Self-Esteem: 7 keys to unlock your Inner Strength
How many times you have read and heard of celebrity marriages failing almost left and right. It’s strange that we often see movie and TV stars as flawless people, living a life of riches and glamour. Aiming to emulate such picture perfect images is a sure way to lose your sense of self-esteem. But whatever happens, you should not to lose your own sense of self.
It’s time to stop sticking our heads in the clouds and face reality.
So what does it take to discover and grow your self esteem?
Here are some of the things you should try on:
1. Reaffirm your own values
Make a list of the top 5 things that you value most. For examples are security, freedom, family, spiritual development, learning. Now review your goals and check them against your values. If your goals don’t align with any of your top values, it’s time to reconsider your goals, revise your values or both.
2. Leverage on your passions
What you truly enjoy in life? What are the things that will energize you? By using your passions as a source of energy you will discover that obstacles like doubt and lack of enthusiasm will only slower your progression, but will not derail your chance to become the person you ought to be. Express yourself and honour the people who have inspired you to become the very person you wanted to be.
3. Know your purpose
Are you wandering through life with little direction, hoping that you’ll find happiness, health and prosperity? Identifying your life purpose will give you a unique compass that will guide you to your truth north in times of need. But don’t stress if you don’t see a clear purpose for your life right know. Start talking the responsibility for creating the conditions for your own happiness, and the rest will follow.
4. Know your needs
Do you have unsatisfied needs to be acknowledged?, like to be right, to be in control, to be loved? Unmet needs can keep you from living authentically. List your top four needs and create a plan to get them met before it’s too late!
5. Honour your strengths
What talents do you have? What are your positive traits? List them – You can ask those closest to you to help identify your strengths. Are you imaginative, witty, good with your hands? Find ways to express your authentic self through your strengths. You will increase your self-confidence when you share what you know to others.
6. Live from the inside out
Increase your awareness of your inner self by regularly reflecting in silence. Breathe deeply to quiet your distracted mind. For most of us city slickers it’s hard to even find the peace and quiet we want even in our own home. Often just sit in a dimly lit room and play some classical music will help your mind reach the proper state.
7. Serve others
When you live authentically, you may find that you develop an interconnected sense of being. By being true to who you are, living your purpose and giving of your talents to the world around you, you give back in service what you came to share with others -your spirit – your essence. The rewards for sharing your gift with those close to you are many, much more in the eyes of a stranger who can appreciate what you have done to them.
