Low self esteem can be eliminated from your life - when you know what to look for

Recognizing the signs of low self esteem can help you eliminate them from your life.

1. Watch out for little pet peeves.

Most times what you dislike in others is that in which you dislike about yourself.

2. Unwillingness to accept constructive criticism.

If someone politely mentions something to you that you've done wrong and you get offended.

It's okay to accept feedback from others.

It will help you discover your true self. Because sometimes were too close to our own thoughts and actions to even realize that there self destructive.

So good constructive criticism is essential for self esteem building.

3. Not able to admit when you've made a mistake. Regardless of how minor the mistake is.

Making mistakes is a learning tool. Use it.

4. Always blaming others for what's going wrong in your life.

People with high self esteem take responsibility for everything that's going right in their life as well as for everything that's going wrong.

If you want to feel better about your life instantly take FULL responsibility for everything in your life.

5. Constantly making excuses about everything instead of just simply telling the truth. People with low self esteem lie about the smallest things because they don't feel confident enough to just say NO.

If you constantly hear yourself say words like, maybe, if, oh I don't know, should of, could of, would of. Your making excuses possibly without even realizing it.

6. Failure to stand up for yourself. Even on a small scale. Simply declining a birthday party invite can make a person with low self esteem break into a sweat.

This only causes you to internally beat yourself up for not speaking up when you had the chance.




7. Unable to accept a compliment. Sounds crazy. But people with low self esteem have a hard time acknowledging that they've done something worth complimenting on.

They respond with statements like, "Oh it was nothing" or "Anyone could have done it." They just can't find it in themselves to say "Thank you."

8. Feel incapable of making friends. Shying away from events that would put them right in the center of people they don't know.

They have no idea what to say or how to talk to someone they don't know.

9. Always worried about what other people think. Period. And actually if people really knew how little someone else though of them they would be astonished.

Rarely does anyone think about you or something you did for more than a few minutes TOPS.

Not to hurt your feelings or anything. But people are so consumed with their own life's they have no room to think about you.

And number 10...

10. The feeling of unworthiness. Unworthy of happiness. A new job. A supportive partner. A raise. Kids that listen. A voiced opinion.

People with low self esteem constantly feel like they don't deserve anything good to happen to them.

So there you have it. My top ten list of what I consider to be low self esteem signs.

Try to avoid any or all of these on a daily basis throughout your self esteem building journey.

Just eliminating this list from your life with boost your self esteem to a higher level. And please share these with other you care about because they really do make a difference in people's lives.

The people who don't even know there doing these things will get a real eye opener.






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