Tips for Success:Confidence and Self-Esteem

1.  Recognize that your self-esteem and self-image impact every aspect of your role as a supervisor.

2.  Stop valuing your self-worth by comparing yourself to others. Set your own standards and then strive to achieve those standards.

3.  Set realistic and obtainable goals. It is the fastest way to raise your self-esteem. When you set a goal and achieve it, you feel you have mastery over your environment.

4.  Associate with high self-esteemers. You do have a choice as to whom you associate with. Individuals with high self-esteem have the capacity to help build your self-esteem.

5.  Laugh sooner. If you have ever experienced a crisis or a failure, you know at some point you are able to laugh about it. ...

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