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SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE
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SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE
WHAT IS SELF ESTEEM?Self esteem refers to a positive overall
evaluation of oneself – a feeling that one is competent to cope with life’s challenges and
worthy of happiness
Self concept is what we think
about ourselves
Self esteem is what we feel
about ourselves
Of all the judgements we pass in life, none is more important than the judgements we pass on ourselves. – Nathaniel Branden
To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
It's not your job to like me...it's MINE! - Byron Katie
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent – Eleanor Roosevelt
Reflect on these…
FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF ESTEEM
Healthy Self
Esteem
Being Praised
Being listened to
Being spoken to
respectfully
Experiencing success
FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF ESTEEM
Low Self
Esteem
Being harshly
criticized or ridiculed
Being beaten,
yelled at or ignored
Being expected to be perfect
Experiencing failures
Although early life experiences have a major impact on self-esteem, experiences in adult life also play a role.
FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF ESTEEM
CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH SELF ESTEEM
Good mental health
Career success
Organizational prosperity
Profiting from negative feedback
CONSEQUENCES OF LOW SELF ESTEEM
ENVYING TOO MANY PEOPLE
POOR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
Attain legitimate accomplishments:
Persons must also engage in behaviours
and make choices that are worthy of esteem.
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM
Person establishes a goal
Person pursues the goal
Person achieves the goal
Person develops esteem-like feelings
Be aware of personal strengths
Minimize settings and interactions that detract from your feelings of competence
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM
Talk and socialize frequently with people who boost your self esteem.
Model the behaviour of people with high self esteem.
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM
SELF CONFIDENCE
Self confidence is assuredness in one’s personal judgement and abilities.
Self efficacy refers to confidence in one’s ability to carry out a specific task.
SELF CONFIDENCE and SELF EFFICACY
Self confidence results from 5 sources of information:
1. Personal experiences, or things we have done.
2. The experiences of others, or modeling.
3. Social comparison.
Sources of Self Confidence
4. Social persuasion – the process of convincing another person.
5. Emotional arousal – how you feel about events around you and how you manage your emotions.
Sources of Self Confidence
1. Take an inventory of personal assets and accomplishments.
2. Develop a solid knowledge base.
Strengthening Self Confidence
3. Use positive self-talk.
4. Avoid negative self talk
Strengthening Self Confidence
State the incident/ problem
objectively
Interpret what the incident does not
mean
State what it does mean
Account for the cause of the
incident
Identify positive ways to prevent a
reoccurrence
Use positive self talk
4. Use positive visual imagery
5. Set high expectations for yourself
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM
6. Strive for peak performance
7. Behave as if you feel confident
8. Bounce back from setbacks and embarrassments
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM
9. Strive to develop psychological capital – a state in which you have hope, self-efficacy, optimism and resilience.
10. Avoid overconfidence
HOW TO IMPROVE SELF ESTEEM