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10 Ways to Feel
Good About
Yourself
By Mark Goulston, M.D.
Have you worked hard all your life, but still don't feel good about yourself? Your feelings of self-esteem are closely related to your sense of self-worth -- whether you feel you are a worthy person. It's about feeling deserving instead of feeling entitled.
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Everyone goes through bouts of low self-esteem.
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You build deservingness the old fashioned way: You earn it -- through dedication, effort and sacrifice. When you have developed it, your reward is to feel whole and satisfied.
Here are 10 ways to develop self-esteem and feel good about yourself:
1. Do things to raise the self-esteem of others. Be supportive, give them the benefit of the doubt, and don't ridicule or belittle them.
2. Persevere in your efforts outside your comfort zone to help the common good. Do things that help others to have better lives, and keep doing things even when you feel like quitting.
3. Give the same effort to a fair decision you disagree with as to one you agree with. Try unto others when you disagree with them as you would want them to try unto you.
4. Ask for help or assistance. Ask when you need help instead of acting like a victim or martyr and expecting people to feel sorry for you.
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5. Quickly and sincerely thank someone who has helped you. Be aware and grateful to others for their help -- and tell them.
6. Quickly offer help without the other person having to ask for it. When you notice that someone could use your help, offer it without waiting for them to ask.
7. Forgive and forget after you've been hurt and quickly move on. When people make honest mistakes that hurt you, let it go as soon as possible. This doesn't mean letting hurtful people hurt you again. Have a long memory for the good things that people do and a short memory for the bad things.
8. Quickly recognize and earnestly apologize for your failures of commission or omission. Own up to mistakes you make. Say what you will do differently in the future to prevent them from reoccurring, then keep your commitment.
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9. Enthusiastically congratulate someone else on his or her achievement or good fortune. It's normal to feel envy or even jealousy when good things happen to others, but you don't have to give into these feelings and begrudge others or be ungracious.
10. Give more to the world than you take from it. Do more things to put a smile on other people's faces rather than focusing on what you think they should be doing for you.
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