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Self-esteem is being able to see yourself as a flawed person and still hold yourself in high regard.

Personalization - You see yourself as the cause of some negative external event which in fact you were not primarily responsible for. “I...

Labeling and Mislabeling - This is an extreme form of overgeneralization. “I am a loser. He is a jerk. She is stupid.”

Should statements - You try to motivate yourself with shoulds, musts, and oughts. When directing should statements towards yourself (or...

Emotional Reasoning - You assume that your negative emotions reflect the reality, the way things really are. “I feel like a bad person,...

Magnification (Catastrophizing) - You exaggerate the importance of things (like a goof up) or Minimization - you inappropriately shrink...

Jumping to Conclusions - You make negative interpretations even though there are no definite facts to support your conclusion....

Disqualifying the Positive - You reject any positive thing that happens to you as a fluke, or not really counting. Anything negative...

Mental Filter - You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it exclusively so your reality to everything is not good. Another...

Overgeneralization - You see a single negative event as a never-ending pattern. You didn’t get the promotion, you think you never will,...

All or Nothing Thinking - You see things in black and white. “I can never get things right.” “He is always a jerk.” “I will never get...

Give up unhealthy beliefs about yourself, others and the world.

Go back over the last 13 entries. What other thoughts do you have?

Don't expect immediate results.

Don't feel the world owes you anything.

Don't fear alone time.

Don't give up after the first failure.

Don't resent other people's success.

Don't make the same mistakes over and over.