Self Esteem VS Self Confidence. What Gives?

"What is Self-Esteem?" By Vicky Seale

Self-Esteem comes from the Latin word which means to Estimate; so Self-Esteem is how you would Estimate yourself.

Self-Esteem effects how you look at yourself in the mirror; feel and talk about yourself, it’s important to know who you are and to value yourself.

Self-Esteem is knowing that you are worth a lot (priceless) but not bragging about how good you are, its how much you value yourself and how important you feel about your achievements, nobody is perfect but knowing that you worthy of being loved and accepted.

There are a number of people who are confident, when they fall into the public eye, such as politicians, actors, comedians, artists and the like, they seem to glow with assertiveness, some of these individuals, although they are attractive and world famous, they find it hard to value themselves, they feel insecure and they lack in self-esteem.

So what is self-esteem? It is not the same as confidence, that’s for sure!

So self-esteem means;

To value yourself highly without being pretentious To have a positive attitude Being confident in what you do Liking yourself for who you are Be deserving of love and happiness Being a good human being and taking criticism as constructive to help you become a better person You feel ok in both mind and body.

If you suffer from low self-esteem you will struggle to associate the above with yourself, and you will lack self assurance and self respect.

Self-Esteem is important in knowing what you can do, be proud of yourself and hold your head up high, it gives you courage to try new things and to believe and respect yourself.
To be low on self-esteem means to not think highly of yourself and to criticize yourself too much, if you have low self-esteem you may not always think good of yourself and you think that you are not important.

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