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.

it tries to find ways of altering how you look at things that are causing your moods.

You will start to see that the quality of your life doesn’t depend on what happens to you but on how you choose to react to it.

Find a place to be alone and enjoy your own company. Allow your thoughts to run wild. Rediscover dreaming and possibilities. Enjoy your self. Some of us find it harder to be alone than others. But we are all born alone, and we all die alone. You are the only person who ever really knows yourself. No-one else can be inside you.

The success of other people doesn’t matter; what matters is how successful you feel you are.