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The following suggestions may be helpful for a person who finds that they are struggling with low self-esteem:

• It starts with a decision to be your own person. Don’t live your life to please, or to impress, someone else.

• Try to grasp the fact that we have different goals and values … And don’t be swayed by other people who criticise your dreams.

• Don’t compare your path or journey to someone else’s journey as we start from different places and face different challenges.

• Be kind, understanding and patient with yourself. Accept that failures and mistakes are part of everybody’s life. Also, choose to frame mistakes as helpful learning opportunities.

• You need to root for yourself, and seek to be your own best friend. Don’t denigrate yourself – either in public, or alone.

• Remind yourself a weakness can become a strength, in time. It takes patience, grit and effort – but, eventually, things change!

• Make a list of what you’re good at, and keep adding to the list. Also, note the strengths that others see, and comment on, as well.

• Treat yourself with true respect and praise the things that you do well. Don’t write them off as “nothing”, or as being “no big deal”.

• Start to weigh all criticism to see if it true – for we all have different viewpoints – so that person could be wrong!

• Find ways to dissipate and channel powerful negative emotions. Don’t allow them to dictate the way you start to see yourself.

• Spend time with those who like you, and who see your worth and value … And, ignore those who attack you, and would like to see you fail.

• Choose to stand up for yourself, and value being more assertive. Also, decide to start to set and then enforce good boundaries.

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