How to Overcome Low Self Esteem!

byallancurtis

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Updated 4 years ago

The ability to achieve success can be impeded by a low self-esteem and/or a lack of confidence. These feelings stand in the way of your success through repeated negative self-talk and limiting beliefs.

Low Self-Esteem:

• You may have a successful career, but feel unworthy
• You may be unable to love yourself or experience happiness
• Even very successful people, can feel miserable in their personal life
  
• Low self-esteem opens you up to manipulation by others
• You may become unsure of your own feelings and opinions

Lack of Confidence

Almost everyone lacks confidence in one part of their life. Even very successful public people. They may not be perceived as lacking confidence, but often their private persona is much different from the public one.

Recognizing lack of confidence ... the following examples my help to clarify how to know if you lack self-confidence.

• You find yourself ... backing down in conversations
• You alter your position, to avoid conflict
• You tear up easily when someone offers constructive criticism
• You find yourself mentally editing what you want to say to be accepted
• You are unable to accept a genuine compliment and deflect to others

Building confidence is about achieving a level of self-love and self-acceptance

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem

Low self-esteem makes it very difficult to succeed in any endeavor, as you become your own worst enemy. If you are often telling yourself, you are not capable or worthy of success you are not likely to achieve it.

• Stop criticizing yourself: Learn not to condemn yourself for the small slip-ups that we all are prone to make in our lives.
• Live in the moment Choose your actions consciously
• Practice mindfulness focus creates more objective decisions
• Positive affirmations help to reinforce healthy thoughts of success
  
• Accept mistakes as a necessary part of life, learn from them
• Praise yourself and celebrate when you do something great
• Be honest with yourself in recognizing achievements.
• Visualize yourself as being successful and achieving your goals
• Accept praise gracefully when someone congratulates you
• Be grateful for recognition, do not avoid it
• Be proud of who you are and what you have achieved
• Avoid Self-Sabotage

If the negative feelings or limiting beliefs continue, seek help from a certified therapist, who can guide you through the process of restoring and your self esteem and eliminating those negative self beliefs. As these feelings are often formed during childhood or from traumatic experiences and are deeply-rooted and not easily modified without help.

Awaken Your Potential

Allan

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