If you want to know how to develop self esteem then – according to the company She Means Business – doing exactly what is described below could be the best thing to do.
And by that, I mean starting your own business.
She Means Business has been classed as being “The Success of Women Entrepreneurs”.
And the company is producing a documentary about female entrepreneurs.
Side Note According to my dictionary, an entrepreneur is:- A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
She Means Business is currently taking auditions from women entrepreneurs via their website at www.SheMeansBusiness.org (see picture below)
Judy Robinett, a start-up consultant to new businesses who is chief adviser for the project, says that she believes that women think they need to have a good level of self esteem before launching a successful business.
This isn’t so, we are told.
Apparently we can actually develop our self esteem as we go along by:-
- Doing
- Failing and
- Doing again
Although – to be honest – I don’t really believe that.
There is a step missing in this threesome, because, as far as I am concerned, developing self esteem comes from these four steps:-
- Doing
- Failing
- Learning from the mistakes which actually caused the failing, and
- Doing it all again – but this time with an adapted plan of action which takes consideration of the lessons from step 3.
Having a good level of self esteem simply means that we feel good about ourselves, accepting ourselves as we are, but also being aware that we have more strengths within ourselves that we can access when and if we should choose to do so.
And accessing “more if these strengths within” is what I have been doing during the last couple of weeks.
I’ve Been Challenging Myself
Two weeks ago I started a Quick Start Challenge . In it I am purposely trying to get more things done instead of over-thinking about things before I even start.
And I have actually surprised myself with the results so much so that I realise once again that there is more in me than I was allowing myself to access….
And I would imagine….
…. No, that is not what I want to say -
I am sure there is more in you, as well, than you can imagine right now.
This Is How To Develop Self Esteem
If you want to know how you can develop self esteem – learn from the mistakes you have made and then try again, adapting your actions in the light of what you have learned.
This post is about how to develop self esteem by learning from our mistakes and trying again. What lesson have you learned in life? Please comment below.
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David, I want to comment something on failures.
What I’ve learned from life is that something you believe to be a failure at a certain point in time may turn out not to be one after some time.
I studied computer science in college. I wanted to create software for people. But when I finished college I found a job in an advertising agency that was better paid than any entry job in IT companies. At that point I felt that somehow I failed, that I was choosing money over my passion, that I was not doing what I really wanted to do and what I studied so many years.
But after only 6 months I was promoted as head of web-development department and discovered that I love building websites much more then I loved coding in C++. It is much fun and also stimulates my visual creativity, not only my algorithmic skills.
Now I consider myself luck for failing that time.
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Hi Sorina
I think you are very insightful to have come to the conclusion that doing something that some people may call “failing” can often turn out to be the best thing that happened.
Once I managed to get my own head around the idea, I’ve always believed that attaining an unwanted result can often turn out to be for the best in the end.
And the real skill lies in
1) Accepting that idea and
2) Finding the real “silver lining” in the cloud of disappointment.
And so when I am working on a project I often work towards attaining a result that is the best for all concerned.
I know that doing that may seem counter-productive, but long term it serves to take a lot of anxiety from me as well as often providing a better result than the one I had originally wanted.
And so congratulations on “failing” to be satisfied with what you had originally planned because the end result definitely led you to something even better.
Many thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.