©Arlene R. Taylor PhD

altSelf-esteem has to do with how much a person respects, honors, likes, and assigns value to himself/herself. Your personal level of global and/or specific self-esteem is thought to be established by about the age of three based on:

  • What others said to you
  • What you heard others say about you
  • How you were treated by others

Your level of self-esteem can certainly be changed in adulthood but it takes dedicated work and constant vigilance.

Obviously, life experiences can and do impact one’s level of self-esteem. Personal brain lead can also influence the type of activities that increase one’s perception of personal self-worth or, in their absence, can decrease one’s perception of personal value. Following are examples.

altPrioritizing Division

altEnvisioning Division

 

For individuals with an energy advantage in this division, self-esteem levels tend to rise when they are able to:

  • Set and achieve goals
  • Be in charge
  • Make decisions and delegate
  • Win!
  • Be recognized for an ability to get things done

Self-esteem levels may fall when the reverse is true

 

For individuals with an energy advantage in this division, self-esteem levels tend to rise when they are able to:

  • Envision and create innovatively and intuitively
  • Solve problems intuitively
  • Daydream and innovate freely
  • Be validated for a sense of humor
  • Be recognized for an ability to come up with unusual solutions for hard problems

Self-esteem levels may fall when the reverse is true

 

altMaintaining Division

altHarmonizing Division

For individuals with an energy advantage in this division, self-esteem levels tend to rise when they are able to:

  • Follow routines (run the software) without interruptions
  • Know what the rules are and conform to them successfully
  • Maintain the status quo
  • Be validated for doing things right

Self-esteem levels may fall when the reverse is true

 

For individuals with an energy advantage in this division, self-esteem levels tend to rise when they are able to:

  • Avoid conflict and achieve harmony
  • Develop and maintain nurturing relationships
  • Achieve a spiritual connection with nature, music, or with a Higher Power (as they perceive it)
  • Be validated for connecting, encouraging, and nurturing

Self-esteem levels may fall when the reverse is true