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10 Practical Tips for Improving YourSelf-Esteem
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Take Care of Yourself!
That is, make your health a primary focus of yourlife. When you feel good physically, it’s a whole lot easier to feel goodemotionally. Start taking care of your body, on a daily basis. That means it abalanced and healthy diet, and regular exercise, including cardiovascular. Ahealthy body promotes a healthy mind. Your body is your Temple; keeping itclean is an act of reverence.2.
Enjoy yourself 
! Do things you like doing, whether you’re good at it or not. Dowhat brings you pleasure. When you are enjoying life you don’t room for self-disdain; you’re having too much fun to complain. Get a hobby; nourish yourexisting ones. Play (you know what they say about “All work…”).3.
Educate yourself 
! Developing and expanding your mind, acquiring newknowledge, and learning new skills, all serve to make a person more confident inthemselves. Educate yourself on whatever interests you; read books, take courses,attend workshops and seminars. Broaden your horizons; it’s empowering.4.
Reward yourself 
! Don’t wait for others to recognize and praise yourachievements. Provide that gratification for yourself. Whether it's a kind word fora job well doned or a fancy meal or a stylish haircut, give yourself that pat on theback you’d been waiting for someone else to give. It feels just as good, if notbetter.
 
And it’ll encourage you to keep up the good work. Every act of completion,however minor, is another triumph. The sense of purpose, of your life havingmeaning, also works to boost your sense of self-worth.5.
Treat yourself!
Just the same, be sure to treat yourself for no reason at but self-love and appreciation. You don’t always need a reason to be extra-good toyourself; in fact, you don’t ever.6.
Praise yourself!
Distinct from both a reward and a treat, praise comes fromwithin. Identify your good qualities, what you like about yourself, your positivetraits. Recognize your stregths, your talents and abilities. Honor youraccomplishments. Compliment yourself, and likewise, accept the compliments of 
 
others. Don’t shrug them off or wave them off or do whatever you do to dismissand discount them; that only strengthens your mistaken belief that you don’tdeserve to be praised.7.
Forgive yourself!
You can’t change the past; you can only change how yourespond in the present moment: what you think of, and how you feel and act.Refusal to forgive yourself for something you can’t change now keeps youparalyzed from ever moving forward into a better future. Forgiving yourself doesn’t mean forgetting what you did and learning from the experience; it justmeans that, despite whatever you’ve done in the past, you are a good person whodeserves to be happy. Guilt and shame crush one’s self-esteem, and the only wayto be free of them is through inward forgiveness. This goes for small things aswell as large, because when you’re critical of yourself for anything, it alwayshurts.8.
Involve yourself!
In the lives of others, that is. You're your attention off yourself for a few minutes and surround yourself with people who have a positive andhealty attitude and outlook. The people you have around you reflect and influenceyour attitudes and behavior; choose to spend time around people who reflect howyou’d like to see yourself, how y ou’d like to feel andd who you’d like to be.Socialize with people who share common interests with you and find a reservoirof support for feeling good about yourself. Professional organization, charities,clubs, groups, team sports, networking organizations, parties: getting involvedwith the world you live in gives you an irreplaceable sense of belonging. Theydon’t call it a support network for nothing.9.
Stand up for yourself 
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Don’t let people decide how you should feel aboutyourself. Don’t give them that power. You don’t even have to defend yourself outwardly to stand up for yourself inwardly. Simply refuse to let anyone else’sopinion get you down. It’s just their opinion. What’s more, they’re entitled to it.You don’t have to believe it; you just have to believe your own. Standing up foryourself means stating your needs and seeing that they’re met. It means decidingnot to put up with behavior you don’t want to put up with anymore. You can’tchange another person, but you can express yourself and, if necessary, removeyourself from the situation. And don’t play “the Martyr” either, putting everyoneelse’s needs before your own. Care for others, yes, but not at the expense of caringfor yourself.10.
Give of yourself!
There’s no better way to feel good about yourself than to give of your precious time and energy in the service of others. Volunteering is the mostinwardly rewarding experience there is. Helping another person with no thoughtsof reward or compensation is not only the holiest act, but the most self-esteem
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