SELF ESTEEM AND SELF EFFICACY
Research has shown that to a certain level, the self esteem of a person goes a long way to determine the health of a person. The best definition of self esteem is "How much you like yourself". When you like and respect yourself, you always perform and behave better than if you do not. The more you like yourself, the more confidence you have. Self esteem is the key to peak performance.
The flip side of self esteem, is what is referred to as Self Efficacy. Self efficacy is simply how effective you feel you are at doing or accomplishing a task or job. When you are really good at something, you experience positive feelings of self efficacy.
The connection between self esteem and self efficacy is in the fact that the more you like yourself, the better you do at almost anything you attempt. And the better you do at something, the More you like yourself. Self esteem and self efficacy feeds on and reinforce each other.
Having establish that, there are three factors that can affect the self esteem of an individual and they include
- Your Ability To Determine Your Values: You will agree with me that living your life in a manner consistent with your deepest values is essential in order for you to enjoy high self - esteem. Research has shown that People who are clear on what they believe in and value, and who refuse to compromise their values, like and respect themselves far more than people who are unclear about what matters to them.
Now, this brings up the question, "How much do you value your life". People who truly value their lives are people who highly value themselves.
The law of reversibility says that feelings and actions interact on each other. If you feel a certain way, you will act in a manner consistent with what you are feeling.
- Striving For Mastery: The second factor that affects your self esteem is your sense of being in control of your life and work, your feeling of mastery in whatever you do.
3: Knowing What You Want: The third factor that directly affects your self esteem involves your current goals and the activities that you take to achieve those goals. The more your goals and your activities are congruent with your values, the better you feel.
Having establish what self esteem, self efficacy is, and factors that can affect the self esteem of a person. It is advisable if you still have an issues with your self esteem, to work on this factors so as to boost your self esteem.
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Nothing is as bad as having a low self esteem, not feeling good enough, feeling less than a human. Nothing could be more suicidal.
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