Self-Esteem: The Main Ingredient!

Self-Esteem is a life or death issue!  Only when you feel respectful of yourself, can you be respectful of others and other living things.  You can give only what you have, nothing more.  Therefore, you love, earn money, communicate, have relationships, manage, teach, sell, parent, nurture, and accept differences, based only on your Self-Esteem!

Self-Esteem, as I use the term, is the self respect you feel for yourself.  It is a feeling!   Psychiatrist and author Carl Jung once said, “We need not pretend to understand the world only by intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling.”  Self-Esteem is at the core of all you think, say, do, and feel.  Self-Esteem affects all seven areas of your life: Spiritual, Social, Mental, Physical, Financial, Family and Career.  You can observe Self-Esteem in the behavior you and others display on a moment-to-moment basis.  Please be aware that your Self-Esteem is always fluctuating, it is always in process, it is intangible, and it is recognized in your behavior.  As a result, you may feel very respectful of yourself one moment while in the next, your Self-Esteem can be in the pits.