Factors that influence Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness Factors That Influence Self-esteem and Self-awareness
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Relationships with your parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, etc. influence your self esteem this is because you ‘copy’ their attitudes and reactions when you are still young and this influences the way you think of yourself and others. Experiences with family from birth right up to the present can also influence you. Characteristics with which a child is born play an important role throughout life. Home environment can have a good or a bad effect on a child. Children of emotionally mature parents are more likely to have good emotional growth.
School
Relationships with classmates, teachers, administrators and counsellors influence your self esteem, due to the result of you learning from others. Experiences with schoolwork, extracurricular activities, sports, discipline, etc. can also play an important role in shaping the kind of person you are going to be in the future.
Society
Relationships with members of different cultures, races and religions can influence your self esteem, as you learn from them and cope through different times will shape your characteristics. Experiences with standards and images created by others can also influence you. The nature of your community helps shape you.
Media
The media can greatly influence peoples’ self-esteem/awareness in a negative way. This negative change is mostly seen in girls in their teens, this is because girls/boys usually see beautiful ‘perfect’ models on TV and want to mimic their appearance. Girls who are exposed to these kinds of unrealistic images are more dissatisfied with their own bodies. Poor body image has also been associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety. It can cause her to avoid activities she normally enjoys, lower her self-esteem and her confidence and, in some cases, lead to eating disorders.
Other factors that may influence you
· Feedback – What others tell you about yourself, how they look at you and how they treat you as a person; what important people (friends, family, teachers, role-models) say about you.
· Consequences/happenings – The good or bad things, life events and the choices you make in your everyday life.
· Handling – How you deal with challenges and opportunities.
· Success – The things you achieve or the less successful experiences in your life.
· Popularity – How people love or like/hate you.
· Image – How others see you and how you want to be seen.
Six strategies to help you believe in yourself
In the mind, positive and negative thoughts are always in conflict. What wins among them is shown through our actions and behaviour towards things.
Plan the day ahead
To avoid mistakes that will cause negative output on your daily activities that will later on become negative thoughts, it is better to plan your work first; after which, work your plan. Make sure today's goals are clearly defined and absorbed by your mind. This can be done even before you get out of bed each day, just so immediate addressing issues as they arise can be avoided.
Start the day with cheers and smiles
Your whole day depends on how you greet the morning. Therefore, as long as you welcome it with energy and high spirits, everything will go okay. You don’t want the rest of the day to get ruined, do you? Come on, smile! It doesn’t cost anything but is worth everything.
Keep your mind focused on important things
Set goals and priorities for what you think and do. Visualize practicing your actions. Develop a strategy for dealing with problems. Concentrate on things that need to be taken seriously, but at the same time, take time to relax and enjoy. This way, favourable results may take place.
Try new things and challenges
See learning and changes as opportunities. There’s nothing wrong in changing attitudes and routines as long as they are for the good and improvement of who you are and what you do. Doing new things may include considering more options for a project, meeting new people from different places, asking lots of questions. Through this, the flow of thinking is directed to improvement and negative thoughts will be easily removed.
Be realistic
Make sure that what you want is something possible. Hoping for something to happen which would never really happen in real life will only bring you disappointment. For instance, you wish to lose weight. Therefore, you have to set a goal and act on suitable measures within a period of time to achieve what you wish. No one can get slimmer overnight. Keep track of your mental and physical health. This way, you will know how far you can keep believing.
Forgive and forget
Mistakes and failures are the main causes of negative thinking. If we somehow learn to let go of all the pain, suffering, and fear we try to keep inside our hearts and minds, then there will be nothing more to block our clear thoughts from being expressed. Forgive yourself for committing mistakes and forget these mistakes.
Five ways you can help people become more confident
Be happy unto others
Happiness is free and expresses a lot of senses to others. People love it when you are happy and get an emotional and confidence boost around you. I will try and be happy for as much as I can when I am around other people. This won’t only make others more confident but will also increase your self-esteem in the long run.
Give people a pat on the back
When people have achieved a goal or something that that really makes them happy, be happy too, about it. I will congratulate them with a pleasant smile. Don’t be envious about their achievement, as this will decrease your self-awareness.
Mourn and grace the sorrow
Sometimes people won’t just be in the right mood; it might be a cause of failure and will in turn result in low self-confidence. I will try my souls preeminent to try and enlighten the person who is feeling ‘down’. This might notwork all the time but will help the person know that there is hope. The next time you are feeling down, people will do the same unto you, the same as you did to them.
Step up in times of difficulty
Difficult times bring difficult moments, so it’s best to step up and do the best you’ve got. I will try and help people in difficult times as much as possible, this will show people that you are trying your best and will inspire them to do the same with more confidence.
Stay true in your words
Confidence needs to be deserved and staying true to your word is the first step. Show people that you can be trusted and confidence will be achieved around you, resulting in high self-esteem in others that you can trust.
