Must-Read Books to Improve Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
Here are three essential reads for unleashing a more confident you!
If there is one loop that we’re constantly trapped in, it is our thoughts. We often drown in the thought that we will fail.
We overthink how people will perceive us and that we are not good enough.
However, having those kinds of thoughts will only rob us of opportunities.
There’s a lot to explore and tons of great opportunities to achieve when you finally start to be confident, stand on your own feet, and ultimately ignore negative thoughts.
Positive self-perception will give you a happier and healthier quality of life.
If you struggle with self-esteem and confidence, we’ve got you.
Here are three books to read to improve your self-esteem and self-confidence.
1. The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
In this timeless masterpiece, Branden uses insightful and compassionate words to encourage us to embrace our uniqueness and pursue our passions with confidence.
It emphasizes the importance of self-esteem in shaping our lives.
When we have unconflicted self-esteem, joy is our motor, not fear. It is happiness that we wish to experience, not suffering that we wish to avoid. Our purpose is self-expression, not self-avoidance or self-justification. Our motive is not to “prove” our worth but to live our possibilities.
The quote above shows how Branden uses compassionate words to emphasize the idea of embracing imperfections and shaping our own strengths. Here is another quote from the book that is simple yet leaves an impression.
A mind that trusts itself is light on its feet.
2. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
If you ever feel that having low self-esteem and being vulnerable is shameful, read this.
Shame dissipated the minute I realized that I wasn’t alone — that my experience was human.
Brown narrates her studies on vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame throughout this book. Brown combines her study with stories from her hundreds of interviews. She highlights the idea that without vulnerability, there is no courage. So, there is no shame in having vulnerabilities. As she quotes:
Shame is particularly hard because it hates having words wrapped around it. It hates being spoken.
3. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
If you constantly worry about everything, this book is for you.
Our thoughts make us what we are.
In How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Carnegie explains simple ways to conquer our worries. He explains thoroughly how to mitigate our worries and how we can focus on what’s going on today instead of the past or future.
The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today’s work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.
The book emphasizes that we should live for today and the best way to prepare for the future is by doing well today. By doing so, you will succeed in mitigating your worries and keep your mind active.
It is humane to feel insecure. But never let yourself get drowned by those insecurities and negative thoughts.
Your life belongs to only you, so it’s important to decide things the way you want them to be and what you believe is best for you.
These books mentioned above offer a comforting reminder that even in our toughest moments, we can find the strength to transform our worries into resilience.
They encourage us to believe in our ability to overcome challenges and emerge stronger on the other side.
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