My journey into better self esteem began many years ago when I made the commitment to value myself without being self-centered.
Self esteem is important because:
- You believe you are worthy of happiness, you feel worthy of respect.
- It is the first step in believing in yourself
- Self esteem builds self confidence.
- Your self esteem will influence your thinking, emotions , happiness, desires, values and goals.
- It will help you feel respect and be proud for yourself even if you make a mistake.
Building your esteem is an internal process that involves:
1. Living with awareness.
2. Taking responsibility for your life and changing your attitude toward yourself and others.
3. Saying goodbye to the past.
A healthy self esteem enables you to be proud without being overbearing, , approach circumstances with a positive outlook, know you are worthy to realize your dreams, understand that you deserve a joyful life, and make choices that are supportive instead of defeating.
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Self esteem is the source of your mental health, that is why is so important. As Nathaniel Branden wrote about self esteem importance:"Positive self esteem is important because when people experience it, they feel and look good, are effective and productive, and they respond to others and themselves in healthy, positive, growing ways. Know that they are lovable and capable, and care about themselves and other's. They do not have to build themselves up by tearin others down or by patronizing less competent people".
There are different activities you can practice to start building your self esteem.
One of them is using self esteem quotes. I love self-esteem quotes because they keep me inspire and motivated.
If you want to keep inspired and motivated to improve your self-esteem, reading self-esteem quotes is a powerful tool you can use every day.
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1. Self-responsibility is an active orientation to life, rather than a passive or victim-like orientation.2. There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you’ve mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!
3. The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
4. Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
5. Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
7. Regardless of who you are talking to, maintain a tone of respect. Do not permit yourself a condescending, superior, sarcastic, or blaming tone.
8. There are two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.
9. “We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”
10. “I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.”
11. You have to believe it’s possible and believe in yourself. Because after you’ve decided what you want, you have to believe it’s possible and possible for you, not just for other people. Then you need to seek out models, mentors, and coaches.
12. The problem is that most people focus on their failures rather than their successes. But the truth is that most people have many more successes than failures.
13. Self respect is the fruit of discipline: the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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14. I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it . I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.
