Why is self-esteem important?

What is self-esteem?

Self-esteem is an evaluation of one’s own personality; emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It reflects one’s own worth in his own eyes and in others too. It may also be named as an attitude or one’s behavior towards his own self. It may either be positive or unfortunately can be negative too. Now, we’ll discuss how does it affect your life?

Importance of self-esteem

As already said, it may either affect your life positively or negatively. It all depends on how you take it. in short, it all depends on You. Those who are high in their self-esteem are actually very confident, full of values and emotions, confident in their academic record, successful in their relations and lead a meaningful life. But those who are not can actually miss all these things in their life leading to a life full of despair and depression. It is an essential part of everyone’s personality that completes him in its true sense. It’s a feeling of satisfaction that lets you feel your own self-worth and integrity.

Self-esteem is a personality trait which means that it needs to be stable for a stable and enduring personality. it includes a lot of beliefs about yourself and encourages you to enjoy the full potential of your characteristics with a positive attitude towards life. while those with low self-esteem may miss a lot of opportunities believing they are not capable of all this, always stay low-key and may adopt a negative attitude towards life which is distressing.

Well, you might be thinking where does it come from? It comes from the inside of an individual and also his surroundings have a great impact on him. This is our parents and relatives and everyone from our social circle that affects us in a way or another in raising our moral values and beliefs or derailing them. They help us achieve self-actualization or self-denial.

How to Boost your self-esteem?

While raising a child and taking care of all his physical needs it is very important that you feed him spiritually and morally as well. It is really very essential for every parent to raise their child strong and confident as well. You need to tell them every day that how much you love them and what are they capable of. Though life has its obstacles, teach them to face it with a strong and positive attitude believing that they are all together in this. it will give them a feeling of protection and will make them more confident in their decisions. Don’t criticize them too much nor let them disrespect you. Instead adopt a healthy, balanced way of life in which everyone is given the right to speak and share his problems frankly. All you need to do is put your hand on their back and let them believe in themselves.

Some quick ways to boost your self-esteem:

1.    First of all, believe in yourself and your qualities.

2.    Respect yourself and trust in your abilities.

3.    Adopt a positive attitude towards life, no matter what happens.

4.    Indulge yourself in the activities you really enjoy.

5.    Set your life goals and be passionate about it.

6.    Don’t ever blame others for your problems.

Just Believe in Yourself!!