if and when a wife has forgiven her husband or wants to move on, the hit to her self esteem can keep this from happening. It can be hard to believe your husband genuinely loves / desires you and won't cheat again when you deep down don't believe this yourself as you might fear there is something wrong with you or that your husband had an affair because of something the mistress or other woman had that you didn't. This article will give you some facts, tips, and information that is meant to help educate you about affairs, why they happen, why it's not at all your fault, and how you can rebuild your self esteem following it.

Be supportive. Make sure your spouse knows they have your full support. If someone else is criticizing your partner, you need to defend him or her from this. The relationship between a husband and wife is supposed to supersede other relationships. You need to stand by your spouse fully and show total support.Be respectful to your spouse. Don't be a doormat but do show respect. Use words like please and thank you and avoid treating him or her like a child. Doing that or nagging is disrespectful and demeaning and will crush their self-esteem even more. Someone with low self-esteem often feels they don't deserve respect. Respect will make them feel better and can help to build their self-esteem.

So statistically speaking, it's very likely that your husband finds you more attractive than this "other woman" and deeply regrets her place in your life. Restore Your Self Esteem After An Affair By Focusing On Your Own Self Care And Whatever It Is That Makes You Happy: It's so easy to allow an affair to seep any bit of the happiness that you have in your daily life. Life sort of stands still for a while after the affair happens. I remember after my husband's own affair that it was an effort for me to even get out of bed. Some days, I would realize somewhere around noon that I haven't even showered or dressed.

Sometimes it is nice to do little things "just because", such as giving gifts, leaving notes and doing other special things for your partner. These things can (and should) be done outside special occasions too. Never be deprecating, in private or in public. Don't put your spouse down or make generalized comments like "you never take out the trash" or "you always leave a mess in the kitchen". These comments will make your spouse feel they do everything wrong. And saying bad things about them in public is never acceptable and will just embarrass them and knock them down emotionally.

Understand that you are a very desirable woman no matter what has happened in recent days. Whether you still want your husband or you end up with someone else, one day you will have to restore trust and intimacy with a man again. The affair may make this difficult, but here is the catch 22. In order to feel truly intimate with a man, you must trust him. You can't do this if deep down you have doubts about his true feelings and loyalty. The best way to banish these doubts is to, when you are ready, dive in first with one toe and eventually with your whole open heart.Yes, this will make you feel vulnerable at first, but here's the truth. Your self esteem will be restored when you experience deep and lasting intimacy that can not be faked or manufactured. It helped me to educate myself on intimacy and sexuality. I learned several things that I wasn't doing in my marriage that ignited serious and very genuine sparks and fireworks when I did. I no longer worry that my husband will cheat again. He's very happy at home. It may be a while before you are ready for this, but be patient. You will know it when you feel it and when you do, I doubt very much you'll be thinking about your self esteem at that time.




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