Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself. It’s how you feel about your abilities and limitations. When you have a healthy self-esteem, you naturally feel good about yourself and see yourself as someone deserving the respect of others. When you have a low self-esteem, you put little value on your own opinions and ideas. When you value yourself you are your own cheerleader and you don’t let others “walk” over you. A positive self-esteem helps you believe in your capability to learn, achieve and to contribute to the world. In fact, having a high self-esteem is vital to a successful and happy life. The following is an exercise to help you recognize what you think of your own self image. Hopefully answering these questions will help you to focus on a path to create a better self esteem.

20 Questions to Find a Better You

1. What has prevented me in the past from achieving my goals?
2. What are the greatest strengths in my self-image (mental blueprint)? (list up to 4)
3. What are the greatest weaknesses in my self-image? (list up to 4)
4. I can be true to myself in this lifetime by . . .
5. The most difficult things for me to do are . . .
6. My relationships with others are . . .
7. I want to expand my self-image because . . .
8. My special abilities are . . .
9. Talents and abilities I would like to develop are . . .
10. What I like best about myself is . . .
11. What I like least about myself is . . .
12. What I like best about my work is . . .
13. What I like least about my work is . . .
14. My basic philosophy of life is . . .
15. If I could do anything in life I wanted, I would . . .
16. My real self is . . .
17. To me success means . . .
18. The emotion most difficult for me to control is . . .
19. The best way to make positive changes in my life and in my world is would be . . .
20. Three main goals I’d like to create this year are . . .