STORY HOW TO BUILD

SELF - ESTEEM

Dr. SHAILAJA B
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
 WHAT IS SELF – ESTEEM?

 Self-esteem, as the American psychologist Nathaniel Brandon

said, is the psychological condition when we feel effective in
front life’s challenges and when we feel worthy of success and
happiness.
 As I said before, everybody can increase their self-esteem
levels naturally. The bad news is that authentic self-esteem
never comes for free, and we need to work hard to grow our
self-esteem through our thoughts and actions.
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own
approval.”
– Mark Twain
“Believe in yourself and there will come a day
when others will have no choice but to believe
with you.”
THE LION KING
 SELF - ESTEEM
 When Simba’s father (Mufasa) died after having been hit by

the herd of wildebeests, he was advised by Scar (his uncle) to

leave his father’s kingdom and never to come back since Scar

made Simba believe that Mufasa’s death was his fault.

CONTD….
 Simba left the kingdom with a heavy feeling of guilt,
consequently losing his own identity and self-confidence. He
had also lost his primary reference point in life, his father, who
taught him everything about life on the savannah, and the
natural order of the “Circle of Life” that had to be respected to
make everything function harmoniously.
CONTD…
 Simba was supposed to be the next king of the savannah, but

he didn’t feel confident to come back and reign over the animal

kingdom. He also didn’t feel worthy of the king role he was

destined to have because his true identity had been taken away.
CONTD….
 Only when he meets Rafiki (that holds the position of wise

mentor), he goes through a forest (his subconscious mind) and

arrives at a small pool (his subconscious self-image) where

Mufasa appears again in the form of a reflection. Then, Simba

gets into a trance-like state where he has the vision of his

father taking the nebulous form of a cloud that tells him,

“remember who you are.”

CONTD….
 The trance state is so deep that Simba is shocked by his vision
and realizes who he really is along with his role in the circle of
life. He thus gets back his self-worth and self-confidence,
along with the drive to come back to the animal kingdom to
bring the order back again.
THE LION KING
HAKUNA MATATA
“Strength does not come from winning. Your
struggles develop your strengths. When you
go through hardships and decide not to
surrender, that is strength.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger