This is a 2-part blog by Peter Wilford. This is Part 1.
As we start a new year, I have reflected on some of the clients we have worked with recently who have low self-esteem which has, typically, come from any one of the following reasons:
- Recent job loss
- Redundancy and the way it was managed by the organisation
- Lack of progress and slow results when looking for a new job
- Low confidence and self-belief due to a disability, an ongoing mental illness or a specific personal situation (a client who suffers from ADHD)
- Feeling of low self-worth
This has clearly impacted on their career as well as their personal life.
Having a high opinion about yourself, who you are and what you do and, basically, a love for yourself is often one of the things that people miss or have too little of in today’s society.
TIP 1.
Start to say “stop” to your ‘inner critic’.
A good starting point to help increase your self-esteem is to learn how to handle and to replace the voice of your own ‘inner critic’. We all have an inner critic. How well are you managing yours?
It does two things. It can spur you on to get things done or to achieve things more and to gain acceptance from the main people who are in your life. But at the same time it can drag your self-esteem down. What would you prefer to use it for?
TIP 2.
Put into action healthier motivation habits.
To make your inner critic less useful, that ‘internal voice’ weaker, and at the same time motivate yourself to take action and with it raise your self-esteem, it certainly helps to have and regularly use healthy motivation habits. Start to think about what motivation habit will work for you and introduce it into your life and daily routine.
TIP 3.
Take a 2 minute self-appreciation break.
This is a very simple and easy to gain habit. If you spend just two minutes working on it every day for a month you will find that it can make a real difference. Take a deep breath, slow down and ask yourself this question: what are 3 things I like and most appreciate and value about myself?
TIP 4.
Write down the 3 things that you like and can most appreciate about yourself.
Do this again in the evening. Combining the two of them can be really powerful to help you gain two self-esteem boosts every day.
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