The document discusses the detrimental effects of copying others in the pursuit of success, emphasizing that true greatness comes from utilizing one's own unique strengths and talents. It highlights how societal pressures, particularly from family and media, lead individuals to undervalue their capabilities, resulting in a belief that they must mimic others to succeed. The document concludes with actionable steps for individuals to identify and cultivate their own strengths to achieve personal success.

1. Self-Esteem and
Empowerment
Dare to be different

2. Introduction
Have you ever met people who
are great at what they do, and
then you want to become like
them?

3. The negative results of copying
others
 When you try to copy others, you will never
reach the same level of greatness as them
 After many times of copying and failing, you
will start to believe that you are not smart
enough to become successful like others
 As a result, you settle for just being an
average person, which prevents you to do
great things

4. Reasons why you believe you need
to copy others
 You have been influenced by your family and the
media to believe that you need to become like others
 When your parents see others who are great at what
they do, your parents would tell you to become like
others
 When you step into society, the media put
tremendous pressure on you to become like someone
else
 You are most likely see advertisements trying to
influence you to buy this and that to become someone
else
 You are unlikely to see advertisements that motivate
and inspire you to be yourself

5. The result of trying to copy others
 You are not using your own strengths and talents
 Your strengths and talents will start to fade away
 You have to use your strengths and talents in order for them
to grow
 You did not have many opportunities to use your strengths
and talents when you were influenced by your parents and
the media
 When your strengths and talents become weak, you start to
believe that you do not have any strength and talent within
you
 As a result, you believe that in order to become successful,
you have to find the strength and talent from the outside,
which is to copy others

6. You have to use your own strengths
and talents to become successful
 Each human being is gifted with different
strengths and talents
 Each human being is meant to
accomplish different great things
 If everyone is meant to accomplish the
same great things, then we would all
have the same strengths and talents,
but we do not

7. How to accomplish great things
 You have to use your own strengths and talents
 Your own strengths and talents will become natural to
make them easy for you to help you become
successful
 The main reason why other are so great at what they
do is because they are using their own strengths and
talents
 However, if others are to use your strengths and
talents, they will not become as great
 Even though you might not accomplish the same
things as others when you use your own strengths
and talents, you will still be able to reach the same
level of greatness as others

8. Action Steps
 1. Write down all your accomplishments and successes,
small and big
 2. For each accomplishment/success, write down all the
strengths, knowledge, skills, and talents that you
developed into
 3. Write down every single thing that you want to
accomplish
 4. After you achieve something, write down every single
strength and talent you have to developed into
 As you accomplish more and more things, you will soon
discover what your unique strengths and talents are by
looking at your accomplishments

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