Reflection On Self Esteem

Moving to America, was a difficult transition for me. I had come to the realization that I wasn’t going to see my friends any time soon back in Iran and that was hard to overcome at a young age. I was alone as a child because my siblings are a lot older than me, and my parents’ had the challenge of starting over because they had left everything behind in Iran. However, that wasn’t going to get in the way of me succeeding in school. I have always been a fast learner, by the age of eight I had already learned four languages. Also, I was voted most improved by my classmate every year I was in Elementary School. This might not seem like a big achievement, but as a young student in a new country it was a huge motivation boost for me to improve every

Can self-esteem really engender success, or does it induce the well-being of individuals? By success, I mean academic achievement and a college degree. Self-esteem is crucial to the well-being and happiness of individuals. However, too much self-esteem makes people become narcissistic, which is destructive and superfluous to becoming successful. Therefore, self-esteem cannot engender success, which is corroborated with the self-esteem movement, but it can cause the well-being of individuals.

Most people face self esteem problems at different levels. At some point in life people face this problem without realizing it. In the essay The Trouble with Self-Esteem written by Lauren Slater starts of by demonstrating a test. Self esteem test that determines whether you have a high self-esteem or low self-esteem. The question to be answered however is; what is the value and meaning of self-esteem? The trouble with self-esteem is that not everyone approaches it properly, taking a test or doing research based of a certain group of people is not the way to do so.

Self-evaluation may not be an easy thing, but my counseling skills throughout the semester have improved. This type of self-evaluation is an essential part of the role and helps the counselor to become a better counselor. Thus, without this reflection, the counselor becomes stagnant and loose motivation. I reflect on my journals most of the time about how I am improving each day, and the new skills that I learned and will continue using them. I did not think I would be able to do the skills that I learned from this course.

The history of self-esteem can be traced back throughout time. In this section we have a critical look at the self-esteem movement.

Synopsis: Margo is an eighteen year old high school student and has been consistently bullied since freshman year. A group of her peers has singled her out and teases her relentlessly about her weight. When Margo is alone, she indulges on all of her favorite foods in one sitting to make herself feel better. After binging, Margo feels guilty about eating so much food and states, “I’m as big as a whale”. She then proceeds to self-induce vomiting and use her mother’s laxatives in order to purge.

I was second grader and departing for America, my friend and I were saying goodbye in front of the airport. He shouted to me in a way that everyone could hea r, just before I got inside, that I have to get into the airplane barefooted. I put my shoes in my carriage as he said. I didn't realize single thing before the man next to me burst into laughter and told me that there is no such rule as being barefooted. My friend always was my best friend as we went to the same school, same church and lived in the same apartment. However, my expectation for the airplane was satisfied as they had a television and I was overwhelmed by its enormous size. Unfortunately, I ate some meats and potatoes in the airplane despite my mom's commandment, "don't eat

Baker, M. (2010). Developing a Mindset to Help You Make the Most of Challenging Times. Siliconindia, 13(4), 33.

It is however important to acknowledge that although many of these factors impact on our life situation, truly they are just symptoms. It is our core beliefs that shape our life experience; those things that we believe and think about ourselves, others and the world at large.

How could you improve as a student and/or employee? Is it through your self-talk or your self-esteem or through your self-image? Honestly it can be anything to make you get to that level. You got to believe in yourself and push to better yourself.

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I am currently pursuing my Masters in Finance along with my MBA. I see myself in a strategic consulting role with a focus in finance. I have close to four years of work experience ranging from being the youngest and the least experienced in the team to leading a team of 5 people. I have frequently reflected on my leadership style and personal characteristics that determines my work style. The results have been consistent with my career progression. This is the first time that I have taken some of these self-assessment tests after I started my graduate degree and I am happy to see the progression in leadership skills.

Furthermore, the effects of these awards go far beyond sports and contests. Being awarded at such a young age for just about anything is highly misleading of how the real world works. Many young Americans have developed a sense of entitlement, expecting to gain more in return for less effort. Per a study done by Bernard Goldberg approximately one out of every three college students believes they deserve a B just for attending their courses. This sense of privilege is an almost contagious mind-set that has only gotten worse. But many ask how exactly the idea that one should be rewarded for almost anything began?

Every one has their subjects that they love and hate, and for it was defiantly writing. Writing is something I dreaded for a long time; I developed my hatred towards writing since probably elementary school. I hate writing when I’m expected to put a spin on a subject that just doesn’t work for me, personally. There are many times when I have papers due and sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say towards the topic. I could write a paragraph but to continuously write paragraphs after paragraphs it gets a little harder. I always contradict myself in my writings but that is something I have grown out of. Writing is time consuming and requires a lot of effort. They require a lot of planning and usually some accompanying reading and note taking. Taking notes is one of my weaknesses. In some intuitions like my high school for instances there was not enough time is given to the rough draft and not enough feedback is given before the essay receives a final grade. I personally believe that not everyone is a "natural-born" writer; but I do believe that everyone has the capability to become a decent writer.

I began to reflect on how I saw myself and how others saw me. I started the observation process of others and what effect their opinions had on me as a person. By far the biggest advancement I made was the direct communication that took place between my friends and me. I found the strengths quest very interesting and thought that it held certain factual information in regards to my personality and into the life I have lived. I picked my favorite traits and just so happened upon the differences in personality I have between my friends, family, and even classmates. The in class activity we did that allowed us to ask others in the class about what their traits meant to them gave great insight into their traits and mine and how they differed and related. There were many, if not all, traits that I knew I had already before this project. Only after the project can I honestly say that I have put words to them and actually learned in the process what it meant, for example, to be empathetic and use context. The one thing I learned about myself is that I should never falter in my traits just because someone says I should. Yes, I should change as a person as we all should, but not so much as to be someone I am not. I am more than just a trait on a paper or a grade on an essay. The opinions of others do matter to me, but not so much as they would make me a person who doesn’t learn from his past and can’t