Billionaire, Bill Bartmann, has discovered that self esteem is crucial to your success and your life. It is very important because it affects how you think, act and relate to other people. Low self esteem means negative thoughts and poor self-confidence which affects your potential to be successful. Your self esteem has a direct bearing on your happiness and well being.
Why is Self-Esteem Important?
- Self esteem affects your confidence and your self image
- Self esteem affects your outlook on life
- Self esteem affects your behavior, your thinking and your happiness
- Self esteem affects your ability to succeed in your career
You must value yourself in order to be valuable to others. Your self esteem can be the difference between success and failure. Your potential to achieve your goals and what you value the most is directly related to 
your self esteem. You are much more likely to fail if you have a low self esteem.
Bill Bartmann has experienced ups and downs, but not failure. Though he has built two different multi-million dollar businesses that went bankrupt, he did not fail. He learned from his experience and he bounced back. Everyone has ups and downs, or they would not be human; how you react to and deal with the ups and downs is directly related to your self-esteem.
Bill Bartmann believes in the importance of positive thinking to increase one's self-esteem to benefit in all areas of life; work and play. Positive thinking and self-confidence are the keys to maintaining a high self-esteem.
Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
According to Bill Bartmann, self esteem and self confidence go together; they are both vital to happiness and success. Lack of self confidence hinders your ability to face life's challenges and cope with life's difficulties.
Bill Bartmann says self confidence comes from within yourself, from others and from your accomplishments. If you are lacking in self confidence it could be that you are overly critical of yourself. Do you expect to fail? Do you think you are not good enough? Do you believe others when they make negative comments about you? It could be that they lack self confidence; therefore, they feel better when they put you down. Do not accept negative comments from others; prove them wrong.
Building Self-Confidence
Bill Bartmann has had his moments of feeling down and out; everyone does at some point in their life. It's part of what makes us human. The important thing is to recognize what is happening and respond to it in a positive way. When you find yourself being negative, ask yourself if it really is true. Are you really stupid? Is it true that you are hopeless and that you cannot succeed?
The key to building self-confidence is to end the negative thinking. Question the negative thoughts you may be having and you will see that they are distorted. Think of what you have achieved and what you can do to continue moving forward. If things are really bad, you might need to step away and focus on something else, and then come back to address the problem later. Read an inspirational book or try watching a comedy. Like the feature in Reader's Digest, "Laughter is the Best Medicine." 
Here are some tips from Bill Bartmann for building self confidence:
- Surround yourself with others who are self-confident
- Model their attitude; what makes them appear confident?
- Focus on your strengths rather than your weaknesses; your achievements rather than your failures
- Act confident to feel confident
- Set small, reachable goals; when you achieve them, set new ones
- Reward yourself each time you reach one of your goals
- Remember to relax and take time for recreation
- Take care of yourself, physically; eat right and exercise. Caring for the body helps care for the brain.
Negative thinking is the biggest obstacle to high self-esteem and self confidence. Avoid contact with people who are always down on themselves. Do not expect too much; set small goals rather than overwhelming yourself with unrealistic goals. It's OK to have a large, long-term goal, but setting and meeting smaller goals gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment as you get closer to reaching your ultimate goal. It also leaves room for changing direction when necessary rather than feeling you have failed if you do not reach the goal you have set.
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