Ideas on Building Self Esteem

We might always hear the words "you can't do that" or "you can't do this" during our growing years. Hearing these words again and again slowly lessened our confidence and trust to ourselves without actually noticing it. This certainly in a way will affect oneself in building self esteem. One great factor to have happiness and success in life is building self esteem. If you can't fully express yourself then you can't really have happiness and also if you don't fully believe in your capabilities then you can't have success in your life. What you really need in building self esteem is to have self awareness and have trust in your own capabilities. One way of being self aware is first to list you’re positive and negative qualities like your strengths and weaknesses. You can write all you want; no one can see it so you don't have to be ashamed of it. To get to know oneself, this activity has to be done without pretensions. You can make a list also of everything you love doing, another idea in building self esteem. You can list from arranging things to surfing the internet, no matter how small it is. Your passions will be realized through this. You can become a successful event organizer or a web programmer in the future. Just know your passions from the very start and you'll possibly be what you wanted. After you’ve made the lists, try to keep it in your bag or much better, try to instill it already into your mind and heart. Make those negative qualities as a challenge to be a better person in every day other than dwelling so much on those. People will never cease to discourage you, most of the time you’re self esteem is being tested when you thought you are already confident enough to face any situation. They can always hurt you by the bad things they say and do but keeping in mind the positive qualities and capabilities you possess will help you get through with it. To regain confidence just remind yourself always of what you have listed. It is important also to start practicing having a positive outlook. This will not only give out good vibes to oneself but to the people around you as well. Be grateful for everything, for every blessing received. Keep seeing the good side of every bad side. Keep complimenting people. Eventually by complimenting people, they too will surprisingly compliment you. And it’s a great feeling to be complimented. It boosts yourself esteem and keeps you going.