Reasons Why You Should Care About Your Self-Esteem:

1. It Can Either Create or Destroy Opportunities

It’s 100% true that people who are confident in themselves and know their worth are offered opportunities over people with low-self esteem. As mentioned earlier, people can tell. It can be seen by the way you carry and stick up for yourself.

It shows.

Opportunities in life will keep shutting down if we don’t believe we are capable of doing them. If we don’t believe we can, others won’t either.

Imagine if you did believe in yourself.

When you know your value, self-worth and what you can do, you’ll actually believe that you have a shot at it. You’ll take the chances and accept the challenge. That’s because you know you are competent.

And that, my friend, leads to more opportunities and a great way to discover the world. 

2. You’ll Have Better Relationships With People

Imagine being in a relationship with someone who constantly needs you to reaffirm them. Not only will that drain you but it will cause rifts in your relationship.

Serious rifts.

People with low self-esteem can end up projecting their insecurities onto their partner. They will constantly question why their partner chose someone like them and have feelings of being unworthy or undeserving.

It’s quite difficult to rely on a partner who can’t rely on himself/herself. That, in turn, will reflect back on the relationship.

When you have high self-esteem, you will feel secure within yourself which will lead to healthier relationships with your friends and family. The way you interpret the giving and receiving of love will come from a healthier perspective rather than a questionable one.

If you really want to have a stronger relationship, unpack your baggage and sort through whatever it is you got going on.

3. It Helps With Body Image Issues

This point hits close to home.

I struggled with pretty mild body image issues when I was younger. I don’t believe I am special because a lot of girls go through this. However, I do believe that I was one of the few who were able to get out of it.

Or at least learned how to manage it.

You can read about this in an upcoming article so stay tuned!

As humans, we are imperfect. And even if we do have features that we love about ourselves, our flaws will usually take up our attention.

What I didn’t like about myself:

I didn’t have the typical Asian look with sleek straight black hair, a petite frame or perfect skin. To this day, my hair is naturally coarse, I have large shoulders, wide feet, and I have acne scars. Despite my flaws, there were people who reminded me of my own beauty yet my brain decided to focus on other things.

What I learned:

High self-esteem recognizes our flaws but is rooted internally rather than solely in the external parts of ourselves. It recognizes our abilities and separates them from the flaws that we perceive to have.

I didn’t like how my shoulders looked but I loved how useful they were in sports.

My feet were so ugly to me but they were powerful enough to help me become a strong swimmer.

My acne severely affected how I perceived myself in public but I love how it reminds me to focus internally from time to time.

Having high self-esteem helps us accept what we look like and to see the beauty in each flaw. It reminds us that we are handsome and beautiful in our own unique ways.