Tips For Better Self-esteem

Shaziamustafa
3 min readOct 21, 2020

“Be faithful that which exist within yourself,” Andre Gide.

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Self-esteem is your opinion about yourself. There is always a time in one life when he feels low and finds it difficult to believe himself. Less confidence in yourself could lead to insecurity and demotivation. Less self-esteem also dramatically affects the behaviour of a person in society.

However, caring for yourself could make things simpler and easier. Individuals with better self-esteem observe the world from a broad perspective. Such people will always appreciate their skills and feel proud of their achievements.

But what if you’re the one who has low self-esteem? Should you wait for some magic to increase your self-esteem? No, you just need some changes in your lifestyle and thinking ability. Here’re some fruitful tips that would help you have better self-esteem and excel in life.

Recognize your skills

The first step is to know yourself and your skill. Any skill in which you are a master can make you feel like a champ. It can be any skill like stitching, cooking, singing, or scientific apparatus handling. knowing your worth can take you to the highest level of self-esteem.

Learn a new skill

If you don’t have a skill, you can learn a new skill corresponding to your interests and abilities. It’ll enhance your confidence in your abilities. In turn, your self-esteem gets boosted.

Be open to challenges.

Above all, be open to challenges by lagging your fears to take those challenges. Sometimes, you think you could not do any particular task as you are not good at it. In such a situation, do that task at any cost to prove yourself. Achieving excellent results at the end of the task will help you boost your confidence.

Start saying “no”

It is the mentality of people with low-esteem that they have to say “yes” to every task even if you don’t want to do that. This mind-set makes them aggressive and depressed. So one tip is to learn to say “no” to the task you are not interested in. It’ll help you enhance your self-esteem.

Stop comparing yourself to others.

Unfair comparison to others is a poison to self-esteem. Comparison always leads to the development of a negative self-image; hence low self-esteem. So stop comparing yourself with others if you want to be a person with better self-esteem.

Leave the past behind.

Unpleasant incidents of the past are the primary reasons behind one’s low self-esteem level. You should seek the help of a counsellor to get out of your past. And enter the future with confidence and high self-esteem.

Read the Inspirational success stories.

Reading inspirational stories takes a person to a new world with positivity all around. Hence, it would help if you read such stories to remain positive and have better self-esteem.

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