So how do you stay calm, composed and maintain self esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may to consider as a starter guide to self improvement. Imagine yourself as a Dart Board. Everything and everyone else around you may become Darts, at one point or another. These darts will ... Read More about Build Your Self Esteem, A Starter Guide to Self Improvement
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Misery loves company
Have you ever been in that place where you're feeling miserable and you have someone trying to cheer you up, but you don't want to be cheered up? If you have a low self esteem, then this is probably a situation you have been in before - I know because I've been there! Snapping out of a mindset of ... Read More about Misery loves company
A quote for the day
The following quote is a great one: "You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing. Get interested in something! Get absolutely enthralled in something! Get out of yourself! Be somebody! Do something! The more you lose ... Read More about A quote for the day
Moving on after a relationship breakup
I was talking to a fellow trader online last night when he started to tell me about a recent relationship breakup. He had been with his girlfriend for nine years and only two months ago they had split up. Of course I didn't want to pry so I am not sure as to why they broke up, but what I ... Read More about Moving on after a relationship breakup
Self esteem improvement tips
The following tips will get you started on your way to improving your self esteem: 1. Think positively about yourself 2. Aim for accomplishments rather than perfection - nobody's perfect 3. Learn from mistakes - remember that we all make them! 4. Try new things and take pride in your outcomes. 5. ... Read More about Self esteem improvement tips
Coping with criticism
For many people, criticism, whether it is constructive or not, can be quite difficult for a person with low self esteem to handle well. Often a person will take criticism personally, even though this was not the intention of the person giving it, and while sometimes criticism isn't justified, being ... Read More about Coping with criticism
Kids and Self Esteem
This subject is close to my heart because I am a mother of two beautiful daughters. None of us were born with low self esteem. Low self esteem develops over the years as we grow older and is the result of how we were treated by our "friends" or our family or others we come in contact ... Read More about Kids and Self Esteem
Your environment matters
Healthy self esteem stems from the environment you find yourself in regularly. This could be at home, at work, at school, hanging out with your peer group or anywhere else you find yourself. A healthy environment needs to be nurturing and positive. If you find yourself amongst people who don't have ... Read More about Your environment matters
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all…
One of the things that people with low self esteem or confidence have is a lot of negative self talk. They tell themselves they're not good enough, or they'll never be able to succeed, or there's no way they could do that. The key to overcoming this self talk is to replace it with postive talk, even ... Read More about If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all…
Ask for help, if and when you need it
It is often very difficult for a person with low self esteem to ask for help or support. But is important you do ask for it. A person with low self esteem usually feels they don't deserve the help, whereas a person with a healthy self esteem knows they deserve it, and they're not afraid to ask for ... Read More about Ask for help, if and when you need it