Simply put, self-awareness is self-awareness, with self-being, which makes one’s identity unique. These unique components include ideas, experiences and capabilities.
A psychological study of self-esteem can be traced back to 1972. Psychologists Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund’s developed the theory of self-esteem.
They suggested that:
“When we focus our attention on ourselves, we evaluate and compare our current behavior with our internal standards and values. We become self-confident as objective evaluators themselves.”
Basically, they consider self-confidence as the main mechanism of self-control.
Psychologist Daniel Goleman suggested a popular definition of self-confidence in his best-selling book, “Emotional Intelligence,” as “knowing your inner states, preferences, resources, and intuitions”.
This definition puts more emphasis on the ability to observe our inner world, our thoughts and emotions as they arise.
In my opinion, it is important to realize that self-confidence is not only about what we notice about ourselves, but also about how we notice and observe our inner world.
Have you ever considered yourself about the ideas or experiences you have? If so, then you are not alone and it is time to work on an unrelated reflection on yourself.
That is – of course – easier said than done.
If inferior quality is an essential part of self-esteem, how do we work?
When we notice what is happening inside us, we can recognize and accept it as an inevitable part of being human, instead of knowing it hard.
Tip: If you ever said, “I should / shouldn’t have done it,” then you know what I mean. The next time you review something you said or did, consider the question:
“Is what I have experienced the opportunity to learn and grow? Did other people make a similar mistake and learn from it? ”
Self-confidence goes beyond the accumulation of knowledge about oneself: it is also about paying attention to our inner state through the mind of a beginner and an open heart.
Our mind is extremely skillful in storing information about how we respond to a particular event and create a plan of our emotional life (source). Such information often ends up in our mind’s condition to react in some way when we encounter a similar event in the future.
Self-confidence allows us to be aware of this condition and the prejudices of the mind that may form the basis of liberating the mind from it.
