Our self-esteem determines how much self-respect we can ask of the world. It’s a silent but highly influential negotiator- one that we must learn to use to our advantage. It’s very simple really: The more we value ourselves, The more the world will reciprocate these feelings. So, Love Yourself. Accept Yourself. Don’t let anyone or …
“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.” ~Plato A few weeks ago, I was standing in front of a mirror in the women’s bathroom at work. I could feel the cold sweat down my spine and was angry for not being able to gain a better control of myself. I attempted …
Confidence is a beautiful thing. It makes us appear more attractive to others, more in control of our destiny, and more self-aware, among the many other perks it brings to our lives. Above all, a healthy self-assurance is like a visibility cloak — it makes all our skills, talents, gifts or mojos intensified, magnified and easy for …
To base our worth on others’ opinions means leaving our fate to people who often don’t have our best interests at heart. Perhaps, a better way to value ourselves is to look inwards to our own strengths, skills and talents. And to trust ourselves that we are worth every second of the life we want …
It’s probably fair to say that we all have been there—at a point in our lives where we’ve felt more as the mere spectators than the action heroes in our own stories. We’ve watched opportunities slip away but were unable to grasp them. And there wasn’t much we could do to change all that. As …
*This piece was posted on Thrive Global* Not too long ago, I returned back to work full-time, after my son turned one year old. We put him in daycare, and he used to cry every morning for the first month or so. It broke my heart and it made me feel as I wasn’t a caring enough …
Our confidence should be based on our value as human beings, not on the value of our possessions. Measuring our worth in tangibles creates a very fragile sense of self, ready to break by the smallest whiff of doubt or insecurity. You are much more than your “things.”
Positive self-validations are more than just repeating to ourselves a thousand times a day that we are great. It won’t work, unless we actually believe it. And to believe it, we have to feel that we are worthy, loved, appreciated, respected, and accepted. First and foremost–by ourselves.
To feel confident, we need to trust that there is always a path forward, even in darkest and hardest of times. Because hope breeds confidence, and confidence attracts more hope.
We’ve all had experiences, which we want to forget, or wish we could go back in time and change our behavior, reaction, or words. These incidents often leave us anxious and unhappy with ourselves too. We may ruminate on the happening for days, running it over and over in our heads—what we did wrong, what …