Relationships with your parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, etc. influence your self esteem this is because you ‘copy’ their attitudes and reactions when you are still young and this influences the way you think of yourself and others. Experiences with family from birth right up to the present can also influence you. Characteristics with which a child is born play an important role throughout life. Home environment can have a good or a bad effect on a child. Children of emotionally mature parents are more likely to have good emotional growth.
School
Relationships with classmates, teachers, administrators and counsellors influence your self esteem, due to the result of you learning from others. Experiences with schoolwork, extracurricular activities, sports, discipline, etc. can also play an important role in shaping the kind of person you are going to be in the future.
Society
Relationships with members of different cultures, races and religions can influence your self esteem, as you learn from them and cope through different times will shape your characteristics. Experiences with standards and images created by others can also influence you. The nature of your community helps shape you.
Media
The media can greatly influence peoples’ self-esteem/awareness in a negative way. This negative change is mostly seen in girls in their teens, this is because girls/boys usually see beautiful ‘perfect’ models on TV and want to mimic their appearance. Girls who are exposed to these kinds of unrealistic images are more dissatisfied with their own bodies. Poor body image has also been associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety. It can cause her to avoid activities she normally enjoys, lower her self-esteem and her confidence and, in some cases, lead to eating disorders.
Other factors that may influence you
· Feedback – What others tell you about yourself, how they look at you and how they treat you as a person; what important people (friends, family, teachers, role-models) say about you.
· Consequences/happenings – The good or bad things, life events and the choices you make in your everyday life.
· Handling – How you deal with challenges and opportunities.
· Success – The things you achieve or the less successful experiences in your life.
· Popularity – How people love or like/hate you.
· Image – How others see you and how you want to be seen.
Six strategies to help you believe in yourself
In the mind, positive and negative thoughts are always in conflict. What wins among them is shown through our actions and behaviour towards things.
Plan the day ahead
To avoid mistakes that will cause negative output on your daily activities that will later on become negative thoughts, it is better to plan your work first; after which, work your plan. Make sure today's goals are clearly defined and absorbed by your mind. This can be done even before you get out of bed each day, just so immediate addressing issues as they arise can be avoided.
Start the day with cheers and smiles
Your whole day depends on how you greet the morning. Therefore, as long as you welcome it with energy and high spirits, everything will go okay. You don’t want the rest of the day to get ruined, do you? Come on, smile! It doesn’t cost anything but is worth everything.
Keep your mind focused on important things
Set goals and priorities for what you think and do. Visualize practicing your actions. Develop a strategy for dealing with problems. Concentrate on things that need to be taken seriously, but at the same time, take time to relax and enjoy. This way, favourable results may take place.
Try new things and challenges
See learning and changes as opportunities. There’s nothing wrong in changing attitudes and routines as long as they are for the good and improvement of who you are and what you do. Doing new things may include considering more options for a project, meeting new people from different places, asking lots of questions. Through this, the flow of thinking is directed to improvement and negative thoughts will be easily removed.
Be realistic
Make sure that what you want is something possible. Hoping for something to happen which would never really happen in real life will only bring you disappointment. For instance, you wish to lose weight. Therefore, you have to set a goal and act on suitable measures within a period of time to achieve what you wish. No one can get slimmer overnight. Keep track of your mental and physical health. This way, you will know how far you can keep believing.
Forgive and forget
Mistakes and failures are the main causes of negative thinking. If we somehow learn to let go of all the pain, suffering, and fear we try to keep inside our hearts and minds, then there will be nothing more to block our clear thoughts from being expressed. Forgive yourself for committing mistakes and forget these mistakes.
Five ways you can help people become more confident
Be happy unto others
Happiness is free and expresses a lot of senses to others. People love it when you are happy and get an emotional and confidence boost around you. I will try and be happy for as much as I can when I am around other people. This won’t only make others more confident but will also increase your self-esteem in the long run.
Give people a pat on the back
When people have achieved a goal or something that that really makes them happy, be happy too, about it. I will congratulate them with a pleasant smile. Don’t be envious about their achievement, as this will decrease your self-awareness.
Mourn and grace the sorrow
Sometimes people won’t just be in the right mood; it might be a cause of failure and will in turn result in low self-confidence. I will try my souls preeminent to try and enlighten the person who is feeling ‘down’. This might notwork all the time but will help the person know that there is hope. The next time you are feeling down, people will do the same unto you, the same as you did to them.
Step up in times of difficulty
Difficult times bring difficult moments, so it’s best to step up and do the best you’ve got. I will try and help people in difficult times as much as possible, this will show people that you are trying your best and will inspire them to do the same with more confidence.
Stay true in your words
Confidence needs to be deserved and staying true to your word is the first step. Show people that you can be trusted and confidence will be achieved around you, resulting in high self-esteem in others that you can trust.
