10 Ways To Boost Your Self-Esteem

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3. Cultivate your social life
People with high self-esteem are generally quite sociable. But this is a chicken and egg situation – the less you interact with other people, the more negative you’ll feel about yourself and the less likely you’ll be to put yourself in social situations.

Break the negative circle by starting to include other people in your life. If this seems difficult, think of it as giving as well as taking. Join a voluntary organization or club and offer to help. This is not only a distraction from your problems, but also generates feelings of self worth.

4. Get some exercise
Include more exercise in your life. Working out, particularly outdoors, is a great way to generate your own ‘feel-good’ chemicals and will give you body confidence as well as energize you. People who exercise regularly tend to look good, they have better skin tone, better muscle tone and their movements are easier and more balanced. If you have physical poise and strength, it’s much easier to feel confident inside as well.

5. Relax
Do you spend a lot of time feeling anxious and stressed? Learning to breathe like a relaxed and confident person will help you cope with daily stresses, and it’s the simplest habit you could ever learn.

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There are lots of books and classes about this and, if you like the idea, you could take up meditation or yoga and become a master of poise and positive energy.

6. Make your own choices
Take time out to assess a) your career and b) your relationships. Ask yourself:

• Is this job/person giving me positive feedback?
• Do I enjoy this job/person?
• Does this job/person acknowledge and reflect my creativity and my strengths?
• Am I sticking with this job/person simply out of habit?
• Could I do better?

If it’s not working for you, whatever it is, change it.

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