Tips to Increase Self-Esteem

1. Be an evergreen learner

First, a person should develop an attitude for learning and updating himself / herself in every juncture of life. By learning I mean observing and processing information, which is worth his / her observation and learning, like professional skills, general knowledge, daily news, focusing on how your family members are feeling, their emotions, their expectations etc. This will help the person to build a sense of agreeableness.

2. Realise that negative thoughts are the self-fulfilling prophecies.

One should realise, low self-esteem is a backlash of negative thoughts put on in an endless loop. When a person constantly thinks negatively like - he or she is incompetent, is unimpressive, and or is unattractive; in reality that person is actually creating a self-fulfilling prophecy; i.e. becoming what he/she is preaching inside his or her thought. Hence, it’s important to develop an optimistic view about life to build a good self-esteem.

3. Develop and practice self-compassion


Remember that millions of people struggle with their self-confidence and daily face unfavourable conditions in their lives, like lack of resources, physical pain, emotional vacuum, grief etc. Hence, one must stay away from self-criticism and should not become harsh on himself / herself. There is nothing wrong if one suffers from low self-esteem, it turns bad only if the person doesn’t put efforts to overcome the shortcoming.

Shivani Misri Sadhoo is an eminent psychologist in South Delhi, you can contact her are at +91-8860875040 or at saarthiforlife@gmail.com

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