Human Relations Stuff
1. What is the nature of self-esteem, how does it develop, and what are its consequences?
The nature of self-esteem is the experience of feeling competent to cope with the basic challenges in life and of being worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is developed from a variety of life experiences, many of them being from early life. Childhood experiences are key to developing long term healthy or low self-esteem. A person’s success and failures also play a role in development. Experiences later in life have less of an effect on overall self-esteem. Positive consequences of self-esteem can include good mental health, profiting from negative feedback, career success, and organizational prosperity. Negative consequences can include envying too many people, and poor romantic relationships when self-esteem is low.
2. How does a person enhance his or her self-esteem?
Attain legitimate accomplishments, be aware of personal strengths, minimize settings and interactions that detract from your feelings of competence, talk and socialize frequently with people who boost your self-esteem, and model the behavior of people with high self-esteem.
3. How does a person develop and strengthen his or her self-confidence?
Ways to strengthen/develop self-confidence include taking an inventory of personal assets and accomplishments, develop a solid knowledge base, use positive self-talk, avoid negative self-talk, use positive visual imagery, set high expectations for yourself(known as the galatea effect), strive for peak performance, behave as if you feel confident, and bounce back from setbacks and
The nature of self-esteem is the experience of feeling competent to cope with the basic challenges in life and of being worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is developed from a variety of life experiences, many of them being from early life. Childhood experiences are key to developing long term healthy or low self-esteem. A person’s success and failures also play a role in development. Experiences later in life have less of an effect on overall self-esteem. Positive consequences of self-esteem can include good mental health, profiting from negative feedback, career success, and organizational prosperity. Negative consequences can include envying too many people, and poor romantic relationships when self-esteem is low.
2. How does a person enhance his or her self-esteem?
Attain legitimate accomplishments, be aware of personal strengths, minimize settings and interactions that detract from your feelings of competence, talk and socialize frequently with people who boost your self-esteem, and model the behavior of people with high self-esteem.
3. How does a person develop and strengthen his or her self-confidence?
Ways to strengthen/develop self-confidence include taking an inventory of personal assets and accomplishments, develop a solid knowledge base, use positive self-talk, avoid negative self-talk, use positive visual imagery, set high expectations for yourself(known as the galatea effect), strive for peak performance, behave as if you feel confident, and bounce back from setbacks and