Dick Sutphen - Fix Everything In Your Life At Once - 03 - Enhance Self-Esteem.pdf

CHAPTER THREE
Enhance
Self-Esteem
You create your reality with your beliefs, and it doesn’t even matter if your beliefs
are true. If you believe something, it es true for you. Negative beliefs about self-
esteem, body image, career, and romance will e true just as a positive belief will
also e true. What you call reality is what you’ve agreed reality to be for you. And
you can change it.
Self-esteem results from what you do in life. If you feel good about the way you
relate to others, and about your plishments, you already have high self-esteem.
The same is true in reverse. If you are not getting what you want, it’s time to work on
your self-esteem. From this day forward, never do anything that lowers your self-esteem.
Changing your self-image takes time. But once you’ve set it down as a clear goal
you’re on your way and you can do it. The idea is to have patience and know that you’ll
get where you want to be.
1. Always be honest about who you are,
and what you feel.
The first bit of advice on self-esteem is to be direct and honest in your
communications with other people. Don’t lie, and don’t fake what you really feel,
because in the long run it won’t serve you. If your neighbor wants to borrow your lawn
mower and you don’t want to loan it to him, don’t say yes and then chastise yourself for
not having the guts to say no. In rel