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A positive self-image is something a person cultivates as a result of what life teaches them. It can reflect your real self to the outside. On account of the character, a good self-image will reveal what other people think of you and how they perceive you. In the end, having a positive self-image and good self-esteem will bring in a sense-of-confidence in everything about you. It’s a lesson no one can teach you but you.

The more you develop your positive self-esteem and self-image, the more productive you will become. The importance of having a positive self-image will help recognize your potential as well as gain confidence. It ensures your mental, emotional wellbeing as well as analyzes faults and things to be changed.

If you start focusing on positives and change the negatives you have, you start to feel good about yourself. In many ways, a positive self-image will help you gain the needed confidence to face whatever comes.

There’s a Mike Dooley quote that says, “Thoughts become Things. Choose Good ones”. Frank outlaw supports it too by saying, “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become action”.

That’s how important your ‘thoughts and thinking’ are. The power of thoughts: you need to watch your thoughts, for they can shape you.

Thinking positively not only helps you move forward but also improves your mental wellness. The more positive you are, the better your health and relationship will be.

The better you shape your thoughts, the more enhanced will be your outcome. You should also be careful about the fact that ‘being overly-positive’ sometimes can bring troubles.

You need optimistic thoughts but not a forced positive-thought. It’s a delicate line to tread, but on the whole, having good thoughts can get as simple as a smile.

A positive self-image is not something that’s fixed on a scale. Constant self- improvement from your side boosts your self-image. You should nurture the positives you have and try changing the negatives.

On the contrary, a good self-image does depend upon qualities that are constant and not prone to changes. The characters like loyalty, friendship, trustworthiness, respect to others and self, and empathy are all basic traits that build a positive self-image. Take a look at some of the best steps you could take to build and improve your self-image. It can help you focus on what’s important.

Accepting Inputs

If you like to develop good self-esteem, change the habit of ‘being right’ all the time in your workplace. The same applies to life as well. You cannot improve your self-image if you get comfortable with ‘No, I’m right’. Accept inputs from people around you. If it’s good, take it.

Give Space

Listening and giving space to others is a good personal trait that many people don’t develop fittingly. Good self-esteem should give the same feeling to others. It should not make others feel low. It should not make other people feel that their self-respect is being tested. Give equal space to everyone besides you.

Being Humble

Felt like you’re the only intelligent person in the room? Think again. A super-intelligent person could be right behind you. The habit of ‘I’m better than everyone else here’ will not reflect positively over time. It eventually clouds you with ego which hinders positive self-image. On the other hand, being humble in spite of your intelligence and performance will take you places. Being humble is the best way to boost your self-esteem and self-image.

Being humble doesn’t mean being quiet

Being quiet when there’s a need to speak could go worse and affect people. Extend your support when there’s a need for it. Playing a safe-game is not right always, it could put people in difficult situations too. If you could, support people and extend your hand whenever possible.

Basic traits

Learning from mistakes and improving yourself is essential in addition to having basic good traits. Loyalty, Trustworthiness, friendship, the capability to show affection and compassion, treating others the same as you are very important qualities. Developing these qualities and never compromise on them enhances your self-image and trust.

Not Comparing

Comparing yourself with others is not how you develop your self-esteem. It’s bad. Get rid of the habit. Everyone is different. The good and bad vary from every individual. On the contrary, you will have a lot to learn from the people. You can learn good behaviors and qualities that you never had before from people. The bad personalities in people should wake you up about how you should never cultivate these kinds of habits in life.

Ego

There’s a thin line between confidence and over-confidence. In addition to being confident about yourself, you should also become aware when the line’s being crossed due to your ego. Ego brings no good to anyone. Tread carefully in this path. High Self-esteem is not about having an ego, don’t confuse them.

Self-Analysis

You need a self-analysis of yourself to see what goes wrong. Rather than denial, accepting that you have some negative habits to change will speed up the process of improving significantly. You should be able to analyze your characters and behaviors that are likely bad in addition to focusing on good ones. Furthermore, for a good self-image, the self-analysis should not get into negative self-criticisms.

Self-Acceptance

It becomes hard especially when there’s room for comparison with others. The feeling of ‘I don’t have this’, ‘I’m not like this’ and most importantly the feeling of low self-esteem about appearances is where people go wrong. If you are not being kind to yourself, if you don’t commit yourself to input good things, positive self-image goes in vain. Better people are the ones who understand and accept their flaws. That’s where the room for improvement comes which boosts your self-image positively.

Putting your thoughts moving in a definite direction not only makes you feel good at the moment, but it also staves off stress and depression.

It also gives you the one thing that we all require to keep our lives moving forward: hope. The more you use positive thinking, the longer the effects last.