#7 Overcome Insecurity — Build Your Self-Esteem - Deepstash
How To Live A Long Life

Learn more about psychology with this collection

The importance of physical activity

The role of genetics in lifespan

How to maintain a healthy diet

How To Live A Long Life

Discover 71 similar ideas in

It takes just

12 mins to read

#7 Overcome Insecurity — Build Your Self-Esteem

#7 Overcome Insecurity — Build Your Self-Esteem

  1. Surround yourself with positive people, who will help build you up. 
  2. Become good at things that are important to you.
  3. Decide on your core values. And then make progress in that.

Loving yourself is the ultimate antidote for jealousy. Because then you realize that everything external you were looking for can actually be found within you.

68

303 reads

MORE IDEAS ON THIS

#5 Reach out to the Object of Your Jealousy

#5 Reach out to the Object of Your Jealousy

Reach out to him/her and humbly ask to learn from them. And then, maybe we become friends. And eventually, the jealousy falls away to become something better — like respect.

In this world of mistrust, it’s not isolation that will save us — it’s dialogue and empathy.

62

286 reads

#3 Practice the “100% Swap” Thought Experiment

#3 Practice the “100% Swap” Thought Experiment

Ask yourself:

“If I could swap my life completely for his/hers, including not just the good stuff, but all the bad things — would I?”

You don’t want someone else’s life. You just like fantasizing about it.

66

396 reads

#6 Talk It out — Get Support

#6 Talk It out — Get Support

We’re looking for here is someone who will listen and empathize with you. And then lend you some non-judgmental emotional support (plus a hug maybe?).

He/she doesn’t even need to give you advice on how to solve your problems. If it’s jealousy — technically, there’s no exter...

59

201 reads

#1 Acknowledge Jealousy

#1 Acknowledge Jealousy

“It is not greed that drives the world, but envy.

The first step to deal with an uncomfortable feeling is acceptance.

  • If you ever catch yourself feeling those burning envious feelings, say “I’m , and I get jealous.”
  • But more crucially, ...

79

877 reads

#2 Talk to Yourself

#2 Talk to Yourself

Whenever you feel like punching someone, it’s useful to take a deep breath, pause, and ask yourself the following questions:

  • What emotions am I feeling now? Is it anger? Is it hurt? Is it jealousy?
  • What were the triggers that caused this emotion?
  • W...

70

327 reads

Socrates

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”

SOCRATES

76

362 reads

James Altucher

“When you envy someone, you put a wall up between yourself and the things about that person you envy.

If they have a good job, there’s now a new wall between you and getting a good job. Why? Because you are programming yourself to...

JAMES ALTUCHER

64

244 reads

#4 Count Your Blessings

#4 Count Your Blessings

Jealousy comes from feelings of inadequacy. Remember, if we feel like we’re not enough — that’s when we start looking outside at other people.

Gratitude is such a powerful tool that lots of researchers have studied it and proven one thing: it just makes people happier.

...

70

253 reads

CURATED FROM

CURATED BY

aadityas

Thinker, procrastinator, and

Related collections

More like this

Overcome the fear of being your true self

Being an authentic person means having specific opinions and values, and people who have different values will not like what you say or do.

To overcome the fear of being your authentic self:

  • Show that excellence is not tied to external packaging.
  • Bring yourself to wor...

Your past selves

You don’t know your past selves. The older you get, the more you think you understand yourself as a younger person. You have probably forgotten how you were influenced then and might still have the same values. 

For instance, you might think that a priority as a child was to fit it. But,...

How to save your 'self' in uncertain times

As we mature, we generally become more emotionally stable, agreeable, and conscientious. But chronic job insecurity can stunt this emotional growth.

  • The first step to do something about it is to know yourself and be aware of the pitfalls, then cultivate a gro...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving & library

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Personalized recommendations

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates