Grade 8 Self-esteem
- 1. Self-esteem You and your feelings
- 2. What is self-esteem? It means having a good opinion of yourself. It is based on understanding what your strengths are. It is valuing yourself as a person.
- 3. Why is self-esteem important? • It enables you to have the confidence to be yourself. • You will say and do what you think is right rather than say or do things to try to impress other people. • It will make you happier. • You won’t let any people make you feel badly about yourself. • Because you believe in yourself, you’ll respect yourself and other people will respect you too.
- 4. Why is self-esteem important? • You won’t fall into the trap of blaming yourself for everything that goes wrong in your life. • It will give you the confidence to try new things or experiences. • It will also help you to achieve more, because you will have a positive attitude that makes it easier to deal with setbacks.
- 5. Is having self-esteem the same as being conceited?
- 6. Is having self-esteem the same as being conceited? No. A conceited person has an exaggerated opinion of themselves. A person with self-esteem has a balanced view of their own worth, valuing their good point, but understanding that, like everyone else, they are not perfect.
- 8. Know yourself Make a list of what your strong points are. You can feel proud of what you’re good at. GOOD POINTS NOT-SO-GOOD POINTS Making friends Tidying room
- 9. Feeling Confident • Some people seemed to be born confident. • They can enter a crowded room, immediately feel at home and settle down and talk to anybody. • Confidence comes from believing in yourself and feeling happy. • Once you're confident about what you want out of life, you can go for it.
- 10. Feeling Confident When you're confident about yourself – how you look and how you feel – many other problems disappear. Perhaps you have to read some of your work out in front of the whole class . If you feel confident in yourself , you'll be less preoccupied with things that don't matter – like how you look and where you're sitting – and more concerned with making the reading interesting for the rest of the class.
- 11. Tips on how to build up your self-esteem
- 12. Think positively • look at things in a positive rather than a negative way. • For example, if you do badly in a test, don't think: “I'm hopeless. I'm never going to get a good mark. “ Instead, think about what you can do to make sure you get a good mark next time, such as asking for extra help with the things you don't understand.
- 13. Stand up for yourself Make up your own mind about what you believe and stick to it. It's harder to say no then to say yes, but don't let anyone pressurize you into doing things you don't believe are right. Don't feel guilty or that you're letting them down. You'll respect yourself far more for sticking up for your beliefs than if you give in and do something just to please others, and other people will respect you more, too.
- 14. Be realistic • Be realistic about what you can achieve. • Don't set yourself on achievable targets. • If you're really determined to do something, then go for it. • Adopt a step-by-step approach, setting yourself a series of short-term goals and dates by which to achieve each one.
- 15. Cope with criticism คำวิจำรณ์ • If you're criticized, it can damage your self esteem. • Consider carefully whether the criticism is fair. • For example, if you let the rest of the cast down by not turning up for an important play rehearsal, then accept that it was your fault. • Apologize and reassure everyone that you won't let it happen again. • But if you are being unfairly criticized , recognize what is going on and either ignore it or take steps to ensure that it doesn't continue.
- 16. Take risks • If you're not prepared to take risks, then you cut down on the chances of having new experiences and finding out what you're capable of doing and achieving. • Of course, that doesn't mean doing things that are dangerous and reckless. • But avoiding taking any risks because you're afraid of making a fool of yourself won't do anything for your self-confidence. • It's usually best to have a go. • If it doesn't work out, you can always tell yourself that at least you tried.
- 17. Agree or Disagree What other people think of you and your behavior is more important than what you think yourself.
- 18. Agree or Disagree It's not being conceited to feel proud of yourself and your achievements.
- 19. Agree or Disagree It's not what you look like that matters, it's what kind of person you are and how you feel about yourself.
- 20. Agree or Disagree If you're not confident about doing something, it's better to avoid doing it rather than risk making a fool of yourself.
- 21. Agree or Disagree People who keep putting you down only do so to try to make themselves feel better.
- 22. Agree or Disagree Imitating people by doing whatever is regarded as cool and trendy is the best way to boost your confidence.
- 23. Self Profile What you love about yourself? Things that only you can do but others don’t.