Self-esteem is your real feeling about yourself.  You express your self-esteem by the way you treat yourself, how well you understand yourself, and how you accept your feelings.  People with high self-esteem have good feelings about themselves.  They value their own opinions and ideas.  Their behavior and appearance reflect the positive value they have in themselves.  People with low self-esteem believe that they are not responsible for what happens to them, feel that they are victims of the world, demonstrate dependent and defensive behavior and put impossible demands of self and others.

If your desire is to begin to live a life filled with more happiness and meaning:

• Don’t indulge in self criticism.  Silence your inner judge.

• Don’t always try to please others.  It is considerate to care about others feelings but aren’t your needs just as important?  Don’t neglect yourself!

• Don’t try to be like someone else.  Your ARE unique and you cannot be someone else.

• Don’t take life or yourself so seriously.  Failure just means you are not successful YET.  Problems can make your stronger if you strive to overcome them.

Exercise:
Complete the following sentence with at least five statements:
“I like myself today because……………..

I Choose:

To live by choice, not by chance;

To make changes, not excuses;

To be motivated, not manipulated;

To be useful, not used;

To excel, not compete.

I choose self-esteem, not self pity.

I choose to listen to the inner voice, not the random opinion of others.

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Vernita Steege-Professional Life Skills and Business Coach
Keystone-Life Coaching For Positive Change
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