1. Don’t make promises to yourself that you can’t keep. - Deepstash

1. Don’t make promises to yourself that you can’t keep.

A common trait among people with low self-esteem is that they over promise and underdeliver on their personal goals.

By setting an unrealistic goal for yourself, you’re increasing the odds that you fail and then subsequently feel badly about yourself — which only reinforces your already low self-esteem.

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When you have healthy self-esteem, you basically like yourself.

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