Comparing two people, one with high self-esteem while the other with low self-esteem turning up for an interview for one of the vacancy in your company. Which one will you hire? The answer is obvious and nobody in the right sense of mind will ever hire the one who doesn't believe in oneself. So, it is apparent that to develop your self-esteem is a great way to start your self development.
No matter who you are, as long as you are on earth, you will be facing obstacles and challenges, which seem to be appearing day in day out. If you did not develop your self-esteem with solid foundation, these "problems" will harm you, or even destroy you completely. Hence, how are you going to, as much as possible, stay away from those factors which may destroy you?
1. Avoid Negative Influences.
Always try to stay away from difficult people (chronic low self esteem). Backstabbers, gossipers, complainers, naggers, people with negative thoughts, people who think that the world owes them a living and many other bad influences which you should not get near. These negative influences can affect your self-esteem and self-improvement plan.
2. Avoid Unhealthy Working Environment
Unless we are living in an opposite world, everyone wants to win and get ahead of everyone else. If you are into an unhealthy competition with your colleagues, most of you will be taking care of your own well-being and future. Who will ever spend the time and spare the thought for others, let alone being appreciative of what you might have done for them. In the worse case scenario, they might even play office politics and backstab you. Stay out of such unhealthy competition as it will only ruin your energy and self-esteem.
Compete only when it is a healthy competition where everyone is motivating everyone else in the company.
3. Avoid Crying over Spilled Milk
Let us face the reality. Everybody, differ only in the number of times, faced failures which might have hit us so hard that we feel we could not stand up again. Never let such bad experience destroy your self-esteem and deter you from trying again because if you are afraid of trying again, you would never ever succeed. Treat all failures as lessons learnt, so that the next round you will come back even stronger and wiser.
4. Avoid Negative Views
Avoid negative views which make everything looks dark. To develop your self-esteem, always think positive. When you are focusing on the bright side of things, you stand a greater chance to turn things around to a better position. With positive thinking, you are in a way building your self-esteem. They are in one way or another linked.
Developing self-esteem is very important if you are aiming to succeed in life and it is a great start in developing your self-development. When you have built your self-esteem, you will be better in controlling your own life as you are beginning to stand up to what you believed and valued. Avoid all other factors that bring about bad influences to your self-esteem and work towards your goals positively.