2.4 Practice six communication strategies for enhancing one’s self-esteem.

Because enhanced self-esteem is a goal for most of us, we recommend the following six means of improving the way you feel about yourself.

• Engage in positive self-talk.

• Visualize the behavior you want to enact or the attributes you wish to acquire.

• Reframe, meaning redefine events and experiences from a different point of view.

• Develop honest relationships, ones in which people tell you the truth about yourself so you can get some growth from the feedback.

• Surround yourself with positive people, not “Debbie Downers.”

• Lose your baggage, meaning let go of the past and those experiences that can cause your self-esteem to suffer.

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