Self-esteem: The Lazy Person’s Guide!

Improving your self-esteem isn’t about becoming selfish, loud, competitive and arrogant. It’s about taking care of yourself so that you have the strength and energy to help and give to others when appropriate.

It’s easy to look back and blame the past, your parents, your siblings, your teachers, your partner for leaving you, and so on, but at the end of the day the way you feel about yourself now is your responsibility. You can choose now to respond to life without your old self-doubt, hesitation and confusion.

it is time to take a deep breath and deal with the present.

It’s about being yourself, and knowing that within you lies the power to create all that you want in life.

when self-esteem is low you are not in the driving seat. Other people or events are steering the wheel, while you crouch in the back wondering where they will take you next.

You need to feel relaxed and happy in all aspects of your life to function optimally.

The foundations of low self-esteem are often laid in childhood, but as we grow up stressful life events and adult responsibilities can also cause self-esteem to plummet. Intimate relationships that don’t work out, set-backs, knocks, poor health, accidents, the loss of a loved one, financial struggles and so on can all be damaging.

Remember it’s not what happens to you but how you react to what happens to you

Try to get into the habit of describing situations as they are and not dramatising them. This will help you feel

around you won’t do you any good at all.