The document provides tips for building self-esteem and self-confidence. It recommends creating an achievement log to build confidence by setting goals and checking them off as completed. It also suggests celebrating successes, focusing on personal strengths rather than criticisms, improving physical fitness, committing to specific goals, and praising children for effort as well as accomplishments to nurture their self-esteem.

1. Self-Esteem
Support System

3. Createan Achievement Log
Build confidence by creating goals, a
path to achieving them and the knock
off each task to success. Watch your
self-esteem blossom as you check off
each task as “Done!”

4. Self-Confidence is About Balance
People with low self-confidence avoid taking
risks and new experiences. So their internal
scale is heavy on one side. Over-confidence
leads to high-risk decisions which can lead to
bad endings. Or you may not try hard
enough to succeed.

5. Celebrate Success
Don’t wait for someone else to acknowledge your success. Share the
experience, high-five the boss, do a little dance. You deserve the
spotlight so let it shine.

6. Self-Defeating Assumptions
You think you can’t, so you don’t. It’s
one thing to be realistic about a situation,
but it’s another to assume defeat before
entering the game. Assess the situation
and target a challenging situation to be
your first success.

7. Don’t spend time defending yourself if no
one is attacking you. You need to accept
constructive criticism and corrections,
but don’t take it persona. Instead, take
pride in where you’ve come from and
lead with your strengths.

8. Improve Yourself
When you feel good in your clothes, you stand taller and carry
yourself with confidence. Physical fitness has a huge effect
on self confidence. If you’re out of shape, you’ll feel self-conscious
about how your clothing fits which leads to
insecurity and feeling unattractive.

9. Pick Your Favorite Physical Attribute
Look in the mirror and select 5 things that you feel good
about. Great nails, shiny hair, beautiful hands? Do this every
day for a week. Watch new personal highlights
begin to appear.

10. Commit to Change
Specific goals are essential. Once you make
the commitment, you give the goal priority,
schedule time to make it happen, and look
forward to achieving the goal.

11. Nurturing Self-Esteem In Children
Be careful what you say. Children are very
sensitive to what adults say and especially what
parents say. Remember to praise your child not
only for a job well done, but also for effort.
Recognize that the act of “doing”is more
important than the outcome.