Hey Cute WSW lovers! I almost forgot today was Friday and I owe you guys a blog post. Am extremely tired but because I want to be consistent with my blogging and I also want to keep up with my blogging schedule here I am. Today I want to talk about Self Esteem.
We all know that self-esteem (sometimes referred to as self-worth or self-respect in it’s simplest definition can be how much you appreciate and like yourself. Psychologically, the term self-esteem is used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth or personal value. It involves a variety of beliefs about yourself, such as the appraisal of your behaviors, appearance,emotions and beliefs.
Your self-esteem must be moderate to balance your life equation and most importantly, it comes from Within. Too high self-esteem can make people feel too pompous and always see themselves as know it all while too little self-esteem can leave people feeling defeated or depressed. It can also lead people to make bad choices, fall into destructive relationships, or fail to live up to their full potential.
Importance Of Self- Esteem
Self-esteem is important because it heavily influences people’s choices and decisions. Other importance of self-esteem are:
- You’re open to learning and feedback, which can help you acquire and master new skills.
- Can be an important part of success.
- You have generally positive relationships with others and feel confident about your abilities.
- Self-esteem serves a motivational function by making it more or less likely that people will take care of themselves and explore their full potential
- When you value yourself and have good self-esteem, you feel secure and worthwhile.
To appreciate this article, I will conclude it with this illustrations. Let’s say you’ve achieved amazing things in life, like creating a wonderful family, founding a successful business, working in a well paying organisation as a top employer and so on. You could still have very low self esteem by thinking very little of those achievements, even though everyone else finds them amazing, because it is your thoughts about your capabilities and the achievements that matter, not the achievements themselves. Similarly, let’s say that you have extremely supportive friends and family, and every day they tell you that you’re the greatest person in the world. You can still have extremely low self esteem, by still thinking of yourself as a loser, because your self esteem comes from your thoughts about yourself, and not the thoughts or actions of your friends and family.
The above Illustrations shows clearly if you fall under the too high self-esteem category or Low self-esteem. We will discussing factors influencing Self-esteem and signs of healthy self esteem in our next article…
Nobody knows judgment day all we can guarantee ourselves is that today is Friday. Have fun and party wisely……
Female Guide 