How to build self esteem and confidence?

What if you’re not yet as good as you can be? Drop the ego.

Check your assumptions and see what outcome they produce.

When people look down on your results –it could be a TRUTH you need to address even though they’re hard on you.

Get good at something through practice and stop settling for less.

Tim Ferris has an advice to question himself - What if you did the opposite of how you normally act today?

• Find ways to make some extra income (if people look down on you because you're broke).
• Put in more effort and recheck everything you do before submitting (if your employer looks down on work).

Keep your beliefs nimble and see what results they're serving you - Tom Bilyeu

Separate the things you want to improve on from those you can't control.

Start by accepting yourself for who you are and recognizing your own worth.

It comes from the 5 A's of Self-Esteem: Awareness, Acceptance, Appreciation, Action, and Assertiveness which can help you boost your self-esteem in a HOLISTIC way.

Whatever improvements you make to boost your self-esteem should be based on things you have control over e.g. Skills, Work-ethic.

Be unapologetic on things you don’t have control over as an adult e.g. Race, Colour, Height

Instead be proud of them.

The stories you tell yourself determine your PERSPECTIVE in life and how you handle problems.

• Being Optimistic >> pessimistic
• Courage >> fear
• Self-love >> self-hate

Believing in yourself is key- write down.

To beat low self-esteem do this every morning - write down 5 things you love about yourself and read them out loud.

Be willing to radically love yourself!

Many kids get their self-esteem CRUSHED because of the kind of words their parents used on them (whatever their intention was).

But now you’re an adult.

Fault is past tense, taking responsibility is present tense.

Take responsibility and avoid seeking validation or approval from others to improve your self-esteem.

Replace this need with Empowering self-affirmations:

Repeating positive statements about yourself can help build self-esteem by combatting negative self-talk.

Success isn’t just about money, but about mental health, physical health, a good environment, high self-esteem.

Its funny how things we do for fun can give the most joy and meaning to us.

When David Perrel was asked how to get better at writing - all he said was focus on having fun.

I made one of the biggest mistakes that smashed my self-esteem at first. When I got into college – I thought of focusing only on academics and minimizing hobbies.

After all “hobbies don’t pay.”

But the problem was I had little intrinsic motivation for what I was studying or natural competence on it - so i started doubting myself.

When I picked back my hobbies, I knew I was good at something - which I later used to build a business. Since then I've felt zero need to use “titles” or “how people perceived me” to increase self-esteem.

Improving your self-esteem is not an overnight task.

Start with baby steps- do something that makes you feel good about yourself every day, no matter how small it may seem.

Each time you do what you wish or say not to do – you doubt yourself.

But when you build yourself up emotionally and mentally, you'll be able to better withstand the challenges life throws your way.

Between stimulus and response is a SPACE.

It doesn’t matter what people say – “you’re not good enough”, you’re a bad person.”

You don't have to get all worked up. Taking life too seriously or problems personally is not wisdom.

Habits that can help you decrease TRIGGERS:

• - Meditate
• - Listen more, talk less
• - Walk out from heated conversations until you can react as little as possible.
• - Sleep on problems – you don’t have to react to everything on the heat of the moment.

Act confident even when you don't feel it and eventually it will become second nature.

It starts with being self-aware.

• Walking erect no matter how downhill or rock bottom you are present.
• Dressing smart or clean no matter what's going on outside.
• Do things like complimenting yourself, setting realistic goals, and practicing gratitude.

I got this idea from Tom Bilyeu - Focus on "LEARNING” rather than how good you look or think you are.

• Discipline over motivation.
• Being present over past glory.
• Your vision over what people think.

Its the key to shift things from the inside out.

At some point, you should consider where you are, and why things haven't changed or improved in a while. That's an indicator that something needs to change.

Invest in a Coach.

Finding someone to be your accountability partner for things like working out or eating healthy can help increase self-esteem by giving you support and motivation.