self esteem skills

if you want to function better socially, you develop social skills. 

if you want to handle stress more effectively, you develop coping skills.

if you want to manage anger, you develop anger management skills. 

if you want to increase your self esteem, you have to develop your SELF ESTEEM SKILLS. 

we have to start thinking of self esteem as a skill, not as some esoteric emotional wonderland. 

self esteem is the same as every other skill you possess, from coping to cooking, from anger to acting. 

it is not a thing that happens because you compliment yourself once.  

you have to work at it. 

you might not go as fast as you'd like. 

your progress will not be linear. 

there will be setbacks. 

but if you're invested in it, you keep going.

having self esteem takes deliberate and focused effort...just like every other skill you possess.

you will learn from your mistakes...just like every other skill you possess. 

the more you do it, the better you get...just like every other skill you possess.

because having healthy self esteem is a skill.

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