It is a sad fact of this life in its current form that has a staggeringly high percentage of the general population suffering from low self-esteem.
Some estimates have this figure at an astounding 85%!
Challenges of kicking bad habits or just a general low self belief can make this life hard - much harder than it has to be!
Keeping up the proper mindset to attract more abundance of what we want out of life is hard. Daily challenges continue and will always continue to hit us. The key lies in ensuring that we are adjusting our thoughts and processes during the day to ensure that we maintain the proper understanding and belief required to attract what we want in our lives and expel the negativity that will continuously try to enter our lives like a thief in the night.
Make no mistake, it is a dangerous thief. One that creeps into your life and makes itself at home. Worse than that, we actually start to believe what this nefarious creature whispers into our ears and end up with a life that we truly don't want, or need.
There are things that we can do to keep the beast at bay and vanquished. Below are some tips that I hope will help you.
1: Highway to the Danger Zone.
To build up your self-confidence you must get outside of that comfort zone. Each and every single day put yourself into a situation that makes you uncomfortable in some way. You will soon realise that you are more capable than what you currently think.
2: Compliments
Everyone loves to hear a compliment. Make sure that the compliment is legitimate and not forced. People can see through an unreal compliment and you will come across as sleazy, a liar or worse.
Handing out compliments to those who truly deserve one will come back to you ten-fold.
What's the worst that can happen? You make someone else's day a little brighter for it?
3: Expel The Positivity Thief
Pay CLOSE attention to your inner voice throughout the day. This sneaky little thief will squirm itself into your life if you don't pay attention.
Don't call yourself foolish, an idiot, stupid, fat or ugly. Boost your own self-esteem and improve your self-confidence by boosting your positive attitude to the fore. Catch that positivity thief and expel them into the nether regions where they belong!
4: Stake The Energy Vampires
You know the ones I'm talking about. People in your life that seem to suck the life right out of you!
Be wary and selective in who you let into your inner circle. Some of those that purport to be our closest allies are actually energy vampires. They appear to give you 'advice' that actually impedes you in achieving what you desire. They instill and plant the seeds of doubt that will feed the positivity thief. Inch by inch, step by step they will lead you to a path that is NOT of YOUR choosing.
Look closely at those around you. If it appears that they are literally sucking the life out of you then they most likely are. You know what you need to do, no need for me to spell it out here.
5: Be Grateful
Make time each and every day to list things that you have to be grateful for.
Take time to record each positive step in the right direction. The end goal is that much closer for each and every step in the right direction taken.
Feel good for those small steps, you are on the path that YOU HAVE chosen for yourself.
This will provide further positive momentum and self-confidence to take the next step. Very soon you will be able to look back at the path and be totally amazed by how far you have come.
Be grateful for these steps and don't fear to compliment yourself on each! You are moving in the right direction, whatever direction that may be for you and you deserve to complimented!
6: Ask!
This one seems to be a no-brainer but I'm constantly amazed at how this simple one is overlooked so often.
Ask for what you want. The worst thing that can happen is you get a NO, which will be the outcome if you don't ask!
7. Be An Active Listener.
People love to talk about themselves. It seems to be an ingrained thing in this life as it currently stands. The best 'conversationalists' that I have come across in life are those that actually do more listening than talking.
Our perceptions on what others want to hear are very often skewed and incorrect. Actively listen to these people and you will be amazed by the amount of doors that will open up for you. Doors that you probably weren't even aware existed.
Being an active listener is a skill that needs to be worked on. Catch yourself from interjecting your thoughts while the other person is still talking. Don't fidget with that pen. Make eye contact.
Make the talker understand that they hold your full attention and that you are paying attention.
There's no doubt that you will have read or heard the above tips numerous times. Pick and choose the ones that you can implement now. I have no doubt that your self-esteem and self-confidence will pick up and you will have no boundaries. This is the point that your life becomes truly that - YOURS.
Have you applied these tips in your life?
Share your story about how some of these tips have helped change your life.
I would love to hear them!
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