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- Billy Lilly's Web Page and Sacramento Self-Esteem - Lessons for building self-esteem.
- Building Self-Esteem and Happiness - Building self-esteem and self-confidence with tips, free courses, and recommended
books.
- Building Your Child's Self-Esteem - Clinical Psychologist describes 16 techniques that parents and teachers can
use to build the self-esteem of their children.
- A College Student's Guide to Overcome Shyness - Written by a 24-year-old college student who once was very shy. Topics include
how to improve body language, believing in yourself, and public speaking.
- Confidence Club – Self-esteem and confidence-building resources. Includes confidence profile
questionnaire.
- Enhancing Your Self-Esteem at Work - An overview of self-esteem and suggestions on celebrating yourself and receiving
feedback from others. Includes a quiz to determine if you have low self-esteem.
- Ibex Management Ltd - Offering coaching services for women in the area of self-esteem, with resources,
online sales, and a self-assessment quiz. Based in the UK.
- La Belle Foundation - Non-profit organization whose objective is to bring the teaching of self-development,
personal and social responsibility to public school students.
- National Association for Self-Esteem (NASE) - An organisation dedicated to fully integrating self-esteem into the fabric of
American society so every individual experiences personal worth and happiness. Includes sections on parenting, educational
programs, conferences and an offer to subscribe to Self-Esteem Today Magazine.
- Self Esteem - An essay examines the healthy self-image and why comparisons hurt.
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Low self-esteem
Why do we do it to ourselves?
An extremely large percentage of us happily
go through life under the opinion that having a low (or poor) self-image is just a self-deprecating characteristic. This is
far from the truth.
Far from being some form of harmless personality
trait, low self-esteem is in actuality a cruel form of emotional self-harm which ruins countless lives.
Low self-esteem leads us into a frightening
dimension of personality-based problems. Some of which are listed below. All of these (and more) can be traced back to low
self-esteem.
Self-consciousness. Timidity. Over-sensitivity. Feelings
of rejection. Inability to make decisions.
Perfectionism - the self-defeating drive to be perfect. Attention seeking. Withdrawal into ourselves. Aggression.
Obviously low self-esteem dramatically
reduces our chances of success in life. Naturally, when we have a low self-esteem we are usually too afraid to attempt almost
anything.
Because we don’t attempt to do anything
– we can’t fail at anything. Unfortunately, this also means that we are never able to achieve anything, which
simply reinforces our low self-esteem and undermines all of our efforts
The bottom line is that this self-indulgent
activity is obviously self-harming. Whenever we put a low value on ourselves we are defeating ourselves. Let’s face
it, if we do not believe in ourselves, who will? It’s all too easy to hide behind excuses
“it’s just the way I am” “ it’s my character”. It’s who I am” “It’s
my belief system”. We would possibly be better employed asking ourselves “What can we do about it?”
Let me put another question to you.
If you had evidence – written evidence
to prove that you were better than you ever imagined – and I mean real proof in writing - would it convince you? Wouldn’t
it change the way you thought about yourself?
How would you feel if you found new and actual
hard evidence to prove that you possessed properties that you could be proud of? Would this change your self-perception, your
opinion of yourself?
Of course it would! And this is exactly where
handwriting analysis can help. In fact, this is one of the most important benefits of handwriting analysis because -
There are indications in your handwriting that can provide you with the written proof of
hidden strengths that exist in your personality – strengths that until now have probably just been lying there dormant
and unnoticed.
Yes! Real and concrete evidence that will
boost your self-image to greater heights is hidden in your very own handwriting! This information is built into the various
structures of your handwriting. In fact, hiding within these structures are strengths that you may not even be aware of.
Identify these personality strengths and it
will lead to greater confidence! Discover your strengths and you will have opened the door to a whole new world of possibility
and achievement.
healthy self-image is vital
It’s easy to see
why it is so important to have a healthy self-image. Because confidence goes hand in hand with achievement. A healthy self-image
is vital for success in any field. If you have a healthy self-image it means that you believe in yourself; and this is essential
if you want to achieve your goals.
Good self-esteem allows you to access the source of your personal power
- and the ability to use that personal power is the magic key to success.
In any profession or occupation,
confidence has direct bearing on achievement. Motivational books and tapes flood the market – all with the same message;
feel confident and you will succeed. Believe in yourself and you will find the road to money and success.
It’s important in
sport too. To be successful, an athlete has to believe that he can go out there and excel on the track. Many great sport stars
like tennis players or boxers constantly psyche themselves up and even engage professional gurus to motivate them. "You can
do it!" has become a powerful, almost magical mantra.
Our self-perception plays
an important role in our relationships too – because each and every relationship is profoundly concerned with how we
value ourselves. To be loved we have to feel worthy of love. But behave like a reject and rejection will surely follow.
What is over-confidence?
Unfortunately there is
also another side to the coin, where too much self-esteem manifests as over-confidence. In fact, over-confidence has a nasty
way of spoiling your aim so that you tend to overshoot your target. Over confidence has a negative effect in that it can produce
the opposite of what you are trying to achieve.
Sometimes, when self-esteem
is very low we start to play an elaborate little game known as over-compensation. Our minds begin to play tricks on us simply
to protect our egos.
And so, even though we may
be suffering from a low self-image, we pretend to be supremely confident. It hides the dreadful insecurity that we feel inside
with a type of charade or act of bravado. There are some who even become arrogant and hostile simply to disguise that empty
feeling of insufficiency.
Small wonder, then, that we
find it so difficult to understand ourselves and others!
Fortunately, handwriting
analysis provides us with a quick and reliable way to evaluate many of these confusing areas of personality.
An analysis of handwriting
can give you an unbiased assessment of your abilities and shortcomings. It can give you an assessment of your feeling of self-worth
and the degree to which you believe in yourself.
With almost no effort
on your part you can arrive at an amazingly accurate estimate of your feeling of self-worth. And of course there are no invasive
tests or lengthy questionnaires. A single page of handwriting will do the trick – and you can learn about many aspects
of your personality with amazing detail.
Handwriting analysis is
a valuable tool. It is over and above a simple personality test. Not only can it help you to pin-point certain personality-based
problems, but it can also assist you to identify positive personality traits that need to be more fully utilised. It will
give you access to your strengths.
With this sound basis
of self-knowledge you will develop a new self-confidence. You will acquire a new feeling of self-worth.
This is the most valuable
gift that you can give yourself. It is the doorway to a successful future.
Open it!
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