Short messages on Confidence from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Low self-esteem can cause you to notice and accept as true only the negative facts about yourself.
No matter how you perceive your looks, how smart you are, how wealthy you are, how many friends you have: you can build up your self-esteem because it’s up to you to give yourself value.
It’s okay to let go of everything and everyone that stops you achieving the best you. If something isn’t going well, try a different way.
Whilst having low self-esteem is not your fault, recognise that self-esteem is a product of your mind. It’s in your hands to change it and improve it until it is something that comes naturally to you. It will simply be who you are.
Much as it may feel like it, your problem is not the biggest. Other people have lived through it. Your situation is not impossible to solve.
Know who you are and who you’re not. Value your abilities, your skills, your talents and your potential. You are a unique individual, and as such, invaluable.
“You have two choices in your life; you can dissolve into the mainstream, or you can be distinct. To be different, you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.” – Francis Phillip Wernig
“The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before.” – Francis Phillip Wernig
Your natural human fears of failure and embarrassment will sometimes stop you from trying new things. Rising above these fears enables you to make unique experiences part of your life.
When you invest in yourself, you can never lose, and over time you will change the path of your life. The more time, energy and money you spend learning things important to you, the more control you have over your life.