How To Improve Self Esteem – Part 2

Further, plan your course of action for the day – month – year! Be it with regard to meeting new people or tackling tough conditions. The better prepared you are, the better you will perform. There will always be some unforeseen circumstances but you will be able to make it through them if you have a focused plan of action.

You can also instill a higher level of assurance by dressing for confidence. Go for the style that you feel comfortable in. your clothes should not be some sort of a hiding place for your personality. Dress to impress. “As an extension of the body, clothing can affect body image perception and functions to strengthen or weaken the body-image boundary. Clothing acts as a “second skin” in establishing the physical boundaries of the self” (Horn, 1968).

Personal appearance is a major factor in building up self-esteem. If you have the surety, your clothes will not matter. However in the majority of cases, it is observed that ‘power dressing’ is a very effective especially for those with low self-esteem. The more people notice how balanced, confident and interesting you are, the more they are likely to follow you.

Consequently your self-worth shoots up. Most people, especially women tend to feel awkward about their body if they are less than perfect. It would be interesting to note that it’s a very minute number of women the world over who have a perfect figure. The most important thing is to feel comfortable in what you wear and carry it off confidently. Clothes today are available in all sizes. Find the perfect fit and don’t follow trends just for the heck of it.

There are many ways and ways to improve self-esteem. You just have to find out what works best for you and then follow the path to a more confident you!

How To Improve Self Esteem

Self-esteem is your reading of yourself. Everyone has an inbuilt score card wherein they give themselves points on their self-assessment. It’s a good system but not infallible. Our assessment is prone to influences from society. In fact we tend to judge ourselves more according to what the others think of us than what we actually think of ourselves. More often than we find ourselves in a situation where we begin to feel dejected.

Being over-critical of ourselves, we lower our self-worth. This results in low self-esteem. However, all is not lost. Improving our self-esteem is in our capable hands. After all we know what we have to improve upon – consciously or sub-consciously!

Our first step is to identify what we should perfect – external appearance, opinions, thinking, attitude or whatever else we want. Take a pen and paper and list out this inventory. When it is in front of you in black and white you will find it easier to act upon it.

Secondly, make it habit to think positively. Initially this will seem like an uphill task but as you get into the habit, it will come automatically. When you think positive, you exude self-confidence that all around you will find hard to miss. Then of course you have to be decisive. Take firm and sensible decisions and stand by them no matter what.

Make sure to look for Part 2 of  Ways To Improve Self Esteem.